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Title: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: Hedge on September 26, 2010, 11:09:58 pm: Ladies and Gents, not your usual picture thread so I apologise in advance. More an impassioned plea.

Why do I love this aircraft? I guess the answer is it reminds me so much of my car. It drinks fuel, it costs a fortune to run but my God does it entertain and sound good. What more can I say. :love:

So there you have it, the short version. Trust me the long version is even more embarrasing, the idea is to raise the profile of XH558, The Vulcan, and to inform you of her current financial situation.

Have a read of this before you take a look at the pictures from today at Coventry.

http://www.vulcantothesky.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=478&sid=b6e2a3a64aad0ea0adc3c0d61992cedb&start=80#p7122

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Sorry about the Tornado.

There you have it. Potentially the last public display of XH558. Please let that not be the case. If she makes you feel the same way I do then the choice is yours. :love:
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest hour.
Post by: Hedge on September 26, 2010, 11:16:51 pm: Spot me if you can. :laugh:

http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/public8/xh558-forum-coventry.jpg
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: Greeners on September 27, 2010, 10:56:02 am: Fantastic pics Mr H! :notworthy:

And a more than worthy cause to keep this epic aircraft in front of it's adoring public! :happy2:
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: Poppa Dom on September 27, 2010, 10:58:31 am: Spotted Ian, when did you sign up to the Taliban? :signLOL:
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: SteveP on September 27, 2010, 01:37:28 pm: Far to easy to spot :laugh:

Donation made as well :happy2:
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: Hedge on September 27, 2010, 03:32:15 pm: Quote from: SteveP on September 27, 2010, 01:37:28 pm
Far to easy to spot :laugh:

Donation made as well :happy2:

Thanks Steve. Every little helps :happy2:
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: Hedge on September 27, 2010, 05:26:13 pm: Found these on Youtube. You might want to turn your speakers DOWN!
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: Hedge on September 27, 2010, 05:37:12 pm: And a nice one of the howling take-off. :notworthy:
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: craigy123 on September 27, 2010, 09:22:13 pm: I've got a few pics of her somewhere. I'm a firefighter at RAF Leuchars, so seen it up close just a few weeks ago. Amazing A/C!!!
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: Hedge on September 27, 2010, 09:31:57 pm: Quote from: craigy123 on September 27, 2010, 09:22:13 pm
I've got a few pics of her somewhere. I'm a firefighter at RAF Leuchars, so seen it up close just a few weeks ago. Amazing A/C!!!

I would appreciate it if you posted them. :happy2:
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: craigy123 on September 28, 2010, 11:20:30 pm: I will have a look for them and get them up for you mate.
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: Hedge on September 28, 2010, 11:38:58 pm: Quote from: craigy123 on September 28, 2010, 11:20:30 pm
I will have a look for them and get them up for you mate.

Where's the thanks button when you need it. :smiley:

Looking forward to seeing them. :happy2:
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: keith on September 29, 2010, 01:05:04 pm: I said in another post it flew over my house low level a few weeks back immense noise. There used to one at east fortune but think its gone
When I were a kid we would get sorts of planes flying over our old gaff to test the radar at a test place near Edinburgh airport . Nimrod came in one day low level no gear down skimmed the length of the runway then back into the sky thought it was going to crash . Used to have a pic of a flight crew that had picked my old bt van as a Target and locked on to it in a pretend bombing run up by the black isle area at the start of the first gulf war. Amazing.
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: Hedge on October 01, 2010, 08:23:58 pm: Latest Video courtesy of Planes TV.
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: Greeners on October 01, 2010, 09:13:25 pm: Inspiring stuff! :happy2:
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: Hedge on October 01, 2010, 09:48:41 pm: Here's a little something for all you Photographers out there.
Over on the Vulcan to the Sky forum they are having a photo competition. It is open to non-members and the idea is you post your photos from 2010 to fit the theme:-
1. photos of XH558
2. photos of any other aircraft
3. photos of the Vulcan Village or other smaller VTTS stands from 2010 events
4. photos of the XH558 ground crew or engineers in action (or on duty at any rate)
5. photographic mishaps /bloomers and humorous photos with captions if possible! (captions to be taken into account when judging)

Rules here and they are pretty strict.
http://www.vulcantothesky.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=623

Basically you buy a token for £5.58 which allows you to enter 1 picture. The more you buy the more you can enter. :happy2: :happy2:

Lets keep the old girl flying :congrats:
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: Hedge on October 20, 2010, 11:37:51 pm: Not quite at the end of the month yet but there is some momentum on other sites.

