Understand your point Damien but 95% of what i have got off of ebay i have never seen anywhere before for sale. 75% of what i get is from the U.S. It all depends on what you collect. I’ve done airshows , aerojumbles, auctions and toyfairs and very rarely picked anything up. There is alot of crap on ebay too. e.g a small Breitling Fighters patch when for $126. If you ring Breitling up they used to send them out free. It takes all sorts.

Regarding value of these brochures, it’s all down to how badly you want them. If they have signatures then that does increase there value substantially. Red Arrow brochures from the Gnat era are very collectable and can be very expensive. A 1965 brochure which was the 1st year of the Reds has gone on ebay for £120.
Not only the brochures but patches as well, i collect these too and one at the top of my list is a Gnat era Red Arrows patch. There are 2 versions one with 7 Gnats on it and one with 9 Gnats. A 9 Gnat patch went on Ebay for £160, god knows what a 7 Gnat patch would fetch.

As long as the dates free for me then i’m up for either.

Thanks to Ashley for a great set up, and for showing the DX video. It was great to see everyone and i apologise if it appeared that i hogged the raffle.

Thanks to Lee for the tour of OFMC, he did a sterling job of Q & A’s. I’m sure Sarah and the rest of OFMC will be happy with the donation.

Looks spot on to me.

I spent a fortune and a long time collecting Warbirds Worldwide. I now have the lot. My favourite issue, which was the hardest one for me to get was number 18. It’s the one Mark describes flying the T-33.
All in all i think it was criminal for WW to cease as it was by far the best aviation mag around.

One from me,