Leon Jabachjabicz
People throwing their good money at this is as bad as the Vulcan to The Sky business
Perhaps you haven't been keeping up with the VTTS business, LJ, but last year XH558 completed eight years of highly successful and popular flying. In the early years of the century, if you listened to the naysayers, she was never expected to fly again. And then, when she did fly, she was only expected to last a couple of years.
She became the most popular aeroplane in the country - more popular even than the Red Arrows.
As for the money, she cost the taxpayer nothing, and the money that kept her going was willingly given by a delighted public. The trust raised £23million up to the end of last year.
Her engineering model was so successful that the CAA now cites the project as a model for big heritage restorations. In fact, I suggest you watch that space.
If nothing else, it'll give you something else to whinge about.....
But anyway, back to the subject in hand - if HAV goes as well as Vulcan did, it'll be another triumph.
airsound
XH558 commentator