AviationCollectAbles.co.uk
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Aviation Collectables
Description
We produce our own commemorative covers and also signed photographs, while we also stock a small range of books, prints and other collectables. We currently have three cover series in progress: the Memorial Flight (MF) Series to raise money for the BBMF/LAA, the Vulcan (VRT) Series which raises money for the Vulcan Restoration Trust (VRT) who maintain Avro Vulcan XL426 and also the AV 600 Series which features RAF Squadrons and aircraft. We currently have a number of photograph series undeway: Battle of Britain, Coastal Command, Fighter Command and Luftwaffe Series.
My father, Squadron Leader Des Hill, acts as an advisor for the above but now concentrates in producing his 50 Years of the Formula 1 World Championship series, which is a quite remarkable series of fifty covers - one for each year of the F1 World Championship. This is a massive undertaking and I can assure anyone that the amount of time spent on designing and researching the covers as well as tracking down the signatures is quite breathtaking. The venture is called Motorsport Charity Memorabilia and primarily raises money for Papworth Hospital but also benefits numerous other charities.
Long before we started producing covers, the RAF Museum covers existed from 1967 onwards produced by Group Captain W.S.O. Randle CBE AFC DFM and his helpers to raise funds for the Museum itself. After many years organising and overseeing the work of great numbers of volunteers and serving RAF personnel, a substantial amount of money was raised for the RAF Museum and especially in building and opening of the Bomber Command section of the Museum.
