Coventry Fly-In - The Vulcan's finest (and possibly last) hour.

[Hedge]

Here's a little something for all you Photographers out there.
Over on the Vulcan to the Sky forum they are having a photo competition. It is open to non-members and the idea is you post your photos from 2010 to fit the theme:-
1. photos of XH558
2. photos of any other aircraft
3. photos of the Vulcan Village or other smaller VTTS stands from 2010 events
4. photos of the XH558 ground crew or engineers in action (or on duty at any rate)
5. photographic mishaps /bloomers and humorous photos with captions if possible! (captions to be taken into account when judging)

Rules here and they are pretty strict.
http://www.vulcantothesky.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=623

Basically you buy a token for £5.58 which allows you to enter 1 picture. The more you buy the more you can enter.

Lets keep the old girl flying 

[Hedge]

Not quite at the end of the month yet but there is some momentum on other sites.

From Pistonheads. http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=22661

Out of the Pistonheads thread I have compiled some of her greatest moments.

Yeovilton - hear the old girl howl.

[cmdrfire]

Must get the video I took of her from Farnborough up. Will do so tonight... I was standing at the foot of the runway and she passed directly overhead.

[Hedge]

Must get the video I took of her from Farnborough up. Will do so tonight... I was standing at the foot of the runway and she passed directly overhead.

 

Yes please Neo. 

[cmdrfire]

Here you go Ian!
<a href="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=16127007&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=00adef&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=16127007&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=00adef&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0</a>

Vimeo link for those who cannot view flash:

[Hedge]

Thanks mate 

[Hedge]

One of the members of the Vulcan to the Sky Club is also a very talented illustrator and responsible for all the illustrations in the Vulcan Ventures children books.

This is definitely one of the saddest things I have seen in a long time and most definitely not what we want to see happen to the old girl. 



See my sig. It's not too late. 

[Hedge]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-11642558

[wigit]

donated 

[Hedge]

Cheers mate. 

[wigit]

given i missed seeing her this year fella i want to see her next  

also like to see the look on the argentinians faces at the olympic opening ceremony in 2012  

[Hedge]

given i missed seeing her this year fella i want to see her next 

also like to see the look on the argentinians faces at the olympic opening ceremony in 2010 

I tink you mean 2012 

I saw her 4 times this year which should have been 5. Lets see if I can beat that next year. 

[cmdrfire]

Hedge, just got a twitter message, reads "XH558 saved!"
Does this mean that we did it?
I hope so! 

Website still shows as not quite being there yet though...

[cmdrfire]

Update to my previous one - more details on the website, here's the key excerpt:

the Trust has sufficient liquidity to continue to trade, and accordingly the notices to our employees have been rescinded.

If you were waiting for it to become clear whether a donation to XH558 would be worthwhile, now is your moment. We have achieved a huge amount in the last few days, and the Board is now confident that we can move forward to a successful 2011. We do need to keep up the donation momentum all the way through to Sunday 31st October, so please take that step and make a donation, join thousands of others, and help ensure we break through our target by Sunday evening.

So good news, but not completely in the clear just yet. Now's the time to donate if you haven't already! So in the words, of Starsky, or Hutch...



Do it! Do it!

[Hedge]

Hedge, just got a twitter message, reads "XH558 saved!"
Does this mean that we did it?
I hope so! 

Website still shows as not quite being there yet though...

From my understanding the first hurdle were the Trustees who met on Thursday. They had the power to wrap up the whole shooting match. As they have seen viable funding then it will be allowed to continue.

Still needs £75k before the end of the month