I think Bex makes an interesting observation one which I thought about albeit from a slightly diff angle relatively recently.
Presently we have a good airshow scene that supports a number of aircraft types.
At some point in the future though there will be a period of aircraft that will not be represented as flyers because they are either to expensive or too complex to maintain and operate. Or indeed a combination of those two factors. My own opinion is that unless a company like HHA operates Tonkas and the likes on a contract I cant see the types ever operating under civil ownership.
So what will that leave us with? Shuttleworth with its string and fabric types, Duxford with a plethora of Spitfires, a few early jets such as a Canberra (type chosen just so you don’t get too down hearted Bex) and eventually some UAV’s to watch.
But lets be honest the RAF does a lot more to preserve its history than many other air forces around the world. Ok we can all say they could improve and fly this or that but we have the BBMF and two RAF museums (which do place a large number of aircraft on loan to other organisations). In recent years we also had the Vulcan and the Vintage Pair which in my opinion isn’t bad going.
Remember the RAF is first and foremost a fighting/peace keeping (or whatever in term the Government wish’s to use) organisation.
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