Sorry if this is going off subject too much, but just wanted to add a comment about getting the interest of young people into historic aviation. I am lucky enough to have NAM on my doorstep and have used their extensive resources on numerous occassions for research and advice on our small project, and regularly took my young son there during school holidays as it was his favorite place to go, I have also dragged my daughters along to help at Cockpit Fest, and all have now started to get interested. When I took a media graduate to NAM to take some footage for our short film I worried he may find it boring, quite the opposite, we struggled to get him out, he was fascinated and filmed so much stuff, most irrelevant to our project, but he was so enthusiastic I felt mean trying to stop him, anyway enough waffle, if there was a way to encourage young people to go to Aviation Museums and see and hear the tales behind some of the exhibits I think some would soon get hooked, although sadly distance will always be a problem. I’m looking forward to seeing the plans NAM have got for the Visitors Centre, and am also pleased to see that some schools are also visiting, perfect age to get youngsters interested. Best of luck with it.
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