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Decaying Vulcan

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 2:37 pm
by Phil H
I was greeted by a sad sight on my first outing to the National Museum of Flight, in six years.

Forlorn looking, with flaking paintwork and rainwater ingress, this HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT historic airframe is slowly decaying.- what a waste !
To the outsider, it looks as though the Museum now solely revolves around Concorde !

ImageVulcan B2A, XM597, National Museum of Flight @ East Fortune, 26 September 2021 by Phillip Hapka, on Flickr

Re: Decaying Vulcan

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 3:06 pm
by Mustang531
I know, not nice to see, but it's pretty solid. I understand there are plans to build another display building, but there were problems with getting planning permission. Perhaps someone north of the border can clarify what happened, I understood that it was because they needed to cut some trees down and permission was refused. Thanks for sharing the pic though.

Re: Decaying Vulcan

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:06 pm
by Blackcat1
Beautiful aircraft

Re: Decaying Vulcan

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 7:07 pm
by Unknown74
I thoroughly agree with what you are all saying.

Re: Decaying Vulcan

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2021 12:30 pm
by Lightweight42
That's depressing to hear. These airframes are irreplaceable and a piece of UK aviation history

Re: Decaying Vulcan

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 8:45 pm
by Stratocruiser
Ah, memories of Scampton, Marham and Waddo in the 70's.
Such a great shame to see such an iconic warbird wasting away :(
Here's hoping it will receive some TLC in the future.
Thanks for sharing your pic :thumb: