There was a thread on here a few months ago about trademarking, more specifically about how a company had been able to trademark the term Remove Before Flight and gain exclusive rights to sell key rings and tags etc. bearing that term. This was despite such items having been sold by all and sundry f...

These posts reminded me of the KABLE acronym advised to the shop manager at the museum a while back by the wife of a regular shopper Or in my case BABLE - Books Acquired Beyond Life Expectancy 😂 And on that subject I’m overdue a visit to the museum (and it’s excellent bookshop!), so will most likel...

Welcome to the ‘Vulcan Owners’ Club’!

Rich

Very sorry to read this, Andy - such a thing is the ultimate nightmare for any aircraft preservation group. I can only imagine it was made worse because the team was powerless to do anything about it and no one had the decency to let you know what was going on.

Rich

Event is now sold out - please don’t come along if you haven’t got a ticket.

If anyone’s at a loose end next Sunday, 20 September, and is looking for an aviation ‘fix’, we are holding a Visit the Vulcan Day at London Southend Airport. COVID guidelines mean we must restrict the numbers at the event at any one time, so admission is by advance ticket only. There will be no tick...

We’re glad you enjoyed your day, Andy, and thanks for sight of the rest of your excellent photos. As well as being an event for the Trust’s members, it was also a ‘test’ for how we could run further member and public taxi-run events with XL426 in the future, hopefully next year - so please watch thi...

Pleased you enjoyed your time with us on Saturday, Andy. Your compliments are appreciated by everyone who works to keep XL426 live and running. Some film of the engine run is on our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/VulcanRestorationTrust/posts We're planning some more live events with XL42...

Sorry if I'm missing something obvious here but does XL426 get the engines run up during the visit the Vulcan events ? We don't run engines at our Visit the Vulcan Days but do power-up the Airborne Auxiliary Power Plant (AAPP) at lunchtime so visitors can see the bomb doors being opened and shut an...

Many thanks, Steve.

Rich

Our second Visit the Vulcan Day of 2018 takes place on Sunday, 17 June, at London Southend Airport. It's Fathers' Day, of course, so if you're looking for someone to take your Dad as a treat, or if you yourself are a Dad and the family has said is up to you where to go because it's your 'Special Day...

Our Spring Event takes place this Saturday, 28 April, which features retired US Air Force Colonel Rich Graham as our very special guest speaker. Rich will be presenting his talk 'Flying the SR-71 Blackbird'. Rich flew the Blackbird from bases in the United States and Japan, as well as from RAF Milde...

Thanks to sithrithy and any other UKAR regulars who came along to support us yesterday. We hope you had a good day and enjoyed yourselves. We had a very decent turnout and the weather played ball. A decent amount of cash went into the coffers which will help pay the bills (for a while anyway)! Our n...

Some interesting points and I cannot resist posting some additional food for thought! Today the public was participating in cockpit tours of Vulcan XM594 at Newark and they have done so on and off for more than 35 years, this cost an extra £1 per person over and above the normal museum admission fe...

Whilst nothing is confirmed yet, it's quite possible we will go down both routes for our engine running and taxying events. Our ethos has always been to give as many people as possible the chance to see XL426 and this is reflected by the very affordable entry fees at our Visit the Vulcan Days. We're...

Hello Richard. This sounds like a tempting day out. Do you have any ambitions to allow potential paying enthusiasts the chance to see XL426 taxiing? I don't expect for a moment this would be straight forward, but I believe there was a secret taxi run December last year? I understand the reason it w...

Just a reminder that the VRT is holding its first Visit the Vulcan Day of 2018 this Sunday, 22 April, at London Southend Airport. Please come along and see Vulcan XL426 if you can and help us with our fund raising efforts. Full details of the day are below - we look forward to seeing you. Our Visit ...

Hi All Despite our enforced move out of Hangar 6 at London Southend Airport before Christmas, the VRT is running a full programme of events in 2018 as part of our on-going fundraising efforts for XL426. We have our first Visit the Vulcan Day on 22 April followed by our Spring Event on 28 April. Deta...

Hi All This is to let you know that Joe L'Estrange's funeral mass will take place on Friday 16th February at 12 noon at Our Lady of Good Council Church in Jermyn Street, Sleaford, Lincs. followed by Surfleet Crematorium at 2.00 pm. His family has informed us that anyone wanting to make a donation in...

I’m sure many of you will have heard of the renowned Vulcan display pilot, Squadron Leader Joe L’Estrange. Those of a certain age may even have been lucky enough to have witnessed him displaying one of the mighty deltas. Sadly we have to report Joe’s passing last Sunday evening, 14 January 2018, fol...

Hi Everyone We've just released the following joint statement with StobartGroup: "Two weeks ago the Vulcan Restoration Trust and StobartGroup announced that it might be necessary for Vulcan XL426 to relocate from Hangar 6 at London Southend Airport. "Following discussions, both parties are...

Just to confirm that nothing's been decided yet and that we're working closely with StobartGroup to find a solution. Once there's anything further to report - and we can't say for certain at the moment how fast or slow things will move - we will keep UKAR informed. In the meantime, please accept our...

Very positive news for the long term future of the Vulcan, I'm intrigued to know if she's been taken off the pan where she was previously is there still an opportunity for engine runs and night photo shoots to be done at the airfield, I know that there's talk about TLE hopefully doing another one l...

Vampire 1973 wrote:Is hangar 6 next to the old control tower?

Hi - no it's the one furthest away, at the western end of the line of hangars and next to Seawing Flying Club.

Rich

We are delighted to let everyone on UKAR know that Vulcan XL426 will soon be moving to a new home under cover at London Southend Airport. XL426 is relocating to the airport’s Hangar 6 for an initial five-year period. The hangar will become our engineering and visitor base. XL426 was moved off her pa...