Hi,

In article ,
Bertie the wrote:

I thought I heard something about it falling on had times after that first
flight. True or just a rumour? It'll take millions to keep that thing
going. I often wonder how just a few thousand at an airshow, paying a
tenner to get in, supports a string of thirsty Merlins and Pratts. You'd
need a very big audience to keep that thing going.

I think it's been cleared for a relatively limited number of hours of flying
or something, can't remember where I read that. As a result they're likely
to 'save' the hours for airshows and the like.

Ah, hold on, sounds like you're spot on. This article dated 18th Feb.

http://www.tvoc.co.uk/

"Avro Vulcan XH558 has run into the headwinds of the current economic
conditions. The return of the aircraft to air displays is at risk of being slowed to a
stop because potential sponsors have drawn in their purse strings and are
not making available the expected funds. With three month.s work still
needed to ready the aircraft and its crew for air displays, the lack of
funding to start this last phase is now endangering the return of the Vulcan
to the beginning of the airshow season."

What an awful shame.

Andy