Biggles, your comments do you proud, those are the kind of things that should be being done, but unfortunately in most cases, are not.
The groups currently working on such projects as the Stirling, Whitley & 0/400, are doing a fantastic job, & I believe that they have set down exactly what they hope will happen with the finished project, but they could probably all do with extra members etc.
Projects such as the Hornet, & the Albermarle cockpit etc, which I believe are mainly down to one person rather than a group “please forgive me if I am mistaken in this”, are also just as fantastic, but would no doubt welcome help of one sort or another. A specific get together of such groups & individuals, with like minded enthusiasts, is some thing that at the moment does not happen.

Hi TwinOtter23
My suggestion about Cockpitfest being a good event to host such a meeting, was just that, a suggestion, not an out & out statement that it should or would ever be held there.

I beg to differ on the comment that not many people bemoan that no one is doing anything to bring back certain extinct types, I have been to many aerojumbles & air displays over the years, as well as many museums etc, & I have had the pleasure of talking with many other enthusiasts at these locations, & a great many mention it, quite a few are extremely surprised & happy when I tell them that in some cases there is a group or individual trying to recreate at least a cockpit section of the type they mentioned, the Stirling being just one of these, I have lost count of the number of ex crew members & enthusiasts who were extremely surprised & absolutely delighted when I told them that there was infact a group trying to recreate one.

Bob. T