When the EAA tried to replicate the flight they discovered that the Flyer 1 had a very limited flight envelope- lots of headwind plus catapult launch or it didn’t work.

Pheew…well…you could…..but why would you..? Copyright issues aside – It’s all available across the web or in libraries or archives. It’d be far more effective, not to mention vastly cheaper, to create a ‘Master Index’, so that those interested would know where to look. That way, almost anyone could contribute at little or no cost. As a long time rooter-out of obscure information, it’s the finding that’s the hardest part.

Snoopy7422 That cannot be done under current management. However there was a plan for something EXACTLY like that before the EGM, and the hope is that one day it can become reality. At which point someone will be back in touch to hold you to your kind offer.

And as for copyright considerations, I have a bound copy of the 1988 Intellectual Property Act on the bookshelf next to me looking over my shoulder as I type.

And what is the current status of the Spitfire Society? It would seem to have suffered some damage along the way, not to mention financial losses and the loss of most (all?) of its well esteemed patrons.

I think that the current status of the Spitfire Society is uncertain and mostly unknown (especially?) to its members. The Management Committee may have clues, although for some reason I doubt it.