Guys,
All this kindness and well-meaning is killing me. Everyone has the forum's best interests at heart. It sounds like Jon has the equipment to keep this thing running for years to come. I do think that John and Nick should keep running it like they have been (no offense to Jon) regardless of where it is hosted and what the domain name is.
If I remember correctly, Nick originally had it under a different domain with a pointer from cozyaircraft.com to it. It worked fine that way, so I am sure that we can come up with a domain name to register, if needed.
This is not the only vBulletin board I post on. They all look different but the operate the same (that is to say well.) I want to see it stay, I will pay if I need to, but keep this going.
My suggestion is: Jon, John, and Nick, get on the phone, or in a chat room and discuss this amongst yourselves. Between the three of you, I think you can do no worse than keep this board running exactly the same as it today. My opinion is that you will improve it when all is said and done.
As for me, I survived another recurrent ride in the box today, and I have to go fly the real thing tomorrow. Be safe.
Jim