Originally Posted by
Nick H.
Regarding Lightnings on the civil register, I've read in more than one place that the CAA policy was because the Lightning no longer had support from the manufacturer and it had suffered a very high accident rate even when it did have support and was in service. The same can't be said of the Tornado.
And why would the CAA allow civilian Hunters to operate, but not the Tornado?
Its all about flying control system redundancy, the lightning was all hydraulic, the hunter was hydraulic and cable, the vulcan also only hydraulic but it had four systems.