I don't believe it..... Newark Air Museum are selling Avro Vulcan Bomber XM594 !!!!

[J]

What's with all this Vulcan selling of late ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13983&item=5538999939&rd=1&tc=photo

[Michael Blakesley]

I read something about the Vulcan at Blackpool changing hands for £15,000
via a ebay auction.

Don't know about the Newark Vulcan ?.

With regard to the Blackpool Vulcan, lets hope someone will take care of the
old girl, as she is looking a bit sorry at the moment.

Regards

Mike
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[Foxfield]

Don't know about the Newark Vulcan ?.
>
> With regard to the Blackpool Vulcan, lets hope someone will take care of
the
> old girl, as she is looking a bit sorry at the moment.
>
> Regards

perhaps someone should drop 'The old girl' into the middle of the Atlantic.
We don't need reminders of the Cold War or excuses for ex-Crabs to get
together and start waxing lyrically about a heap of metal

> >

[J]

It was there last Monday.... obviously now a hoax !

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[worthers]

I believe it was the Blackpool Vulcan that was sold on EBAY but in the
papers they showed the Waddington gate guard. Anyway what are fish heads
(foxfield) posting on the Vulcan site???

[Michael Blakesley]

Foxfield = A Troll ?

WHEN landlord Chris Ollerenshaw decided he needed something new to bring in
the punters, regulars thought they were in line for another happy hour.
Instead the publican forked out more than £15,000 on a fresh attraction for
his beer garden - an RAF nuclear bomber.

But the 50 year old - who is petrified of flying - still doesn't know if the
40-ton warplane with a wingspan of 100ft will fit behind his pub, the Snipe
Inn in Birch Lane, Dukinfield. Nevertheless, he's already handed over a
cheque to flying instructor Brian Bateson, owner of Blackpool Airport, where
the plane has stood for 21 years.

The dad-of-three said: "My family think I'm crackers and my regulars just
don't believe it, but I think it will be a major attraction. I always say
you've got to speculate to accumulate.

"Now I have to find a way to get it here.

"I've spoken to a couple of haulage firms and they've told me the wings and
the tail fin will have to come off, otherwise it won't fit down the
motorway."

Chris snapped up the Vulcan after making a last ditch bid for it on the
internet auction site eBay.

His successful £15,102.03 bid was lodged seconds before the auction closed
at 2.30pm on Saturday.

Wife Bev, 38, said: Everyone's calling him Captain Biggles at the moment.

"I don't know what to think.

"It must be the most expensive piece of garden furniture ever.

"I fancied a fortnight in Alcudia, now I will have to settle for a weekend
in Blackpool," she added.

Chris now faces a nail-biting eight-week wait to see if Tameside Council
planning chiefs give him the thumbs-up for the plane.

The bomber last saw service when it was on standby on Ascension Island in
the Falklands War.

Mr Bateson, who bought the jet from the RAF in 1983, said he thought Chris
had made a good buy.

He said: "I think the aeroplane, especially with a new owner who will give
it some TLC, will be a great attraction anywhere."