"Why a Vixen (or a Canberra) and not a Lightning/Bucc?". .. .The Canberra is obvious really. With the exception of the
PR.9 all Cranberries were, in essence, pretty straight-forward and "simple" machines - no power controls for instance - compared to the Frightning or Bucc. They had their problems true, especially the tailplane actuator in the early days, and they were pretty unforgiving in asymetric, but basically they were not a flying avionics shop - only real danger was freezing yer b0ll0cks at altitude and getting slowly deafer from the twin engine harmonics if you stood in front of them for a lot of the time. . .. .As for the Vixen, must admit to being a bit puzzled over this one as well. . .. .And a Lightning! Well, who's going to let a "private" jet fly in the UK that's faster than anything in the RAF at the moment? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />