AI Vulcan

bobbych · Post by **bobbych** » 31 Aug 2008, 21:24

soon to be released with a RETRO waddo scenery, from UKMIL

BadPvtDan · Post by **BadPvtDan** » 31 Aug 2008, 22:21

They do scenery right over there.

mr.bean · Post by **mr.bean** » 01 Sep 2008, 00:03

Nice screens. Espically the one with the German Sheperd in it.

MIKE JG · Post by **MIKE JG** » 01 Sep 2008, 01:14

Hey that's my pooch in that shot!!

MACC · Post by **MACC** » 02 Sep 2008, 14:51

Theres holes in 2 of the vulcans in the first screenie.

btaylo24 · Post by **btaylo24** » 02 Sep 2008, 14:56

MACC,,,They are WIP shots I presume, and sure they will be resolved at release....U got good eyes though!

Barry

bobbych · Post by **bobbych** » 02 Sep 2008, 22:05

yes barry, they are, and the holes are already fixed, but we are used to MACC slagging off UKMIL models, so it;s no worries really

Phantom54 · Post by **Phantom54** » 03 Sep 2008, 08:12

Would be great if someone can make a package for just the XH558....No retro packages for me

bobbych · Post by **bobbych** » 24 Sep 2008, 01:14

VulcanDriver · Post by **VulcanDriver** » 24 Sep 2008, 05:20

That does look very nice

Firebird · Post by **Firebird** » 24 Sep 2008, 13:07

Phantom54 wrote:Would be great if someone can make a package for just the XH558....No retro packages for me

Well if the rumours are true, that is retro as well ... again!

VulcanDriver · Post by **VulcanDriver** » 24 Sep 2008, 17:27

Latest I've heard is its having an engine replaced due to metal fragments in the sump.

MACC · Post by **MACC** » 24 Sep 2008, 18:03

Firebird wrote:
Phantom54 wrote:Would be great if someone can make a package for just the XH558....No retro packages for me
Well if the rumours are true, that is retro as well ... again!

I still ain't seen it fly yet.

Every opportunity ruined.

f4nutter · Post by **f4nutter** » 24 Sep 2008, 18:24

XH558 is having the engine removed for inspection due to 2% magnectic filing's being recorded on the inner engine cover ! so my reliable sorce tell's me

dont give up hope it's just scare mungering
dont quote me though i'm just passing it on.

planejunky · Post by **planejunky** » 24 Sep 2008, 18:49

MACC wrote:
Firebird wrote:
Phantom54 wrote:Would be great if someone can make a package for just the XH558....No retro packages for me
Well if the rumours are true, that is retro as well ... again!
I still ain't seen it fly yet. Every opportunity ruined.

I was up in Rutland last week near Cottesmore and she did about eight approaches with her gear up, absolutely beautiful she was. Sadly I've just heard tonight that she's grounded as the money's finally run out!

planejunky · Post by **planejunky** » 24 Sep 2008, 18:50

I'm loving this idea for a scenery though, real Cold War stuff bring it on!

Keith Jones · Post by **Keith Jones** » 24 Sep 2008, 19:02

planejunky wrote:Sadly I've just heard tonight that she's grounded as the money's finally run out!

According to the VTTS site, she'll be making an appearance at Duxford on the 5th October.

Article here - http://www.tvoc.co.uk/flightoperations.asp

Firebird · Post by **Firebird** » 24 Sep 2008, 20:58

What I read last week there are estimating £5m a year to actually keep flying, I can't see that happening unless the RAF add it to the BBMF and that isn't going to happen.

Shame, and I would like to be proven wrong, but at least I can still remember them operating from CGY on war dispersal. The noise and spectacle of a survival scramble was something else.

planejunky · Post by **planejunky** » 24 Sep 2008, 21:14

Sadly it was always going to be a warbird too far IMHO. The fund raising that's needed to keep B-17G Sally B in the air each year is staggering, and the Vulcan makes that look like a p!ss in the ocean financially!

It was a valiant effort (no pun intended!:lol: ) but it's all come to fruition at a time were the economy is in freefall, and any potential sponsors will now be tightening their belts. It was always very doubtful that any major company would want to attach their name to a Cold War weapon of mass destruction anyway, no matter how good she looks asthetically.

It's all very sad, but until the 1990's it was run with the financial backing of the UK taxpayer through the RAF, the operating costs are simply too expensive for a private operator, even airlines are going down the toilet due to fuel costs etc.

planejunky · Post by **planejunky** » 29 Sep 2008, 20:40

Just to let you all know, sadly the Vulcan has been cancelled for DX this weekend.