On a glorious summer’s day what middle-aged man hasn’t imagined himself with the wind in his hair, at the wheel of an open-top sports car?
Alas, the majority have to content themselves with a trudge behind the family lawn mower. Alas, the majority have to content themselves with a trudge behind the family lawn mower.
But Mike Clark doesn’t just dream — and he isn’t content with the limitations of terra firma.

If the sun is shining and the wind in the right direction, Mr Clark is likely to be taxiing out of his garage and taking off from his rural back garden cum runway at the controls of a World War I fighter plane.
For £12,000 — less than the cost of a small second-hand roadster — the 62-year-old has built a replica of the celebrated Fokker Eindecker E.III.Alas, the majority have to content themselves with a trudge behind the family lawn mower.
But Mike Clark doesn’t just dream — and he isn’t content with the limitations of terra firma.

If the sun is shining and the wind in the right direction, Mr Clark is likely to be taxiing out of his garage and taking off from his rural back garden cum runway at the controls of a World War I fighter plane.
For £12,000 — less than the cost of a small second-hand roadster — the 62-year-old has built a replica of the celebrated Fokker Eindecker E.III.

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