I quite agree, Sopwith. The viability of a historic aircraft forum should not ( and is not ) defined by the participation of any specific individuals. Various people with particular knowledge or experience have come and gone, which is exactly what you would expect. We all kind of blew in here, and inevitably, people drift away as well.
There is no merit in pining for the return of those who elected to withdraw – if they do, great, if not, well, things move on. All organisations constantly evolve, it is just that you usually do not really notice. Here, we had a seismic shock, which repelled many members all that they same time, and we certainly did notice !
It is worth persevering with, because there still exists great interest in the subject, but to build anything up from scratch ( re-build in this case ) can be lonely, hard-work, and sometimes demoralising , which is where we are now.
I have said before that the key ( no pun intended ) is ‘fresh meat’, ie posting NEW topics for discussion, and everyone with an interest in this forum flourishing needs to ‘do their bit’
We should take inspiration from Churchill . ” Keep Buggering On” !
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