I have the following reservations regarding the above list

Sorry to be so negsative, but past expeience gives me a jaundiced view

I never said it would be easy…:D

But since this as clearly a fantasy…I certainly don’t expect the RAF to open up its cheque book…I thought I’d make my list one with a bit more reality than some…
No clearly extinct types, or types like the Shack and Lightning the CAA seems to a bad opinion of.

Yes, I know there aren’t any airworthy Comets at the present time, but if the RAF wanted one bad enough, I’m sure there could be. After all look what an underfunded private group did with a Vulcan. Wouldn’t some critical spares come from the Nimrod fleet?

Likewise, with blades and other spares from the U.S., a Whirlwind is just a factor of money. I’d wager you could get one into the air for 100,000 pounds.

I’d guess any Harrier and Canberra projects would fall between these two examples in terms of cost and difficulty.