Doncaster UK — The iconic Cold War aircraft based at Doncaster Sheffield Airport has recently been put into storage and closed to the public, while two thirds of staff from the Vulcan to the Sky Trust which maintains it are to be laid off.
The Trust made the shock announcement in January amid a funding crisis and called for members of the public to donate money so the plane can be put back on public view. But now a petition has been launched calling for the Vulcan, also known as XH558, to be moved out of Doncaster to one of two aircraft museums – stationed 40 and 80 miles away from the town.
The petition, started by Mark Jones on the change.org website, has been supported by 199 people. He described the aircraft being moved into storage as “a disgrace” and added: “The plane is part of Britain’s history and should never have been grounded. “To be based at an airport is not where any planes should be other than airliners. “She should be kept either at Elvington Air Museum or Bruntingthorpe.”
The Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial at Elvington, North Yorkshire, is about 40 miles from Doncaster, and Bruntingthorpe Aircraft Museum in Leicestershire is about 80 miles away.
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