Originally Posted by possel
Dunno what part of the services you were/are with, but justifying the use of public money comes to mind as a good reason not to do this!
I worked on Vulcans and Harriers, and neither are cheap, even just for normal maintenance. Then when they need airframe repairs (corrosion, cracking etc) you start writing big cheques.
Actually neither. Just an ex air cadet who managed to get a flight in the late 1980's in the lancaster. The info was given to me by a flight Lieutenant at the 2005 Waddo airshow.
Rob