Although not as involved in the preservsation side of things as some of you undoudtably are, and prefering the jets as well. I still think that preservation of aircraft is important regardless of type and nationality. The airframes to me are symbols of the times when they were active in the roles they were designed to fulfill.They are part of our history and as others have said if you take away the sacrifices and hardship suffered by the pilots, ground crew and designers and others to create a character for those aircraft as a group or individual airframes they are only bits of metal.

Fact is someone will always disagree with something whatever Duxford or any other museum decides to do. That is the nature of the beast. I do however think its important to remember the individual remits of those museums.

One sad fact is that through out the whole preservation scene there is a growing tendency towards a political atmosphere. We should and could work together to achieve the end goal. Preservation of our history all around the world.

Nice shots especially the F86 any Tornado pics ?

if you wanted to get involved with the aircraft go to http://www.coldwarjets.com or http://www.bucc society.com or pm me for membership details for Buccaneer Restorations.

there are a few groups active at Bruntingthopre but we mainly help each other out

Bucc society was to busy getting famous with the discovery wings guys !!!! only kidding bucc !!