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russ35
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811 posts
66 months
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marki
15,763 posts
97 months
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Bastads what a feckin waste 
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Einion Yrth
8,117 posts
71 months
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Some people have no soul.
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stone
1,497 posts
74 months
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That really is a crying shame  Were alternatives looked at ?
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Parrot of Doom
20,370 posts
61 months
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What is the story behind this? Why was it to be removed in the first place?
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lazyitus
15,536 posts
93 months
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What a shame - A bloke won this on e-bay last year but it was gonna cost him about £20K to transport it back to his pub garden, more than he actually paid for the plane. It was going to go to court because he decided he couldn't afford the move but I don't know what the outcome was.
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shadytree
8,120 posts
76 months
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Sad indeed Miss them and their characteristic whine at airshows. I had a butchers around XL426 at Southend last year. 
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russ35
Original Poster
811 posts
66 months
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lazyitus said:What a shame -
A bloke won this on e-bay last year but it was gonna cost him about £20K to transport it back to his pub garden, more than he actually paid for the plane.
It was going to go to court because he decided he couldn't afford the move but I don't know what the outcome was.
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Yep he won it for about £15,000 (without looking at it), then found that it was going to cost more than he bid to get it moved. Went to court as he was also being charged rent for it as it was not moved. Plane then back to original owner and put back up for sale. >> Edited by russ35 on Thursday 12th January 14:34
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rude girl
6,683 posts
86 months
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What a sad sight
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Rob-C
1,447 posts
76 months
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I flew home from the Isle of Man via Blackpool on the 3rd Jan. I so very nearly stopped the car on the way out, to take some photos of the Vulcan. I wish I had now
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JonRB
26,399 posts
99 months
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That's so sad.
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eccles
5,834 posts
49 months
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from what i've read on other forums, the aircraft was in a very poor state, and there was some talk of not being allowed underneath it for fear of it collapsing on your head!.....not sure how true that is, but it undoubtedly was in very poor condition.
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Zod
13,947 posts
85 months
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JonRB
26,399 posts
99 months
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eccles said:| from what i've read on other forums, the aircraft was in a very poor state, and there was some talk of not being allowed underneath it for fear of it collapsing on your head!.....not sure how true that is, but it undoubtedly was in very poor condition. |
Hmmm. In that case perhaps it was beyond economic repair. But that in itself is a crying shame.
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FourWheelDrift
40,094 posts
111 months
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Vulcan B2 XL391 was the first Mk2 built from new with Olympus 301 engines. It came between a batch of 201-engined free-fall aircraft XL384-390 (which were subsequently retrofitted to Blue Steel/Olympus 301) and 201-engined Mk2 Blue Steels XL392, XL425 etc. Because of the extensive changes to the engine bays, 391 was not delivered to Boscombe Down until May 1963, some ten months after 392 was delivered to the RAF. 391 was completed with the full Skybolt attachment pods. 391 entered service with the Cottesmore Wing in July 1968 and moved with the Wing to RAF Akrotiri in February 1969. In January 1975, IX Squadron (including 391) transferred from Akrotiri to Waddington. 391 transferred to 101 Squadron in June 1980 and to 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron in July 1982. Wearing 44(R) markings, 391 was flown to Blackpool in February 1983 where it was left to rot and corrode to an unsafe condition.
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ZR1cliff
16,450 posts
76 months
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What a sad sight
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TeamD
3,047 posts
59 months
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Parrot of Doom said:| Why was it to be removed in the first place? |
Obviously Blackpool would like a low price airline hub of their own and need the car parking space to balance the books, not that the users of low cost carriers actually use airport car parking because it tends to be more expensive than the flights!
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B17NNS
5,195 posts
74 months
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shadytree said: Awesome picture, is it a trick of the eye or are they really that big (havent seen one in real life). That Aston looks tiny. Sad sight indeed.
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superlightr
5,153 posts
90 months
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hmmmmm look at that kids, there is a car park.......
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hmmmm look at that kids, there is a Vulcan Bomber....... WOW
It is a shame, but nothing lasts forever, and money doesnt grow on trees.
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GregE240
9,623 posts
94 months
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Thats awful. Another piece of our manufacturing heritage down the shitter On a brighter note.....  How is the one they are restoring at Bruntingthorpe progressing?
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