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On Friday 25th April The Grace Spitfire was greeted at Bentwaters Airfield (in Suffolk) by Rendlesham Primary school
who have designed their own school emblem with a Spitfire on it (some 18 months ago) now they were standing
with a real Spitfire. It was a most moving experience to have the young children so fascinated to be close and take in
the aura of The Grace Spitfire and all it represents.
It was an enchanting day and most welcoming to us. We have set up our maintenance organisation at Bentwaters due to the limitations
placed on the hangarage of aircaraft and maintenance at Duxford. One of the Duxford policies is that you may not run a commercial
operation on site. Because it is a working museum and the aeroplanes based there are historic a commerical maintenance organisation
would not meet with Duxford's impressive conservation ethos.
Bentwaters was built during the Second World War as a British base. It was taken over by the Americans and continued to expand
to be a significant Cold War Station which is wonderfully reflected in their own Cold War Museum
www.bentwaters-as.org.uk.
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