I once paid a £5 donation to sit in the cockpit of a well-known Spitfire replica at Duxford.
Why? Why not?
The donation went to the museum, and the chap in charge let me close the door, slide the canopy forward, and pretend I was hunting Buchons in 1968 for as long as I wanted. So I did.
You can be any kind of enthusiast you like. Just don’t rain on someone else’s parade because you don’t approve.
I don’t ‘not approve’ . If someone wants to dress up and sit in it and machine gun noises I don’t care. Although I think pretending to shoot stuff is an odd way to spend ones time. Like people who dress up as soldiers – why?
Perhaps I’ve not made my meaning clear. xf940 said the museum at Hendon didn’t cater for enthusiasts because his friend got in trouble got crossing off the walkways and because the jp was protected. Well, it’s a museum. If the jp wasn’t getting protected then people would complain equally. Likewise how difficult is it just to walk on the obvious route. If you have a need to touch and look inside put in a research request. The jp with just a fake stick and Perspex cover is only intended for kids.
Xf940, for clarification it was that element I was questioning but admittedly in a rushed way. Nothing wrong if somebody wants to play pilot or fly a real aircraft. Free country and it takes all sort.
I do disagree that a sit in exhibit has to be the full thing. I sat in the jp at Hendon as a kid and I wasn’t fussed about the non authentic elements. It is still better than a sim.
Daz – is my memory failing me or arnt you building a replica spitfire? Apologies if I have the wrong person. If so, soon you can relive 68 over and over.
Cheers
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