Their interest is in seeing the airplane preserved in whatever form is most appropriate, not in seeing it parted out, converted into a Reno racer or sold to a warbird broker.
Yeah, god forbid someone with the means to restore the aircraft ends up with it…:rolleyes: Or someone recovers a partial wreck & uses parts of it to finish restoring another example.
The only thing Gilespie has accomplished in having other people fund his passion for exotic vacations.