Keep the vulcan flying!

[dasadrew]

No point in explaining in detail what this is all about, as I am sure that anyone willing to donate will know what a Vulcan is and will want to see it continue to fly rather than become a museum exhibit (or worse!)

Donation is dead easy - works with PayPal for example.

Come on all of you!

Drew

http://www.vulcantothesky.org/

[Moose]

No point in explaining in detail what this is all about, as I am sure that anyone willing to donate will know what a Vulcan is and will want to see it continue to fly rather than become a museum exhibit (or worse!)

Donation is dead easy - works with PayPal for example.

Come on all of you!

Drew

http://www.vulcantothesky.org/

Got some cracking shots of XH558 as I was based at Waddington during her last years in RAF service, wouldn't surprise me if she goes to the states, as every year seems to be getting harder to raise funds :-(

[dasadrew]

hope you donated then!

[steven f]

flew over our house every week in the seventys and they was bloody low

[graham John]

job done

good news


1 November 2010 Last updated at 07:42
The bomber saw action during the Falklands War
Air enthusiasts have raised enough money to save the world's last remaining flying Vulcan bomber just days before it was due to be grounded.
The Vulcan to The Sky Trust, which owns the Avro Vulcan XH558, needed to raise £400,000 to keep the aircraft flying.
The trust said it still needed to raise £75,000 before the end of October or the project would come to an end.
Donations over the weekend totalled £43,000 and trustees agreed the rest of the money could be raised later.
Nearly two million people have seen the restored Cold War bomber, described as a "national treasure", in action at air shows so far this year.
Trustees want the Vulcan, which receives no government funding and was restored at Bruntingthrope in Leicestershire, to fly for at least two more display seasons.
In a letter to supporters, trust chief executive Robert Pleming said the board of trustees said the trust had sufficient liquidity to continue to trade.
He said: "This is obviously really good news, and is very much down to you, our core supporters, and the desires of the wider public, who have dug deep into their pockets to move us forward once again."
The Vulcan made its maiden flight in 1952 and acted as a deterrent during the Cold War, and was used in combat in the Falklands War.
The last Vulcan was withdrawn from service in 1984, but the XH558 flew on from 1986 to 1993 as the single RAF display Vulcan.


cheeRS

[marky4]

glad its still flying