Without churning up old arguments etc all over again, its a fact that saying "if x people paid Ły per month things will be ok" isn't working.
Sadly there still appears to be no reasonable prospect of the one or two key corporate sponsors coming forwards with enough money and I suspect there is still an ongoing degree of reluctance by the masses to sign up for something which is flagged by the operators on numerous occassions as "possibly the last display".
I was wrong about it never flying and am delighted about that as I loved seeing it at Waddo for the first DA flights the night before and think the guys and girls on the ground have done an awesome job.
I don't know what they can do to guarantee the future of the frame but less negative scaremongering and some encouragement might be a flying start if you excuse the pun. The
PR for TVOC is P*ss poor and they have to start showing some innovative thinking if the future is going to involve a continually flying 558.
I hope they pull it off, alas, it seems that they still have a way to go to get there.