Launch of "XH558 Press Office"

[XH558 Press Office]

NEW YEAR – NEW CHALLENGES – NEWS from VULCAN XH558

A public appeal:

We bring you the launch of “XH558 Press Office” and the first of what will be regular updates across various Internet forums with the intention of spreading the word on this ground breaking aviation project.

XH558, was the first complex aircraft in the world to be privately restored to full flying condition, making her debut Airshow Display at RAF Waddington in July 2008.

Since then, the economic conditions have seriously affected the sponsorship levels expected in order to make continued operation as an airworthy airframe – the only one of its type in the world. The reality is, that unless a shortfall in funding of £1 million is found before early spring, she will be grounded forever.

The project has clear Technical, Engineering and Educational values to the current generation - who have lost sight of the Cold War era, the technical advances made by British industry and the value of engineering research and development to economic prosperity.

These are all values the “Vulcan to The Sky” team aims to continue demonstrating to millions of people throughout the 2009 Display season, leading to a public appeal in order to secure the aircrafts immediate future.

Following a successful fund in 2006, The ’09 Pledge Campaign has already raised nearly £200,000 towards this target in a little over 4 weeks.

We are now widening our appeal outside of Aviation circles, in order to take our story to a wider cross section of the community. These posts will be appearing of forums not only associated with Aviation, but other key interests, like Motorsport, Railways and Photography, together with more Educational and Technical sites.

We have a presence at “Autosport International” this coming weekend at the NEC, together with many other publicity drives in progress across Newspapers, Magazines and Media.
We do however, suffer from the understandable priorities of editors to cover World Events and more humanitarian charities.

If you feel able to support our project in any way, you will find more details on http://www.vulcantothesky.com together with the Pledge link, where you will be able to make a monthly or one off “promise” to pay any level of donation, only called providing the full £1 million is committed to by others – hence ensuring the successful implementation of a full Display Season. The site also has a live feed to the Pledge database, so you can easily check progress of the campaign at any time. (Look under Home > Pledge Data)

PLEASE HELP US SAVE XH558 FOR THE NATION – IT IS THE PEOPLE’S AIRCRAFT – ONLY YOU CAN SAVE HER NOW!

We would like to thank-you in advance for any help you can give to us.

Any person or Editor requiring more information can contact 0116 247 8145 to receive
a more detailed report via email.
For commercial sponsorship opportunities:- Call 07803 141483

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[IanM]

So who is this mysterious press osifer?

[Wedgy]

I could tell you Ian, but then I would have to kill you

[Nickolas]

I could tell you Ian, but then I would have to kill you

Get the money off him first.........

[Mayfly]

Best of luck, this is something that should have been taken care of long ago, any info that is made public can only be good news but I'm afraid for some on other fora, there is a lot of ground to be made up & I don't envy you one bit.

[Wedgy]

Agreed Great idea - lets hope it makes up ground lost over the past year or 2

[MrTim]

Mark has produced a great new banner for all to to use where possible. 'Tis too wide to fit here so here's the link.

http://www.underthefloor.co.uk/media/VulcanPledgeBanner09.jpg



Edit: Mark is Mark Freshney (scampton61). This is an official VTTS banner.