OwlsChick   10 #1 Posted July 5, 2009 vulcan no fly....wot a joke..it was clearly advertised as flying with the red arrows by certain lincs broadcasting groups.they blamed paperwork and permits not ready in time....theyve ad a yr to sort it!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
matsalleh   10 #2 Posted July 5, 2009 vulcan no fly....wot a joke..it was clearly advertised as flying with the red arrows by certain lincs broadcasting groups.they blamed paperwork and permits not ready in time....theyve ad a yr to sort it!!!! News has just been saying it failed safety checks,it passed just in time for last years' show.It is an expensive project to keep this a/c flying and relies on public donations. http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Joanl   12 #3 Posted July 5, 2009 She's supposed to be flying here in about 6 weeks time..should have been last year as well for the Airfest, but didn't. Hope we get to see it this year though...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Annoni_mouse   10 #4 Posted July 5, 2009 vulcan no fly....wot a joke..it was clearly advertised as flying with the red arrows by certain lincs broadcasting groups.they blamed paperwork and permits not ready in time....theyve ad a yr to sort it!!!!  To be fair, you should just consider your self lucky the Vulcan is in a position to fly at all, despite these hickups. As has been said, it's a very expensive aircraft to maintain and operate - they were never intended to be operated by civilians.  Add to this the age of the airframe and you soon see it's not as easy keeping a V bomber in the air as it is maintaininig say, a Peugeot 206 for example... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
staylor1295   10 #5 Posted July 5, 2009 it costs £10.000 for 1 day at airshow. all done by kind donations from the public. it's m.o.t ran out on the 3rd of july, they was promised the paper work would be ready for the airshow thats y it was there. its just 1 of them problems they have with the aviation guys,they have to be perfect,otherwise its not worth the risk of flying it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
OwlsChick   10 #6 Posted July 6, 2009 To be fair, you should just consider your self lucky the Vulcan is in a position to fly at all, despite these hickups. As has been said, it's a very expensive aircraft to maintain and operate - they were never intended to be operated by civilians.  Add to this the age of the airframe and you soon see it's not as easy keeping a V bomber in the air as it is maintaininig say, a Peugeot 206 for example...  yes very lucky indeed....saw its first civilian flight..thing is it was doing practice flights thurs last.what a waste ect...my main beef is they shouldent have advertised it as an attraction before it had its permit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
JFKvsNixon   11 #7 Posted July 6, 2009 Apparently they have had a couple of years to get the required tests done to gain the permit. As to why they didn't ensure that the checks were carried out and why they flew the plane to Waddington knowing that the permit was due to expire in a few hours time is beyond me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
