“remind us all why Scampton is a place of “national interest and importance”

You could say the same of Duxford, a brief cameo for another of your personal heroes; (Douglas Bader) and if it wasn’t for the movie stirring up interest ( sounds familiar) and bulldozing the M11 right through the site giving the place enviable access, who knows what might have happened to that particular redundant airfield.

As a former regular at Hendon, the only attraction was the aircraft, I hated that part of London (although as I hate London with a passion, and for a variety of reasons, that’s not saying a lot) and as an outsider I found the congestion charge confusing, and similarly the LEZ ( don’t that just sum up London)

I have said for a number of years in my humble (but none the less considered) opinion that the RAFM should move outside of the M25; parking at Hendon is extremely limited, and the train station quite a hike for the less than dedicated; Scampton is outside the M25, is available, and probably has a greater significance to the RAF than Hendon, everyone has heard of the Dambusters, and almost no one has heard of Claude Grahame White.

Whilst links to the site at Scampton maybe poor now, they were once at Duxford, and they have a parknride now (apparently)

Do you think if they made the buses run more frequently that might help?

I think in order for that to happen, restorers should be more honest, with regards to originality, (or not); instead of filling all the aviation magazines (including the online variations) with bullsh!t about how this or that was painstakingly restored; a friend of mine has a Spitfire, he reckons to have about 70% by weight, however it was totally destroyed, and I doubt one piece is usable.

This is truly sad news, a talented artist without doubt, and I’ll really miss his humour on this forum.

“Groups like this really help make Duxford the special place it is. Well done to all.”

Indeed they do, we hear a lot of complaints about reenactors on this forum, but for me it helps to create atmosphere; (something that the rows of corporate catering/hospitality trucks that obscure the flight line destroy) some of the reenactors were positioned to the back of these “things” and I think a case for covering them with camo netting, to hide them, and augment the reenactors displays could quite easily be made.

I don’t know how far you need to go to turn one of these around but the video shows a smoke trail almost before it is airborne.

“Of course that didn’t stop the complaints on the Key aviation forum when the RAF Museum loaned them a Spitfire that was in storage (and doing no one much good”).

It’s nice to be remembered………….