Ok, for the reason of argument ‘we’ is me and my aviation friends who enjoyed seeing it at displays.
‘we’ think it’s a shame that the doller shouts loudest, and indeed that it nearly always comes down to money. Surely some aviation articles should remain as national heritage, and that a national body could step in and say whether something shouldn’t leave this country, or get scrapped etc.
Maybe ‘we’ is abit old fashioned though.
I fully agree, it’s all a matter of money. Enthusiasm helps but isn’t strong enough to pay for such things. There seems to be a certain lack of “drive” from official sides to close some existing gaps.
To be realistic, the Stirling and Whitley Projects have been initiated by private individuals such as Elliott, who through their enthusiasm and love for the subject, have set themselves a task to bring back these types from extinction. This is a painfully slow process which takes decades at the current pace.
If the National Lottery could provide some much needed funds to boost these projects, and as a result a larger number of workers or organisations could be put in use to speed things up. Even if a substantial wreck was found it would still take a lot of resources (such as the Canadian Halifax project which took a decade) to finish.
Not slagging off the project but look at what happened to the Vulcan, this can be done to other (and perhaps more historic) projects as well, but money is still the key factor. We still have a Hampden, Whitely, Barracuda, Stirling, Albemarle, Skua to finish.
But enthusiasm alone is not enough, but it’s a start in the right direction.
My two cents
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