4 weeks to go to Save the Vulcan

On Friday, there was another update from the Vulcan to the Sky team, as they sent out their weekly newsletter, however, this week, it wasn't a pleasant update - as they have announced that they are once again facing a serious problem with raising funds.

The current campaign sees a target of £350,000 needed by the end of May for the airshow season to be funded, however, they have only seen £37,000 come in, and a figure of £75,000 is needed by the end of March which is when a decision is made on whether the Vulcan will continue ti fly.

Banksy asks you to help Save the Vulcan

There will be some critics out there who say that they are demanding money from the public again, which to a point is true, but the money needs to come from somewhere, otherwise there will be no flying Vulcan this year or next, and that will be a very sad day if the project has to come to an end prematurely.

The fact is that sponsors are hard to find out there simply because they know that there is probably no return for them, whereas for the public the return is seeing the Delta Lady up in the air making the noises we all love to hear.

So, time is running out once again, and as usual there is no promise of a last minute backer coming in so we must all do what we can to keep the Vulcan alive for a little while yet, so get your thinking caps on and see what you can do to help the cause!

The owner of this blog has got an idea which has been put to the Vulcan team, and we'll see if it can 'take off' as it would be a unique idea, which may set a ball rolling, but would need the buy in of many!

The current suggestion from the Vulcan team is for every supporter to set up a standing order for £5.58 a month, equivalent to maybe two pints (depending on where you come from), or even a packet of cigarettes, so if you are able to do anything to help - maybe forego those 2 pints or the pack of fags - remember it won't be forever, but in the short term you'd be helping the project out!

Let's all get behind the efforts to Save the Vulcan!