Re the comment – but only two or three cockpit owners seem able to get off their backsides and go there.
As a cockpit owner / displayer, the bigest problem we have is the wear and tear that the cockpit takes being towed along British roads. I know that at least two cockpits recieved damage on the way to Newark this year, ours and a jet cockpit, both to the canopies. These cockpits are our pride and joys, we put hundreds of man hours into there restoration, not to mention the price of parts, paint etc, so that we might share them with others. But we also have lives to live, wive’s, children, homes and jobs that all need our time as well.
Then there is the cost to us in going to events, we always spend far to much, there’s acomodation (my health prety much rules out camping these days), petrol, where and tear on our car etc, it realy is a very big commitment to us to attend events.
Ourselves, we are asked to attend many events each year, but we can only manage so much, and unfortunatly most displays are during our all to short summer months, when families and homes put the biggest demand on our spare time. We would love to be able to do every event we are asked to attend, but it just isn’t possible. Sorry.
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