For many years I have had an interest in aviation. This was sparked by the fact that, in my early years, my parents had a farm that was situated at the end of the runway of Martlesham Heath Aerodrome, in Suffolk. It was close. One of the landing lights was outside the kitchen door! At that time, in the early 1950s, it mainly had Lincolns, then later Meteors, Canberras and other jets. This interest lay dormant for many years, but I still maintained a connection by collecting RAF militaria, mainly WWⅡ flying helmets. I had, by then, become a partner in a Visual Merchandising business. This gave me the opportunity to do some sculpting, which, in time, brought me to sculpt a couple of WWⅡ pilot figures, which were then produced in bronze and sold through Flypast magazine. The art side continued to evolve and the techniques also, which proved to be useful in later R/C model projects.
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