XL609 is privately owned and I don't expect to fund the project through donations but I'm very grateful for the support I've had from friends and family so far. My long term goal is for her to be available to the public as a 'hands on' exhibit and every pound, penny or donated part helps move the project forward towards this goal. I recently totalled up my spend so far and thought I'd share here for transparency: My total spend (excluding the cost of the cockpit) is now about £750, Tools: £83 Paint and Materials: £340
Books, Photos, Manuals and Reference Material: £235
Simulator Software/Hardware: £95
Support from friends, family and the community: Priceless
(as they said in the old credit card ads!)
I'm particularly grateful to my Dad, Geoff G, Dave P, Adam Watson , Carl Lamb, Abigail Roberta Mills, and David Griffin as well as previous owners of XL609 Dave Taylor and Neil and Heather (Lakes Lightnings)
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I recently ordered a logo'd T-shirt from RedBubble to check the quality and was really disappointed so I've removed them from sale for now and will look at other suppliers if there's interest in the future.
I still have a selection of stickers - all four of XL609's colour schemes as well as stickers celebrating 75 years of the Hunter, all available are available from:
https://www.redbubble.com/people/xl609
Donations can also be made via my Ko-Fi page, I have a limited stock of the original logo design stickers available from there for any donation of £5 or more.
https://ko-fi.com/xl609
And finally I'm looking forward to attending a couple of events this year, the next being the Aerojumble at Newark on the 18th of April where I'll be on the hunt for parts!