The fact is that aircraft are restored or preserved by people or organisations that have the money. If it takes someone like Kermit Weeks to preserve an aircraft that was not viable on these shores then so be it. The important thing in my mind is that the aircraft are being preserved. It is getting easier for people and indeed aircraft to travel around the world and as long as the aircraft survive they are accessible.
Reading the posts on this forum for the past few months I have been impressed with the welcome we in the UK afforded to Steve Patterson on his visit. If we continue to afford such a welcome we can hope to have aircraft that are owned by people outside this country visiting our shores. I hope that if we afford a civil welcome to Mr Patterson at Leg Ends he may well wish to return with an English aircraft on an occasion in the future. If the likes of Steve and Kermit Weeks can afford to restore our heritage I am sure they would, GIVEN THE RIGHT WELCOME, like to allow us to see their aircraft.
I visited the Kermit Weeks facility at Polk City this Easter and was impressed with what he was trying to achieve. The back lot tour allowed the public to see what was happening and indeed how they achieved their goals. I am worried that there are a number of us on this forum that think that the UK is the only place that aircraft can be restored and displayed.
In summary following this what now appears lengthy post – If they are restored we should be pleased – and it matters very little where, as long as they are restored to a high standard.
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