I fully agree with Megalith’s (Steve) notion about aviation (in particular historic aviation) being a fringe interest, that’s unlikely to ever attract fundings equal to art.
BUT, as I understand it (being Johnny foreigner here) quite a lot of public spending is already going towards historic aviation in Britain.
The BBMF is operated on government monies (and has been for years).
The RAF museums would see a substantial public funding each year. Its unlikely that the RAF museums (there are two, right?) can run entirely on ticket sales.
Please correct me if im wrong.
Im pretty sure there are plenty of other places/organisations related to Historic aviation, that receive funding each year. Maybe we should make a list, so it can be made clear, what is spend on historic aviation (or at least where monies are spend).
I seem to remember there are a few air fields, that have been made historic landmarks. Thats not free and it furthermore prevents the area to be used for development (thus not making the money it could have made).
How about Duxford, is that running 100% on private funding?
Im pretty sure, that there are art museums/organisations/interest groups, who feel this investment could be used better on other things. You just can’t please everyone in cases like this.
Maybe you should be pleased, that you live in a country, that takes its history and cultural heritage seriously enough, to cough up a cool 100M to support parts of it. Even if its a part of culture, that you don’t really enjoy too much.
As mentioned above, I would like to see where public funding supports historic aviation in Britain. I think people would be surprised.
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