Hellcat wrote:
All the above makes a good point until you bring fellows like Paul Allen into the conversation, then simple cost-benefit analysis really bare no weight, but I'm not Paul Allen so I can only speculate on what actually goes on in his warbird collective mind. His FAA list is amazing. Just ask mr. 262 ... he has a wealth of info on the FHC
Actually, I do include Paul Allen.
The FHC still hasn't tackled (or more accurately, paid for someone else to tackle) a challenge of the magnitude of a Stuka of Me110. That's not to say they won't in the future, but they haven't, and I don't see either type fitting into the collection's mandate as it stands; critically, as 'marginal' types to that mandate, they'd be shoo-ins maybe
if there were viable examples to purchase - but, as per the cost-benefit analysis, there isn't, so they aren't going to appear there - yet.
Bear in mind that the FHC obtain 'available' types for the collection. While they've bought projects that require a lot of work, those haven't yet been as 'unique' builds, or as major as these would be. (Not to underestimate the tasks undertaken so far, of course!)
Regards,