Date Posted: 2006-08-02 03:16:35.
Subject: The Vulcan to the Sky Project
Name: floppyarms
Message: The Avro Vulcan XH558 is the only surviving example of Britain’s Cold War V-Bomber fleet that is capable of being returned to flight. The Vulcan to the Sky project is a registered charity whose aim is to engage in this objective. Our company, Vin de Terre, has taken on the mission to raise £350,000 within four weeks to help bring the Vulcan to the stage of Roll Out – where the plane can take to the runway.

The Vulcan Bomber gained its deserved recognition after a dangerous mission to the Falkland Islands where it travelled 4000 miles beyond its range in order to carry out the bombing of a small target. However the aging nature of the plane meant that it was unable to compete with the new genre of aircraft emerging and thus the phase of the Vulcan died out, but the bravery of the crew and importance of the Vulcan led it take a crucial part in British history.

The project was promoting itself at the RAF Waddington air show on the 2nd July 2006. Vin de Terre’s managing director was at the show, and being an ex serviceman of the air force he still has a passionate interest in planes. Vin de Terre specialises in personalised wine labelling, we create unique individual labels as per the client’s request. With this in mind we have developed a label for the Vulcan to the Sky so that people can purchase the labelled wine bottles priced at £10 and the profit made from their sale will go to the Vulcan to the Sky project.

The personalised wine label unique to the Vulcan to the Sky will enable the customer to have a role in the restoration as well a memento of the Vulcan itself. Customers will be able to purchase the labelled bottles directly from us via our website www.savethevulcan.co.uk.

Let me know your thoughts

Hanifa