I remember when (Pull up a chock) Scott first made his kind offer for somewhere for us to go.
To repay him, myself, the Late great Mick, Cees, Peter A, NZ Dave , Elliott, Brandon, Brad, Patrick, Richard , Phil, Tulio, Paul1 , Paul2, Tim and many many others , trawled the web, or put in our own contributions to create, in a very short time, a must visit board. That is not to denegrate anyones contributions on the old board, or people I forgot to mention.
The idea I think, was to create an atmosphere of discovery and wonder. We all loved Warbirds, I loved discovering, hunting and researching on Rumours, as does NZ Dave, Phil and Cees and Elliott. Others contributed valuable research like Peter A, and Christer (Engine Man)
Photos of forgotten aircraft or venues came from Eric , Gregory kept us in tune with the Italian scence, Paul McMillan and Ross contributed histories, or provided the missing links to aircraft , Tom kept us in touch with rebuilds,Ed was Mosquito mad, , Matt and John Parker kept us in touch with the Australian scene etc etc . It was the sheer diversity of topics that made it so good. We , most of us weren't experts, but our enthusiasm, tempered with a degree of professional etiquette and respect for the industry (errr for the most part
) led to the operators and rebuilders joining us.
That seems to be missing now.
It's my personal opinion, I'll admit, but the sheer "bounce" seems to be missing from WiX.
On another note, having read the board now at length, I do find myself in agreement with a lot of "Guests" comments above.
Well, it shouldn't take long to get it back , NZ Dave pinged me and got me back in, I'll dust off my contacts list and see what I can do too.
Tony
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