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(Message started by: admin on Nov 2^nd, 2004, 4:12pm)

Title: Vulcan for sale ??
Post by admin on Nov 2^nd, 2004, 4:12pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2979&item=5530699633&rd=1

Hmm, I guess it's a wind up but it might impress the neighbours ;)

Steve

Title: Re: Vulcan for sale ??
Post by daven on Nov 2^nd, 2004, 4:27pm

Already posted Steve - in off topic section ;)

Daven

Title: Re: Vulcan for sale ??
Post by Vulcan on Nov 2^nd, 2004, 5:27pm

I don't think it's a wind up... or wasn't intended to be originally. If you check out what else the guy is selling it appears to be anything on the airfield that isn't bolted down. Think they must be winding the place up.
::)

Title: Re: Vulcan for sale ??
Post by john.n on Nov 2^nd, 2004, 7:21pm

I cant beleive you hav,nt put in a bid Vulcan!! john.n :D

Title: Re: Vulcan for sale ??
Post by Vulcan on Nov 2^nd, 2004, 11:04pm

Hehehe... yeah I might have done, if the price had stayed in a reasonable area.. but then ..where would I have put it??

It's perfectly acceptable for the general public to own old decommisioned RAF planes... Jeremy Clarkson has a Lightning on his drive I believe.. (may not be a Lightning.. my memory is vague, I just remember the show when they put it there and the nosewheel locked up and gouged up his lawn making his wife well upset).

This is why I thought it was a real auction rather than a p**take.. sadly this particular bird is in such bad condition that i think if you tried to disassemble her for transport big parts would just disappear into a cloud of Aluminium oxide dust!!

Gonna check the Vulcan forums to see if they know that it's up for auction or any more details..

EDIT:
done a bit of looking about and apparently this auction is legit!! Copied the text below from a website..
B.2 XL391 at Blackpool Airport, 16th May 2002; Catherine Adams B.2 XL426 at Southend, 7th May 2004; author
Now a rather sadder story... XL391, above, is the example at Blackpool Airport here in the UK. Unfortunately the sea air of Blackpool and the northern weather have not been kind to her. The exhaust cowlings are gone and the engine mounts are rusting fast; the landing gear is increasingly unsafe (the nose leg is actually cracked) and is sinking into the sandy soil. The c o c k pit is open to the public for an entrance fee but most of the instruments and controls including both joysticks have been removed, stolen or smashed by vandals. A Vulcan not long for this world... the aircraft is up for sale but has been for some time, with the owner apparently asking a price that is rather too high considering the condition of the aircraft. This Vulcan is not likely to be around for much longer as the local council are unhappy with its condition and want it gone. The airport authorities no longer permit visitors into the aircraft citing safety concerns.

Site I got it from is here..
http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/vulcan/survivorspics1.html#XL391

and here is the Vulcan Forum and what they are saying about it..
http://www.avrovulcan.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=24

Hmm lots more going on here than meets the eye methinks....

Title: Re: Vulcan for sale ??
Post by Geoff_W on Nov 7^th, 2004, 9:35am

Vulcan,

Thanks for putting up that Thunder & Lightnings link. Thats a really great site for those of us at a certain age. ;)

Geoff

Title: Re: Vulcan for sale ??
Post by Baz on Nov 9^th, 2004, 12:09am

You may be interested to know that the Vulcan is to be put in the beer garden of the Snipe Inn at Dukenfield, Tameside according to the Manchester Evening News. Even more appropriate is that the phrase "sniping" is used on EBay to describe a last minute bid which wins the auction....just what he did apparently!!

Baz