Originally Posted by
airspace alpha
Reminds me of the comment, IIRC, from “Roger Bacon” the esteemed Flight International contributor. The F104 in GAF service had a pretty dire safety record, so his comment was.,. “ how do you start a scrap metal business? Buy a field in Germany and wait”
Or in the early 70's buy a field adjacent to RAF Wildenrath and await the Harrier metal.