I think if my questions could be answered in a business-like manner, it should be possible to turn around the opinions of the doubters. The problem is, there has been no response to this. Which just makes it harder to believe.

I want to believe it will work. But I am sensible. I need to see a viable plan. Dreams are great, but financiers need more than dreams to lend money.

There must have been a structured plan in order to have convinced the Lottery Heritage Fund that it was viable.

VTTSCM: Can you help here?

This could help with your question.FAQ

Point i would like to make is that it was a great aircraft at airshows etc. what other cold war era aircraft have we got flying at shows hunters yes but look at all the other jets we had and will never fly again. what happens when the jags go and harriers and such theres going to be a massive gap in the jet side of displays . if we dont start getting complex aircraft on the show circuit now you wont have a cat in hells chance in years to come . and your warbirds will soon fly the nest when the public get sick of seeing old pre war aircraft they will stop going and no money for the ops . si it works in a lot of ways for the airshows of the future . if xh558 is a winner and proves to be well liked it may help get other cold war jets being kept a live a glimmer of hope . you may also find the websites may be posting more news than before as the tvoc did not own 558 until last week it was the waltons that owned and said what was to be . the tvoc have not really paid a lot for 558 it was for the massive supply of vulcan spares that the waltons paid a high price for when the mod cleared out raf stafford and all vulcan parts . they bought the lot from the mod.

Funny i spotted a chippie around the same time also .This one being out of wellsbourne also a very nice Extra 300L .

Does anybody have a pic of a Jag doing a touch & go at swanton morley in the early 90s

Must agree with some of the last comments why as it been restored and hangered at our expense only for his financial gains when sold to the usa. Why its been kept quiet i guess has its not suppose to be there getting a freebie at our expense.

Does anyone else have any more Farnborough photos in COLOUR taken between 1958-66, as I went to all those shows and would love to see more scans of slides from those years? Those were the golden years of the British aircraft industry and since then it’s been all downhill!

I will look up the loft somtime this week have got the xmas light’s etc to put up there . Theres a pile of them sbac program books up there in a corner from around the 50s upwards will see what i can dig out and scan .