The Vulcan Bomber is arguably the world's greatest aircraft, and a piece of British history. "Delta Lady" XH558 is a show stopper, and with the famous howl, no-one can mistake it. This blog is for all Vulcan fans to enjoy and interact with, and efforts are now underway to get the Vulcan ready for the 2012 Display season. Find out how you can help achieve that aim...
Well the HUGE effort to get £100,000 in the bank by the end of February ended successfully on Wednesday, as the appeal passed that target, and on to the next target, which was £200k by the end of March.
However, following the Vulcan to the Sky trustees meeting in midweek, this week's Newsletter announced that the remaining £200,000 target, would be split across 3 months which is FANTASTIC news for all concerned, meaning more time and a more realistic schedule to try and raise the money needed.
So, the target now looks like this:
By March 31st - £75,000
By April 30th - £150,000
By May 31st - £200,000
So, £75k is the target this month, and already £8k is in the bank, so efforts will continue to raise the sums needed - and good luck to VTTS with this - I know everyone will still do their bit, so if you can donate, then donate today, as the sooner that money comes in the quicker we will see XH558 at Airshows this Summer!
I was personally really pleased that the 'Leap Day' idea I put to the team was taken on, and £3000+ was raised towards the target - it meant that 600 people must have donated a fiver - in one way a shame that many many more of the 10,000 twitter followers and facebook likers didn't commit, but in another way, those 600 may not have donated before, so good on them for doing so, it was a worthwhile initiative as it helped get over the £100k milestone, proving that yet again, Vulcan fanatics are the best out there!
So, March is a big month too, and hopefully we can get the target needed by the end of the month, plenty of goodies remain on sale at the Vulcan shop, so if you haven't bought anything yet, then please do so now!
The latest engineering report from Taff Stone, is also now available to view, and well worth a watch too, which can view here.
Finally, I do like a good Vulcan video to finish a blog on, so here we go with today's blast from the past, which was the fine display at Broughton in September 2009, finishing off with a cracker of a howl...
Much to my own disappointment, I was situated in a position where I didn't hear the howl, but fortunately many caught it on video - this being one of them from my friend, who was situated in the Business Park field right by the end of the runway.
It was another great day for the Vulcan yesterday as it treated two different air displays to completely different shows of it's fantastic-ness, is that a word? probably not, but I have just added it to the Dictionary if it's not already in there!
Cosby were left bombed out after the Delta Lady had full pyros going off during a simulated bombing run, whilst at Broughton, it gave us all a treat with a different kind of display due to the restrictions in force at the airfield.
The restriction being that factories were on both sides of the runway, it was not able to do the usual bomb bay doors open routine, but instead we were treated to a display which included a wheels down, ready to land sequence, only then to pull up and rip into the sky on the final pass.
On it's other fly bys, a few powerful climbs were the order of the day, and ensured plenty of thunder was in the air surrounding Broughton & Hawarden!
Even the crowd at Chester City FC started clapping when the Vulcan made it's turn close to the ground, see it gets everyone involved!
Everyone at the Airbus celebration was delighted to see 558 rip through the skies in her usual brilliant way, and the excitement was there for all to see as the Vulcan To The Sky tent became very very busy after the tin triangle had departed!
Overall a great display then, and next up for the Vulcan, is a trip to RAF Leuchars for the Scotland Airshow, departing on the 11th, displaying on the 12th.
With only one more day to go before the visit of the Vulcan to Broughton, near Hawarden, the area is getting more excited as the days go on, and now just over 24 hours to go until the day the Vulcan (hopefully) flies back over the City of Chester once again.
The Families Day at Broughton takes place tomorrow up here in Sunny Chester, but will it be sunny tomorrow, well despite it saying that all week for Saturday on the weather forecasts, guess what, it's changed again!
Now the Beeb are saying that it will be Light Rain, although their 24 hour slide show doesn't give any clues as to what will happen between 1-4pm tomorrow. MetCheck shows just cloud, whereas the MetOffice shows rainclouds but the chances of rain likely later in the afternoon, let's hope that means after 4pm!
So, the wait is nearly over, Cosby will be also looking forward to a special display too, as they are having pyro going on there, when the Vulcan does it's first pass there, it will be simulating a bombing run, should be some great footage from that!
