I have no problem with Mr Allen owning and restoring his collection of aircraft,
DOUGHNUT

Thats good then, seeing as they are actually his…..

but the work being carried out on the Me262 will probalbly make it less valuable.

Now you have lost me, at the end of the day this will still be an original Me262, admitedly with some new parts built to manufacturers drawings or replicated from pattern parts, but then this would happen during its time in service, so it would never be as original as it was the day it rolled out of the factory… This process is brining life back into a once proud warbird as opposed to it sitting silently in the corner of a museum gathering dust. As for market value, this is such a specialist machine that it will only ever be worth what someone is prepared to pay for it. The new build 262’s are a great achievement but they will always be replicas (with modern engines)

Sadly not, seems I didn’t pay enough

Didn’t come back on DL1 out of New York by any chance did you Rocketeer? Thought I spotted you as I boarded.
Stunning weekend, got fed up with the rain on Thursday and went to Dayton, sadly didn’t get upgraded and had to make do with a Chevy Shed with an iffy wheel bearing. Superb selection of aircraft, just got 1700+ pics to sort through now….

Stuff this, today I among many others here lost a friend, now the forum reaches tabloid level.
Oh and for information to fast taxi a tailwheel Warbird is also not a great idea and a number have been wrecked doing just that.

Fantastic…. well done…. still sunny and hot here….:)

I would think that would be a very good candidate.

Its not the Mitchell that filmed the Battle of Britain, that made it back to America.