vulcan from the latest news letter fri 8 march

XH558 is a charity trust so all the money raised can only be spent on XH558,
it receives no official funding at all, every penny has to be raised and
accounted for by the trust. Hopefully if things go well and the
modifications can be done she will be flying for some years to come. one sat
on the ground does nothing to show how amazing and graceful they are in the
air for such a big plane, its good that some try to keep one in the air and
not just a memory for those that saw them fly and a stories for the next
generation

"Netko" wrote in message
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On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 09:28:36 +0000, PAUL H wrote
(in article ):

The VTST has no cash reserves: if the appeal fails to raise the £133,600
required by the end of March, then the additional £150,000 needed by the
end
of June for XH558 to reach this summer's display season and the resulting
revenue opportunities, there are no emergency funds available to allow the
Trust to keep going.

This will probably sound heretical but I can't help thinking that there are
better ways of spending this sort of money than on keeping XH558 in the air
for the few hours it has left.

Like a splash of paint on XM597, for example.

On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:26:51 +0000, PAUL H wrote
(in article ):

XH558 is a charity trust so all the money raised can only be spent on XH558,

I understand this and wasn't suggesting that the Trust should hand over its
cash to other projects, even if it could do so legally.

Rather I was trying to point out that a high-profile, high-cost - but
ultimately very limited - endeavour like keeping a Vulcan flying will tend to
divert scarce resources from other, less ambitious projects in the field of
aviation history.

I don't mean to sound churlish. I just feel that the sums of money involved
would yield much greater value in the long run if spent in other, less
dramatic, ways.

you could be right about money going to other projects ( i would love to see
more WWII aircraft flying again).

It is an expensive plane to keep flying the total they need to raise and
keep it in the air up to end of June is £800 000, which could be spent on
getting some different planes in the air.

This could be its last year of flying its now coming to the limit of the
flying hours AVRO ever tested on the frames, even if the modifications can
be done to the wings, it might no give it much more flying time anyway if it
does work.

hopefully money will go to other projects in time and we can get to see
other great aircraft fly once again

"Netko" wrote in message
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On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:26:51 +0000, PAUL H wrote
(in article ):

XH558 is a charity trust so all the money raised can only be spent on
XH558,

I understand this and wasn't suggesting that the Trust should hand over its
cash to other projects, even if it could do so legally.

Rather I was trying to point out that a high-profile, high-cost - but
ultimately very limited - endeavour like keeping a Vulcan flying will tend
to
divert scarce resources from other, less ambitious projects in the field of
aviation history.

I don't mean to sound churlish. I just feel that the sums of money involved
would yield much greater value in the long run if spent in other, less
dramatic, ways.