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Old 7th Oct 2021, 15:00
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Bigpants
 
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Airworthy?

I would happily buy a Hawk T1a from the MOD for a token amount, have it refurbished by Horizon because most of their engineers are ex military and I have done business with them in the past. In theory one might then enjoy flying a Hawk around Wales and the SW.
https://www.horizonaircraftservices.com/
Unfortunately, I suspect the CAA would say "No" to any prospect of even ex military pilots owning a civil Hawk on the G Register after Shoreham.
I would like to be proved wrong as they are great aircraft to fly and reasonably safe in competent hands because they were designed to be. Ironically, if you have the cash one can go out and buy a WW2 Warbird with very iffy handling characteristics and the CAA will not put too many hurdles in the way of a PPL flying it.
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