THE SKY was the limit for one St Annes teenager who put her skates on to raise funds for an unusual cause.

Christina Coyle, 13, skated along Blackpool Promenade, from Squires Gate to North Pier, in 16 minutes -- raising £135 towards the cost of restoring a huge decommissioned Avro Vulcan aircraft.

The Lytham St Annes High technology college pupil organised the sponsored in-line skate herself, after reading about the Vulcan project at Fairford Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) airshow in Gloucestershire last year.

"I saw a big wall panel based on the Vulcan and I wanted to help," she explained.

"I produced my own sponsor sheets and decided to skate down Blackpool Prom on the day."

Christina, of Rowsley Road, St Annes, was only 12 at the time, and said her parents didn't event know she was organising the event until the day she did it.

She presented the money to Vulcan To The Sky project director, Dr Robert Pleming, at this year's RIAT Fairford airshow.

"He was really nice. He was really pleased with the amount I'd raised.

"They said that somebody so young as me interested in something like that was unusual. I've just always liked aeroplanes," she said.

But Christina said she didn't know if she would raise any more money. "It's taken a whole year to organise!"

Christina's dad Andrew said the youngsters has enjoyed a 'lifelong fascination' with aeroplanes. And the family has visited the Fairford airshow many times, as Andrew's brother Michael -- a BAE Systems worker -- is also on the RIAT management team.

The money Christina has raised will help restore one Vulcan -- considered by many air enthusiasts to be one of the finest examples of British aircraft of its era-- which will be flown again before it is retired to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford.

There had been concerns the aircraft would be sold abroad.

Take a look at the Vulcan project site...