Hi Ray - 'twas me who coined the term 'Zimbabwe Air Legion' for Terry Mitchell when he was on 44(Southern Rhodesia) Sqn - glad to hear the T-shirt is surviving!
The state of XM607 is disgraceful. But with a bankrupt fast jet centric air force, does anybody expect anything else?
'655 and '426 survive entirely due to voluntary effort and dedication. '559 will fly again, thanks to public contribution and national heritage grants.
Yet the RAF cannot afford to keep one historic airframe in static display condition? Making it a responibility of the various service engineering training schools would be my suggestion.