The project has already cost �4m but is on the verge of folding
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A project to restore a vintage aircraft to flying condition is on the verge of collapse due to a funding crisis.
A team of 30 engineers have spent the past nine years restoring a Vulcan bomber but have been told their contracts will be ended this month.
The Vulcan Operating Company, based at Bruntingthorpe, Leics, has already spent more than �4m on the plane, the only example capable of flying again.
Organisers have said they need �250,000 over the next month to keep going.
The crisis has been blamed on a sharp rise in costs.
People from around the world have donated money to realise the project and recently a DVD has been produced to contribute to the fundraising effort.
The plane last flew from RAF Waddington near Lincoln more than a decade ago.
Vulcans were long-range bombers and were retired from active service in 1984.
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