Amongst others, Red Bull’s owner has put several Alpha Jets on the German (!) civil register, completely restored an airworthy DC-6B (including replacement of major part of the skins) and built a technically and architecturally most impressive museum in Salzburg to house all of his aircraft. He seems to thrive in collecting unusual aircraft (Alpha Jet, DC-6B, Bell HueyCobra). And then there are all the hugely expensive, non-aviation related activities (e.g. Formula 1 racing). In short, he certainly not short of funds and is not afraid of spending them.
So if he considers the operation of the Sea Vixen too expensive, who on Earth else is likely to come up as a sponsor?
As much as I have enjoyed seeing this aircraft, hopefully again in the future, it seems to me that it has very little appeal to Joe Public, who would hardly be capable of distinguishing it from a (much cheaper) Vampire or Venom.
As sad as it may be, it seems like a dead-end situation to me. But I would gladly be proven wrong.
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