mr_warbird wrote:
My hope is that if we could turn time forward 200 or 2000 years, this site will still be operational. Think of the invaluable historical information it will contain for centuries of future generations.... In a way it has already become a piece of history, capturing the stories, technical exchanges, opinions and characters of the warbird community. It is our responsibility to keep the history alive... This site is legend !
You've pretty much nailed it. I want this place to be the definitive place for historical military aviation, for generations. I want to include an overwhelming amount of data, hopefully in a digestible format. Things will continue to grow here for the rest of my life and beyond.
In 2001 I had a nice little dogfight with cancer. Lucky it went down in flames leaving me with a few holes. I made arrangements then that would allow for the site to continue beyond me. Those provisions are still in place, but I want this place to grow 10 fold before that happens.
The support and patronage of WIX members and the other visitors to the site will allow me to justify spending the time on developing the site and perhaps get some professional help (some people say I've needed professional help for awhile now). My dream would be to do it full time and maybe as the subscriber base grows that might be possible in the future.
For now I will continue to plug away at the site, both in updating the existing stuff and creating new sections. For a peek at what is developing check out
http://powerplants.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/Also, check out the Luftwaffe drop ordnance section at
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/bombs.html, a member recently donated copies of the equivalent manual for British and Japanese ordnance and I will be developing those sections in the future.
I have lots of plans for the site and with the continued support it will grow in the years to come.
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Scott-
Doing a site like this is a pain and a passion... I congratulate you for doing this.... I put in some dough for you, but I think you should make it a paid site. In general folks value things they pay for more than that they get for free..... its a similar crazy idea like I think everyone should use their real name as the registered name.... my nickel.
gunny
I thought about that years ago but two things make that a less than desirable option. First, I believe information should be free, especially historical information.
Second, we receive between 3-7,000 unique visitors a day, a number that has been consistent for years now. Yet up until this surge there was about two dozen subscribers. You can see where the disparity is there.
Hopefully the upwelling of support will continue and we can all help grow this site together
Thank you everyone for your support, I really do appreciate it.
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