Originally Posted by H Peacock
XH134, being a Canberra PR9, has powered flying controls on the ailerons and rudder. These systems are irreversible with no mechanical reversion so, in the highly unlikely event of a total hydraulics failure, the PR9 is unflyable. Unfortunately that probably puts XH134 in a category the CAA label as 'Complex'.
Surely then MidAir/C2Aviation would never have got XH134 back in the air under CAA regs as we know the Vulcan has been (and likely only ever be) the only 'complex' jet operated on a PtF, and MidAir flew XH134 for at least 12 months on the display circuit in 2013-4.
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