Vulcan in trouble

It looks as though XH558 may not make it past the end of the month. They have put the engineering staff on 4 weeks notice.

While sad, it does not seem too surprising given that the requirement for a huge amount of engineering work for this winter was revealed in September, rather than during the airshow season when people had her fresh in their minds.

That said, given the current climate, please support them for free. They are trying to get their video to go viral, so any links to it would be useful. Also the fiftieth birthday card world record attempt.

And if you'd like to donate but have no money, try everyclick: each search raises 1p

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Kid's Books

It seems to be my day to work on Kids books. After I hooked up analytics I was quite surprised by the visits to timandtobias on google sites, especially since I haven't finished it (images, character lists, reviews etc. are still needed) so that's about to get some extra work done and a google sitemap.

And at the same time I'm updating the XH558 lens to include Vulcan Ventures, the children's book by Edmond Squibb about the Vulcan. In some ways this is good for reaching a new audience since it's actually listed on Amazon.com for US sales. However in other ways it is disappointing as it is shown as out of print on the US site, which may discourage customers. US Vulcan fans will need to pick it up from Amazon.co.uk at the moment.

Of course, if enough US customers add it to their wishlist on Amazon.com then maybe some sellers will start importing.