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Just 5 days to save the Vulcan
The worlds last flying Vulcan bomber, once Britains most potent nuclear deterrent, will be grounded for ever if campaigners cannot raise £500,000 in the next five days.A dramatic 11th-hour effort has been launched to ensure the historic delta-winged jet, which was on 24-hour standby during the Cold War, can remain in the skies. Vulcan XH558, which was built in 1960 and is now based at a wartime airfield at Bruntingthorpe in Leicestershire, flew for the first time in 15 years in 2007 following a £7million restoration. The money was raised by the Vulcan To The Sky Trust, but funds to maintain the aircraft are now running dry. Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2009-03-01 |
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