What are you talking about?
Why would the the Dept of HS care since they don’t seem to mind warbirds operating in the US?.
Have a look at the debacle over the (NZ bound) Spitfire they recently impounded & held up export as it was a “war machine”.
Something bewildering to us Americans, is that she cannot be capitalized in order to cover insurance costs. In France, article 1 concerning historical aircraft states that the aircraft can only have on board people that perform a specific on-flight function. Consequently, it is impossible to pay for her flight costs by giving tours during air shows, something commonly done in the US for b-17s. As she receives no help from the French government, all her insurance costs must be paid for by sponsors.
That rule pretty much came about because of a certain A26 display at Biggin quite some years ago…
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