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Re: Confederate Air Force Collection

Posted by Jim H on Thu Dec 20, 2001 12:51:39 PM

In reply top Re: Confederate Air Force Collection posted by Julian on Thu Dec 20, 2001 11:47:01 AM

: It's odd, seems to me that a quite a few younger people in
: the UK are really in to WWII era aircraft... Are they not
: so keen in the US?

I'd say overall, here in the states...most kids are into jets. From personal experience, the people I see at WWII type airshows are between 30 and 50. Money is plays a huge factor in interest. Most people who can afford warbirds are over 40, and most people that have a connection to the birds are also over 40. By connection I mean baby boomer generation, parents or grandparents that were involved in WWII. When I was 24 I flew with an instructor at Kent State that didn't know what a B-25 N25GL was...as he perused my thin log book. Probably thought it was a Fokker...spam can driver ;)

jim

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