Vulcan

The Vulcan To the Sky Trust is committed to provide a substantial Trust Fund, raised during the aircraft's flying life, to pay for the asset's upkeep during retirement. Our business plan currently shows this Trust Fund amounting to at least £1.2million, making the HLF grant yet more cost-effective. In the professional opinion of Henry Hall, Directo... r of the Curatorial Division at the RAF Museum at Hendon, "The value for money of this project is beyond traditional comparison - this Vulcan, unlike any other in a museum, is unique in its potential to be made airworthy at an affordable cost, and therefore made fit to educate huge crowds about one of the most radical aircraft structural designs to emerge from the British aircraft industry in its heyday. The operation of historic aircraft is an exciting form of educational outreach which the aviation museum sector cannot fill. The private sector has achieved wonders with small and less significant aircraft restorations to flight standard, and the MoD can hold its head high with the Battle of Britain Memorial flight including the large Lancaster aircraft which grace our skies and cause the public at large to feel again a true sense of national pride. With such widespread public support to dilute the "subsidy per head" and to sustain operation indefinitely, it is a tragedy that this opportunity to return a Vulcan to the sky is not being supported by the HLF on the grounds of value for money." The Heritage Lottery Fund states: "there was also some concern over the lack of certainty on securing the high future costs of operating, housing and maintaining the aircraft in flying condition".Read More