XH558 to remain airborne for the time being..
25 February 2010, 02:34 PM
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XH558 to remain airborne for the time being..
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I didn't know it was down at Lyneham now. Is that its permanent base? Are the RAF giving it support (eg. hangar, etc.), since it had a cosy hangar for all those years at Bruntingthorpe.
Good news regarding the donation, but how many times are we going to read these stories? Even after a fairly successful summer display season, they are still struggling to survive each winter on the funds earned. I guess Pleming is still holding out for that mythical long-term principal sponsor to bank-roll the operation. I don't know what the Heritage Lottery Fund would make of a Red Bull liveried Vulcan though after all the money they spent on her, like the Sea Vixen used to look:
Good news regarding the donation, but how many times are we going to read these stories? Even after a fairly successful summer display season, they are still struggling to survive each winter on the funds earned. I guess Pleming is still holding out for that mythical long-term principal sponsor to bank-roll the operation. I don't know what the Heritage Lottery Fund would make of a Red Bull liveried Vulcan though after all the money they spent on her, like the Sea Vixen used to look:
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project received an anonymous donation of more than £400,000.
Well done that man/woman!!Look forward to seeing this roaring into the sky at Fairford again this summer
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26 February 2010, 02:41 PM
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I spent quite some time trying to get the financial manager of Lloyds to buy a Vulcan when they were about to be sold off for £3K delivered, so that they could run it for advertising etc. That was when they were sponsoring the air show at Greenham Common. I was even able to offer him a full crew to fly it for them! He wouldn't bite unfortunately but they did give us a very nice lobster lunch.
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