Gannet
I bet somebody in the RNHF will - in 20 years time - say, why the heck didn't we buy that airworthy Gannet/ spares for a hundred grand (probably a lot less in reality) in 2003?
I thing it would attract a lot of interest here and should be repatriated.
Two Mambas, gearbox and contraprop sounds like a case of - take out your wallet and repeat after me 'help yourself' as far as a civvy operator is concerned but with the RN volunteer/ knowhow it surely should be considered.
I know it will never replace the Firefly......
BTW - re they planning to acquire another??
HP