Question, how many here are involved with real airplanes?

[timholt]

1 and 4
I used to fly aerobatics regulary up to 3 years ago but I these days I just get to go up occassionaly with a couple of mates as I have let my biennial flight test and medical lapse.

4 because I do 2 days volunteer work in the Classic Jets Fighter Museum at Parafield (Adelaide South Australia.

We recently finished restoring a P-39 Air Cobra and have now begun to build from scratch a F4F Corsair.

The museum has
the P-39
a completely rebuilt P-38 done at the museum
A Korean war veteran ex RAAF Sabre
A Wirraway (privately owned, housed in the museum and flyable)
A Boomerang (privately owned, housed in the museum and flyable)
2 x Chipmunks (ex RN privately owned, housed in the museum and flyable)
An Ex RAN Sea Venom
A Korean war vintage MIG
An Ex RAAF mirage
A WWII Mustang (privately owned, housed in the museum and flyable)
A tiger moth (privately owned, housed in the museum and flyable)
A Jindavik
PLus of course oodles of A/C bits and paraphernalia
We also had a Korean War vetern RAAF Meteor that has just been sold to NZ