cliver029 Thanks for the info on 648 at Duxford. I had heard she was in pretty poor shape which is not surprising after 40 plus years I suppose. I have chipped in with my pitifully small contribution to the £400k required, but I very much doubt if that amount can be raised in this way. I felt better about contributing than I would to the latest VTTS appeal because as far as I am aware I wont be contributing to inflated salaries at Duxford which is a part of IWM. I do, in fact, know a curator at IWM and can say that the salaries paid there are modest in the extreme.