Vulcan XH558 50th Birthday Appeal

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[paull]

This should be on all the news programms, we need to do all we can!

[ElizabethSylvesterGray]

As a pensioner, I still have pledged £10 a month to the Vulcan to the Sky Club. It is worth it each time I see her fly at the air shows. Keep up the good work and let's all hang in there and hope we make it for the next year.

[kirby]

Well done every one and A big thank you to who ever donated the £458, 00 we are all really happy we will see her in 2010 and beyond

[mikechildmusic]

@j968 There is a huge difference between a static Vulcan and a flying Vulcan. She is an astonishing sight and a great British engineering achievement. XH558 is proof of how innovative British aviation used to be and represents an important period in modern history. It was part of what prevented our own annihilation. With that in mind, I don't think a pledge of just a few pounds is too much to ask. I remind you that people who have donated to this wonderful project have done so by choice.

[KPMVulcansRule]

Don't fret, timuss -She will Fly for years to come !!
All best wishes to Team Vulcan.

KPM aka VRT'sVulcanCo-pilot2008

[jamesable]

I saw that on the waddington airshow web that they have confirmed XH558 in the flying display this year

[littlenige]

Christ we've already lost Concorde - we sure as hell don't want to lose XH558! The fun police/people who prefer to hear the sound of dullness, are fast winning the battle on beautiful machinery like this. Keep it

[Spitfiregirl]

This is a fantastic video XH558 Is georgous!

[chipschapman]

Will be donating, this plane is part of British history
please donate too

[brainiac]

I really hope I can see XH558 at RIAT this year. I have already donated £7.

[ARTHURHANCOCK]

I went to see it twice last year and it failed to fly twice. Any Government that will fund this Brilliant Defender will get my vote. Stop throwing my tax at lost causes and look inwards to what has helped us survive as a country. The Nation has a debt that must be paid to this wonderful Lady. PAY IT NOW!

[paull]

@james426able1 Well if 558 will be flying atall, it will be at Waddington, unless it has a technical fault, but i'd like to know too, i've never been to Waddington, & have always wanted to go, this year would be special if the Vulcan was there...

[concordemph]

the vulcan did so many things to our country
it was better than all the other cold war bombers better handelling in fact its classed as a fighter for its superb performance and it obviously dropped quite a few nuclear bombs etc etc
its body was used on other planes such as the delta wing copied by many other planes including the aerospatiale/bac Concorde and tested the olympus turbo jet for Concorde and is so beautiful to look at and is a British icon so dont tell me its not worth giving!!!

[concordemph]

wouldnt it be soooo fantastic if we could get Concorde flying again both the Vulcan and Conocrde flying together would be the best sight ever!!!

[FoolBritannia]

Oh dear. Why do people on YouoTube get so hostile? I suspect that bigand british knows perfectly well when the first Vulcan flew. But we're talking specifically about XH558. Which was built in 1960. The appeal is for a specific aircraft, the last flying example of this astonishing type. While I agree that in the grand scheme of things it isn't as important as helping Haiti and curing cancer, it IS important. If you don't agree, fine. Just don't start pointless arguments where none need exist.

[ROBERTNESBITT]

I went to see it at Leuchars Last year and she was Lovel'y Keep her in the sky where she Belongs

[modernschoolatlas]

They got my pledge. Just wish I could afford more - but the missus would have a fit.

[nevets]

please pledge what you can afford to save this great aircraft. Remember it's the only flying Vulcan left and took well over a decade to restore to flying status, It would be a waste to see it grounded after this effort.

[timuss]

It will be such a shame if 2009 was the last we saw of her.

The defence budget cannot stretch to suppoerting anymore historic or display flights. Trouble is with the 'expensive engineering company' if XH558 came down at an airshow or over a populated area, then the media would have a firestorm - why wasn't it rubberstamped and checked etc. This could easily lead to all airframes over say 50 years old being refused PTF.