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The Battle of Britain
Posted by bdk on Thu Jan 23, 2003 07:46:58 PM
In reply top Aims and focal points regarding warbirds posted by Cees Broere on Thu Jan 23, 2003 05:38:20 AM
When I was a lad, the movie "The Battle of Britain" inspired me to want to scour the bottom of the channel for all those ditched aircraft so that I could restore and fly one some day. Well, I still can't swim very well and the salt water has likely eaten them all up, so now I have a T-6 project and too little time to finish it.
My more realistic (adolescent) goal was to buy an airplane, restore it and fly it a little, then trade up to a larger project- eventually working my way up to a P-51 or the like. Unfortunately the increasing prices for the fighters coupled with the relatively stagnant value of the intermediate planes (like a Stearman or a T-6) has all but dashed those hopes.
My fallback to my fallback position may put me back under the (hopefully fresh) water, but I'm sure that some bureaucracy will find a way to dash those hopes as well...
Oh, and it would be nice to make a few million along the way doing all this to keep the wife happy...
: What are your goals/views?