Vulcan bomber at Blackpool airport to be scrapped
09.01.06
One of Blackpool Airport's landmarks is due to disappear tomorrow, when the Vulcan Bomber at the airport is taken to be scrapped. The plane which has been sited on the airport for 21 years is due to be broken up.
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 Vulcan was bought in November 2004 by pub landlord Chris Ollerenshaw, from Dukinfield, Greater Manchester. He had bid £15,100 for the former RAF bomber on the internet auction site eBay.
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. So he relinquished ownership, which reverted to pilot Mr Bateson.
The bomber last saw service when it was on standby on Ascension Island during the Falklands War.
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