I remeber seeing Vulcans flying when I was a nipper, awsome, awsome aircraft - this is very sad:

One of Blackpool's landmarks is due to disappear on Thursday when the Vulcan Bomber at the resort's airport is taken to be scrapped.

Owner Brian Bateson said it was not viable to maintain the plane - a Cold War relic.

"All things come to an end - this plane has reached the end of the line," he said.

The plane which has been sited on the airport for 21 years is due to be broken up.

The Vulcan was bought in November 2004 by pub landlord Chris Ollerenshaw, from Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, who bid £15,100 for the former RAF bomber on the internet auction site eBay.

But he discovered it was too expensive to move the fragile plane from Blackpool Airport to his pub garden.

So he relinquished ownership, which reverted to pilot Mr Bateson.

Mr Ollerenshaw, who hoped it would be an attraction at his pub, The Snipe Inn, discovered the plane would also cost £20,000 to transport.

The bomber last saw service when it was on standby on Ascension Island during the Falklands War.

(text from BBC news clicky (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/4603880.stm))

Does anyone know if there's any Vulcans left now (I know there's none flying) but are there any in museams etc?

I saw this on local news this morning, very sad. There are a few remaining, including XH588 at Bruntingthorpe, which with lotto money will be making a return to the skies!

other survivors:

COMPLETE AIRCRAFT


B.2
Serial Owner & location
XH558 Vulcan to the Sky (restoration to fly), Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire
XL318 Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, North London
XL319 North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland Airport, Tyne & Wear
XL361 Goose Bay, Canada
XL391 Sandbach Car and Commercial Dismantlers (being scrapped), Blackpool Airport, Lancashire
XL426 Vulcan Restoration Trust, Southend Airport, Essex
XM573 Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
XM594 Lincolnshire Lancaster Association, Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire
XM597 National Museum of Flight, East Fortune Airfield, Lothian, Scotland
XM598 RAF Museum Cosford, Shropshire
XM603 Avro Heritage Society, BAE Systems Woodford, Cheshire
XM605 Castle Air Museum, Castle AFB, Atwater, California, USA
XM606 Eighth Air Force Museum, Barksdale AFB, Bossier City, Louisiana, USA
XM607 RAF Waddington (gate guardian), Lincolnshire
XM612 City of Norwich Aviation Museum, Norwich Airport, Norfolk
XM655 John Littler, Wellesbourne Mountford aerodrome, Warwickshire


B.2A
Serial Owner & location
XJ824 Imperial War Museum (stored), Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire
XL360 Midland Air Museum, Coventry Airport, Warwickshire
XM575 East Midlands Aeropark, East Midlands Airport, Leicestershire


B.2A(MRR)
Serial Owner & location
XJ823 Tom Stoddart, Solway Aviation Society, Carlisle Airport, Cumbria


NOSE/COCKPIT/OTHER SECTIONS


B.1
Serial Owner & location
? Privately owned, Reigate, Surrey
XA893 RAF Museum Cosford, Shropshire
XA903 Paul Hartley, Wellesbourne Wartime Museum, Wellesbourne Mountford Aerodrome, Warwickshire


B.2
Serial Owner & location
XH560 The Cockpit Collection, Rayleigh, Essex
XL388 Mike North & John Morley, Aeroventure, Lakeside and Leisure Complex, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
XM569 Gary Spoors & Dave Price, Jet Age Museum, Gloucestershire
XM602 Avro Heritage Society, BAe Systems Woodford, Cheshire
XM652 Sue & Roy Jerman, Welshpool, Powys, Wales


B.2MRR
Serial Owner & location
XH537 Paul Hartley, Bournemouth Aviation Museum, Bournemouth Airport, Hurn, Dorset
XH563 Paul Hartley, Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire


K.2
Serial Owner & location
XL445 Blyth Valley Aviation Collection, Walpole, Suffolk


The Reigate Vulcan nose was from the B.1 and was known as XA909; however it is now thought to be either XA889, XA890 or, more likely, a nose section that never flew and never had an RAF serial.

yup Vulcan's were fricking awesome beasts :)

Sad to see em go.

Does anyone know if there's any Vulcans left now (I know there's none flying) but are there any in museams etc?

I have seen one at the National Museum of Scotland's “Museum of Flight” at East Fortune, and also at the RAF Museum at Hendon in London, so don't worry, there are plenty to see around the UK. There may also be one at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, but I'm not sure about this.

The good news is that one is being restored to flight, and it is hoped that it will be flying again in time for the 2007 Royal International Air Tattoo.

Vulcan To the Sky (http://www.tvoc.co.uk/)

Ooops, didn't see your post there sjwmoore: it seems there are many more around than I thought. :)

I loved working at USAF Alconbury & watch the U2 Spy Planes.........!!!!!!!

Here is a video clip of Avro Vulcan XH558 demonstrating her awesome take-off capabilities of this unique aircraft. We'll soon get to see this again. :)

Vulcan Take-off (http://www.nodarkroom.co.uk/videos/vulcan.htm)

Don't know if you're aware but Cosford Air museum are building a new Cold War hanger and gallery. It's going to be very impressive. they are bringing the Valiant up from Hendon and the Cosford Vulcan and Victor are being brought in from the cold. pun intended, sorry :runaway:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=223772

Brilliant - I didn't know that there were still so many left intact and that one will fly again is amazing.

That video has left me speechless - if I hadn't seen a real one do that I'd say it was fake - it trundles along and then suddenly sets off like the space shuttle - Vulcan's had awesomly powerfull engines. :eek2:

I saw the last flightworthy one fly at the Woodford airshow about 10/12 years ago it was brilliant, the noise was incredible. The display lasted about 15 minutes but it cost around 20k. They are very expensive to maintain and fuel but I think they are worth it, shame a concorde can't be maintained in flying order too.

Was the last one flying the one that's being restored now as I'm sure the reason given for it being grounded was that the wings needed re-sparing which is effectively new wings?

The one at bruntingthorpe is the closest to being airworthy. They will be trying to get the southend one up after that. Its pretty cool at the southend airshow... if you go to the airport it does engine test runs along the runway.... dont take off though cause it would probably fall out the sky in several bits.

If you can get to Bruntingthorpe you can get shown around the aircraft and hanger. The wife and I went on a the day after a heavy session and she was nearly sick in the Vulcan's cockpit. fortunatly she managed to make it outside the hanger :puke:

It's worth the trip if your not traveling too far as they've also got a couple of taxiable Lightings, a Victor, a buccaneer and some other bits and bobs.

http://www.tvoc.co.uk/index2.php