From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri May 06 2005 - 03:21:16 PDT
Any chance some of the new members of Parliment can
champion the cause. Sounds like the historical
operators need to form a Policitcal Action group and
lobby for the equivalent of historic plates for
aircraft.
Who has the leadership of the EU? Not to hijack the
thread but it seems all the EU wants to do is destroy
the cultural fabric and traditions of most of its
member countries.
Rick
--- Nigel Hay MILWEB <nigel@milweb.net> wrote:
> Many UK's MV collectors have had wonderful days in
> our vehicles at various
> events with Sally B
> We worked with the plane at many air shows providing
> period vehicles both
> for effect and also to transport crew around.
>
> So this is a very sad day so I hope you will look
> at their web
> site.......all support welcome.
>
>
> PRESS RELEASE
>
>
> UK's last B-17 Flying Fortress, Sally B, grounded by
> European Regulations
>
> On the eve of the commemoration of the 60th
> anniversary of the end of World
> War Two, new European regulations have grounded the
> UK's much-loved Boeing
> B-17G Flying Fortress, Sally B.
>
> This is because of crippling new EU third party
> liability insurance
> requirements, based on aircraft weight, which have
> placed Sally B in the
> same insurance category as a commercial airliner.
> The effect is an increase
> in liability insurance of almost five hundred per
> cent, which is the
> equivalent of a staggering one thousand pounds extra
> per flying hour, on top
> of the already incredibly high running costs. But
> unlike a 737, Sally B
> operates for only twenty hours a year, is on a
> Permit to Fly, and can
> neither fly commercially, carry passengers, fly for
> hire and reward or fly
> over built-up areas.
>
> Elly Sallingboe, head of the aircraft's operating
> company, said 'In this
> anniversary of the end of World War Two, Europe has
> managed to ground the
> last B-17 in the UK. This is a bitter setback to the
> B-17 Team and Members,
> who have put in over a quarter of a century of
> relentless hard work and
> dedication to keep Sally B in the air. It seems the
> Government is powerless
> to grant an exemption to this new regulation, which
> is destroying historic
> aviation in the UK. It is particularly upsetting
> when you think that Sally B
> flies as a memorial to over 70,000 Allied airmen who
> lost their lives in the
> skies over Europe. The aircraft is ready to fly, and
> we will do everything
> humanly possible to find a solution.'
>
> So what are we doing about it? We have begun a
> national media campaign to
> spread awareness of the aircraft's plight, raise the
> additional funds and
> continue our fight for an exemption. We are positive
> that a short-term
> solution will be found so that Sally B can continue
> flying this season,
> starting with the Memorial Day Flypast over the
> American Military Cemetery
> at Madingley on 30 May. This is undoubtedly her most
> important and poignant
> event of the year, when we pay tribute to all those
> young men who sacrificed
> their lives for our freedom, and especially as we
> mark the 60th Anniversary
> of the end of the War.
>
> We desperately need the public's help now, more than
> ever. Details of how to
> support us can be found on Sally B's website
> www.sallyb.org.uk
>
> People can also lobby their MPs to get this unjust
> law changed. MPs' contact
> details can be found at www.theyworkforyou.com/mp
>
> Everything depends on the public's reaction to our
> campaign and their
> generosity in making donations to The B-17
> Charitable Trust. But if no
> permanent solution is found, this will be Sally B's
> last season flying in
> this country.
>
> For further information, please contact Sean
> Maffett, tel: (01451) 810100
> e-mail sean@airsound.co.uk
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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