From Pistonheads. http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=22661

Out of the Pistonheads thread I have compiled some of her greatest moments.

Yeovilton - hear the old girl howl.
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: cmdrfire on October 22, 2010, 04:40:07 pm: Must get the video I took of her from Farnborough up. Will do so tonight... I was standing at the foot of the runway and she passed directly overhead.
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: Hedge on October 22, 2010, 04:59:22 pm: Quote from: cmdrfire on October 22, 2010, 04:40:07 pm
Must get the video I took of her from Farnborough up. Will do so tonight... I was standing at the foot of the runway and she passed directly overhead.

:party:

Yes please Neo. :happy2:
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: cmdrfire on October 23, 2010, 10:43:40 pm: Here you go Ian!
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=16127007&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0

Vimeo link for those who cannot view flash:
http://vimeo.com/16127007
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: Hedge on October 23, 2010, 10:54:48 pm: Thanks mate :happy2:
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: Hedge on October 28, 2010, 01:31:21 pm: One of the members of the Vulcan to the Sky Club is also a very talented illustrator and responsible for all the illustrations in the Vulcan Ventures children books.

This is definitely one of the saddest things I have seen in a long time and most definitely not what we want to see happen to the old girl. :sad:

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See my sig. It's not too late. :ashamed:
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: Hedge on October 28, 2010, 01:43:49 pm: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-11642558 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-11642558)
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: wigit on October 28, 2010, 02:23:12 pm: donated :happy2:
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: Hedge on October 28, 2010, 02:28:21 pm: Cheers mate. :smiley:
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: wigit on October 28, 2010, 02:31:11 pm: given i missed seeing her this year fella i want to see her next :drinking:

also like to see the look on the argentinians faces at the olympic opening ceremony in 2012 :jumping:
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: Hedge on October 28, 2010, 02:51:04 pm: Quote from: wigit on October 28, 2010, 02:31:11 pm
given i missed seeing her this year fella i want to see her next :drinking:

also like to see the look on the argentinians faces at the olympic opening ceremony in 2010 :jumping:

I tink you mean 2012 :laugh:

I saw her 4 times this year which should have been 5. Lets see if I can beat that next year. :drinking:
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: cmdrfire on October 29, 2010, 10:18:42 pm: Hedge, just got a twitter message, reads "XH558 saved!"
Does this mean that we did it?
I hope so! :jumping:

Website still shows as not quite being there yet though...
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: cmdrfire on October 29, 2010, 10:23:39 pm: Update to my previous one - more details on the website, here's the key excerpt:

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the Trust has sufficient liquidity to continue to trade, and accordingly the notices to our employees have been rescinded.

If you were waiting for it to become clear whether a donation to XH558 would be worthwhile, now is your moment. We have achieved a huge amount in the last few days, and the Board is now confident that we can move forward to a successful 2011. We do need to keep up the donation momentum all the way through to Sunday 31st October, so please take that step and make a donation, join thousands of others, and help ensure we break through our target by Sunday evening.

So good news, but not completely in the clear just yet. Now's the time to donate if you haven't already! So in the words, of Starsky, or Hutch...

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Do it! Do it!
Title: Re: Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.
Post by: Hedge on October 29, 2010, 10:41:15 pm: Quote from: cmdrfire on October 29, 2010, 10:18:42 pm
Hedge, just got a twitter message, reads "XH558 saved!"
Does this mean that we did it?
I hope so! :jumping:

Website still shows as not quite being there yet though...

From my understanding the first hurdle were the Trustees who met on Thursday. They had the power to wrap up the whole shooting match. As they have seen viable funding then it will be allowed to continue.

Still needs £75k before the end of the month :scared: