I remeber seeing Vulcans flying when I was a nipper, awsome, awsome aircraft - this is very sad:
One of Blackpool's landmarks is due to disappear on Thursday when the Vulcan Bomber at the resort's airport is taken to be scrapped.
Owner Brian Bateson said it was not viable to maintain the plane - a Cold War relic.
"All things come to an end - this plane has reached the end of the line," he said.
The plane which has been sited on the airport for 21 years is due to be broken up.
The Vulcan was bought in November 2004 by pub landlord Chris Ollerenshaw, from Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, who bid £15,100 for the former RAF bomber on the internet auction site eBay.
But he discovered it was too expensive to move the fragile plane from Blackpool Airport to his pub garden.
So he relinquished ownership, which reverted to pilot Mr Bateson.
Mr Ollerenshaw, who hoped it would be an attraction at his pub, The Snipe Inn, discovered the plane would also cost £20,000 to transport.
The bomber last saw service when it was on standby on Ascension Island during the Falklands War.
(text from BBC news clicky (
BBC NEWS | England | Lancashire | Vulcan landmark facing scrapyard))
Does anyone know if there's any Vulcans left now (I know there's none flying) but are there any in museams etc?