I’ll take two

Having been a member of the CWH (not anymore) i remember when the Lanc was still under restoration it was discussed about trips the Lanc would make when airworthy one of the concerns was to try and keep the old girl flying as long as possible something that a trip acroos the pond would drastically effect and secondly it costs thousands of dollars to fly the Lanc on it’s normal airshow circuit not to mention what it would cost to send her to Europe there are just too many variables involved in undertaking a project like this not too mention the possibility of mechanical failure while over the water it’s just too risky to jeaopardize over 10 years of restoration work and funding on trip across the pond

Sorry mate Good luck with your search tho

Before sending PA474 to Germany how about bringing it to North America especially since the CWH are extremly picky about where they fly their Lanc i Can’t think of one US stop she’s made but if it’s a rare bird in the US that the CWH wants to see they usually get it for their airshows but getting back to the the topic a t hand i’m not so sure it would be a good idea to fly PA474 over Germany as it would be akin to flying any German bomber over London it just brings back to many painful memories my father still tells me to this day of being moved out of London due to the Jerry bombings unfortunately there are too many painful memories on both sides why do you think the Swaztika was banned in Germany

You can teach monkeys to fly better than that

Anybody who’s seen The Battle of Britain knows where i’m coming from with above title
It happens it happened a lot during the war pilots were simply preoccupied and made a simple mistake to ERR is human and no one’s perfect i hope that the FAA does find that it was a mechanical problem unfortunately for the pilot though he was a flying a CAF aircraft and they don’t have the best safety record when it comes to their aircraft please correct me if i’m wrong but i seem to remember something happening to their P-82 Twin Mustang and other various aircraft one would tend to thin ktho that if it is mechanical it would more than likely be hydraulic failure of some kind

anything can be saved if you have enough time and money to do so i live not too far from MAAM (Mid Atlantic Air Museum) i dont how many of you are familiar with the project they’ve undertaken and what they had to start with but they are in the process of returning a Northrop P-61 Black Widow to the air so yes your Lightning can be saved hardest part is going to be getting an engine for her if the DOD will let you have one IT REALLY BURNS ME UP THOUGH TO SEE SOME OF THE RESPONSES THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN IT MAKES ME SICK TO THINK THAT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HISTORIC AIRCRAFT OF WWII I CHALLENGE SOMEONE TO SAVE IT EVEN IF THEY CAN’T DO ANYTHING WITH IT AT PRESENT AT LEAST FIND IT A HOME I DON’T KNOW THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION I’M SURE SOME OF YOU CHAPS DO SOMEONE GET IN TOUCH WITH THE GROUP THAT OPERATES TWO TAXIABLE LIGHTNINGS SEE IF THEY CAN SAVE THIS RARE MK2 WHAT IS IT WITH ME AND MKII/2’S LOL