Originally Posted by Arfur Dent
Surely, these jets should be flown by professionals in a BBMF-type 'Squadron' properly funded so that currency, engineering etc are not a problem.
They have in the past, CFS Vintage Pair springs to mind, plus of course Vulcan Display Flight, and the Seahawk operated sporadically by the RNHF until its last and maybe final grounding.
Sadly, the Vintage Pair incidents back in the day prove even this isn't foolproof.
MOD aren't going to fund vintage jets - period.
And its all possibly a moot point post-Shoreham. I doubt we'll be seeing too many civvie owned/operated vintage jets flying again (and the Hunter grounding might never be lifted by CAA?) as I think the insurance premiums will likely go through the roof, and make it virtually operationally cost prohibitive...aside from any legislation or rule changes that are put in place.