Nathan wrote:
Well, thanks to our government. I've said it before that museums and aircraft will have little importance anymore and the article states that there is no idea what to do with the aircraft yet. Hopefully go to other museums but some might be cut up too. Im trying to keep my thoughts from becoming political but its becoming hard to do anymore. My gears are grinding......
I love old airplanes as much as anyone, but I'm not quite sure how this becomes the 'governments' problem? I don't want a political discussion either, but lets be honest, when the screaming is about cuts, cuts, cuts, and privatizing things, then the issue here is where is the private money needed to preserve these aircraft?
In the overall scheme of things, old airplanes are way down the list in terms of what we should spend our money on in particular when there are numerous examples elsewhere.
We can't have it both ways where the stuff that is important to us is untouchable but everything else is fair game.
Again, if they are that important, then someone from the private sector needs to put their money where there mouth is.
Are there not examples of all of these birds at the USAF Museum or Air and Space Museum?
And yeah I'd love to save every last one of them, but I'm trying to keep it in perspective. How many birds on poles are rotting out there that the local VA or City took on and then let rot. If the money isn't there, what other options are there beyond private money?
Great post.