by expat » Wed May 17, 2006 8:15 am
That is scrap value, as it says, it has not flown for 14 years and the engines have been idle for 9 years.
When the Royal Air Force was scraping the Vulcan, you could by one for about $10000. English Electric Lightning was a similar price and the Blackburn Buccaneer even less as memory recalls.
Remember old aircraft never die; they become mobile phones with a catchy ring tone!! (According to a Discovery Channel program I saw a while back)
Matt
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expat on Wed May 17, 2006 8:16 am, edited 1 time in total.
"A bit of a pickle" - British translation: A catastrophically bad situation with potentially fatal consequences.
PETA
People Eating Tasty Animals.
B1 (Cat C) licenced engineer, Boeing 737NG 600/700/800/900 Airbus A318/19/20/21 and Dash8 Q-400
1. Captain, if the problem is not entered into the technical logbook.........then the aircraft does not have a problem.
2. And, if you have time to write the fault on a napkin and attach to it to the yoke.........you have time to write it in the tech log....see point 1.
