Tragic what happened with Thunder City, but keeping old jets going when all the experienced engineers are superannuated or dead and all the spares are also superannuated or dead is only really possible with the vast resources the yanks have - ZA had no history of flying Lightnings either, so no real local knowledge. The whole collection was dispersed years ago I gather.
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Yep, think they were wound up by 2012. They did sell some Lightning tyres to the Bloodhound SSC project in 2012.
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HOW many??? 
I wonder if thats taken in one of the pre war US airship hangers. Certainly a vast space.
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GE flight testing at Edwards AFB:
A-3 Skywarrior, XF5D Skylancer, T-38 Talon, F-4 Phantom, F-104 Starfighter, Caravelle, F-102 Delta Dagger
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Spare engines being tested.
Checking engine is meeting manufactures specifications
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If you pockets are deep enough ( flights start @. £2.5k ) flying legends have added a BAC Strikemaster to their fighter fleet.
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A37?
We get these over the golf course regularly, (Seven sisters, white cliffs etc) and the South Downs at the back of the cliffs must look fantastic.
They often have another ‘ordinary’ plane in tandem so people can take photos of the moneybags in the Spitfire.
BAC Strikemaster
Lot of resemblence to
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Modded Jet Provost, which first flew in 1954!
Well if the RAF can still fly Canberra’s from RAF Luton, why not. 
And NASA still flys a derivative of the Canberra.
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Both developed from"first jet" trainers of the 50s. Cessna was twin engine, exhausts aft of wings, while Jet Provost was single engine (exhaust at tail).
Some JPs are privately owned and flown, maybe not always with full pre-flight checks!
Canberras
flies
