once youve done the likes of airspace/aam/hangar 4 then you rarely visit them again.
Clearly XH668, it’s not “in your blood”.
I’ve been going to Dux since 1973, aged 3 months and have been almost every year of my life. It’s not on my doorstep (I’m 100 miles too far North) but try to visit the whole site at least once a year. I try to visit as often as possible (about once every week at one point) when work and life commitments allow. I volunteer for one of the companies based at Duxford. I help/assist with the restoration and maintenance of airworthy classic aircraft and love every minute, despite the obstacles. I’m not alone in doing this but if I lived as close as you, I’d be there MORE often.
Restoring and operating old aeroplanes is a time consuming and painstaking task. I’m fortunate in the fact that to get up close and personal to these machines I don’t have to pay for the privilege, but I have to show willing and a degree of commitment. To see a Sea Hawk, Canberra etc in the air is an absolute honour, but how long before you tire of these if you saw them so often?!?
Why not join DAS, come and spill some sweat and blood volunteering and when you’ve contributed to putting an historic aeroplane back in its natural element, it may make you appreciate what you see all the more.
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