Well hes wrong.....I have been donating to TVOC for years and have visited the Hanger on many occasions.
558 is currently in the final stages of rebuild following the major plus other bits its having.
Currently work is on-going on the under carriage with retraction work currently taking place to setup the micro switches etc (interesting to watch the web cams).
Shes still not got any PFC motors so there is no way shes leaving the ground plus the functionals are not complete so I would say there is a good 3-4 works before a test flight!
Having said that, shes a magnificent beast and the last British designed plane we built so a very worthy cause to donate a few quid to!
I know a bit about her as its was an acquaintance who bought it!
www.tvoc.co.ukAlso down at Bruntingthorpe (which is where 558 is) are a number of other planes including Victor tanks, Jags, a comet, a super guppy, a tri-star, buccaneers and two fantastic Lightnings......many of these still fast taxi (including the lightnings)
The guys who look after the lightnings are fantastic (they let you sit in them!) and are trying to raise funds to complete the re-build of the last 2 bay fast response shelter left.....as such they have an open day in just over a week where again they will be doing fast taxi runs.....so if you fancy a day out, pop along.......