Maybe I am being a little harsh in my judgemental thoughts. But maybe I’m not. Lets see, and please correct me if you feel I am commenting out of place.
As I understand the situation, returning an aircraft to flight depends on a few simple details to start with.
i) You need to start with an aircraft. Either you have one or you don’t.
a)If you have, proceed to ii).
b)If you don’t, you are a confidence trickster, you live in a world of illusion, or both.
ii) You require a substantial amount of funding. If it is a Spitfire, start with about £1.2 million. If it is a rather individual 100 seater supersonic transport aircraft, start with about £120 million. (remember these are start figures). Either you have the funding or you don’t.
a)If you have, proceed to iii).
b)If you don’t, you are a confidence trickster, you live in a world of illusion, or both.
iii) You will require the agreement of the TDO (Type Design Organisation).
a)If you have this agreement, proceed to iv).
b)If you don’t, then as per b) above.
iv) You will require the Approval of the Civil Aviation Authority/EASA.
a)If you have this, then proceed to v).
b)If you don’t, then as b) above.
v) You will need to be seen with complete clarity to be acting above board at all times in order to gain public trust and secure further funding. These will need updating continually throughout your project. At no time must you act in an inapropriate, spiteful or sulking manner as this will be construed as dishonesty.
If you cannot act properly, then your project will never get off the ground in both senses.
On the evidence I have seen on this and another closely related thread, I have the uncomfortable feeling that SB001 is firmly in the b) category.
I stand to be corrected.
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