vulcan from the latest news letter fri 8 march

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.