Vulcan Under Threat........Again!!!

airboatr · Post by **airboatr** » 27 Sep 2010, 16:25

ah ha ha ha!

Post by **DaveB** » 27 Sep 2010, 16:41

I don't think I can remember a time in recent history when the Vulcan wasn't under threat

ATB

DaveB

airboatr · Post by **airboatr** » 27 Sep 2010, 16:58

Post by **Garry Russell** » 27 Sep 2010, 19:21

DaveB wrote:I don't think I can remember a time in recent history when the Vulcan wasn't under threat

ATB

DaveB

Exactly mate

.....hence my.......Again!!!

If they do get more funds I might just restart this thread again ready for next year.

Seriously..'since it''s flying days are limited why not fly it for a season every three years and extend the time period

Paul K · Post by **Paul K** » 27 Sep 2010, 19:51

Garry Russell wrote:
DaveB wrote:I don't think I can remember a time in recent history when the Vulcan wasn't under threat

ATB

DaveB

Exactly mate .....hence my.......Again!!!

Ah, but Dave's implication is that the Vulcan has always been under threat. The use of 'again' would only be appropriate if there had been more than one continuous period of uncertainty.

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jonesey2k · Post by **jonesey2k** » 27 Sep 2010, 20:06

What we need is a PFI thingy to get it back out and bombing stuff!

Post by **DaveB** » 27 Sep 2010, 20:39

The use of 'again' would only be appropriate if there had been more than one continuous period of uncertainty.

That's my point really. For a good many years.. and I go back to before the Falklands War.. the Vulcans days were numbered. To be honest, you can go back to the period when the RAF lost the nuclear deterant to the RN and how long ago was that! 558 ended up on the display cct which was never going to last forever.. I think it was quoted that the cost of it's upkeep exceeded that of the entire BBMF and then some. The rest as they say, is history

Think of 'threat' in another way and that's what the Vulcan was built to deal with so why should it change

ATB

DaveB

DarrenL · Post by **DarrenL** » 27 Sep 2010, 21:14

As Yoda once said "Another one, there is"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT9X3xENdZw

Along with getting XL426 to fast taxiing again and we can at least still one moving and making noise longer after XH558 is grounded.

Post by **Garry Russell** » 27 Sep 2010, 21:26

Often forgotten.........XL426 was once the RAF display Vulcan.

After a while, the cost of needed maintenance cause them to swap it for XH558.

I think it been active a few years now but maybe not so much recently

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