Which ‘they’ would that be then? The ‘they’ that do everything, or the ‘they’ that run Europe (not famous for throwing money at vintage aviation anywhere, IIRC.)
The museum does a fantastic job, IMHO, with the resources the staff have got and a significant volunteer base. Sure, they could do a lot of things better given a cash windfall, but they haven’t got one.
As usual the same old carping remarks from posters who’ve never bothered to ask the questions of those who try and do the work.
It’s not a ‘hangar’, it’s an historic building in its own right as well, which is part of a unique museum complex – badly under funded, but achieving a lot with what they’ve got. Anyone feeling smug about ‘better’ museums needs to recognise that they hold (and are gradually restoring) one of the world’s most significant W.W.I aircraft collections.
Sorry for the rant, but I do wonder at some people’s expectations. We aren’t all millionaires.
You hit the hammer on the nail. BADLY underfunded. But an amazing achiefment when you see the effort that goes into it by volunteers. I do know what it takes. I work for one of the base museums here in Belgium and our aircraft are part of the Brussels museum collection. The budget is so bad we even bring our own sandpaper. Unfortunatly it’s part of a bigger problem. Ou whole military is underfunded. And stil there are ministers who think we should do with half the money we get now 😮
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