arrrggghhhh - still no actual date!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/l...re/7049694.stm Quote:
A Vulcan bomber is to fly again after years of restoration work by engineers - weather permitting.
It last flew 14 years ago after a 33-year career in the RAF, including service in the Falklands War.
Some 20,000 people worldwide helped raise the £6.5m needed to restore the Cold War bomber.
It will make the first of three test flights from Bruntingthorpe airfield in Leicestershire after being cleared by the Civil Aviation Authority.
Taff Stone, chief of the Vulcan crew, said: "There's a lot of work gone into the aircraft.
"We taken it right down to the basics. We've checked everything, we've cleaned everything, we've finally put it all back together and we've just about achieved the unachievable."
Al McDicken, one of the plane's pilots, added: "She's absolutely magnificent and visually a very attractive aeroplane.
"All of us who have flown her have enjoyed her handling qualities but she really flies like a big fighter in some ways. It's a thrill to be involved with it."
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