Winter Service Update

Well we're now well into January, and all those new year celebrations are now a thing of the past, instead our thoughts are now turning to the the end of winter and return of Spring, which hopefully will see the return to the sky of our Delta Lady too!

 The Winter Service is the name of the game at the moment, and the latest update from the Vulcan To The Sky crew confirmed that there were 100 'non routine' cards identifying repair actions. That figure is a little higher than hoped, but these were minor issues such as replacement seals and door fasteners, as well as maintenance to remove corrosion followed by a high-temperature paint.

The final phase of the service will commence this week, and the team have now received permission from Health and Safety to use a powerful X-ray machine, according to Engineering Director, Andrew Edmondson, and areas to receive special attention will be some parts of the spars and the stressed areas where the wings join the fuselage.

Funding is always an issue with the Vulcan of course, with the public constantly backing the project with their own money, and those who contribute do so knowing that the only payback they are interested in seeing is the sight of the beautiful XH558 in the air across the country at various airshows.

The winter service is expected to cost over £100k and so far £10k has been raised towards it via the Winter Service Plaque campaign - and The Vulcan Bomber Blog will be amongst those names to go in the bomb bay following a donation to the cause.

With the absolutely freezing weather which has dominated the country will hopefully be shifting soon, and we'll get to the stage where we can all look forward to warmer weather and sunnier skies, and hopefully we can all play a part in helping the Vulcan crew to deliver show stopping performances at the early airshows - which have been missed in recent years due to a lack of funds.

It's also approaching that time when we see some provisional bookings being rumoured about or confirmed on the Vulcan's appearances page - looking forward to seeing that filling up as time goes on!

That's it for this weekend, look forward to hearing some more positive news very soon!