My guess would be that the canopy will be the biggest problem, but I suspect that the group operating the Sea Vixen will have some stuff stashed away somewhere. A lot of what's damaged on the underside will be metalwork and a skilled metal basher should be able to fix any damaged panels, as long as the structural parts behind them are still mostly intact. I really hope that they will endeavour to get her back in the air again but it will take a lot of money. Keeping my fingers crossed!TobyV wrote: ↑28 May 2017, 14:54What I'm wondering is, assuming there's the money and will to repair it, presumably at minimum we're looking at a new canopy, drop tanks, perhaps some parts from the underside of the fuselage and booms plus whatever failed that initiated this incident. 45 years after it was retired, are there still sufficient spares around?
(SkippyBing posted as I was typing, looks like we're on the same side here )