I was curious what everyone's opinions of the
Mid America Flight Museum were. They're a relatively new museum, so I don't I have a lot of history to go on, but from what I've seen so far, there's a couple of things of which I'm not a fan.
First, the "motto" of their museum is "For God & Country". I'm not here to start a discussion on the rightness or wrongness of religion – I have no problem with people believing whatever they want – but supporting or visiting the museum would make me feel uncomfortable. I think it's wrong for a museum to be involved in what I see as a form of evangelism.
Secondly, while I have to give them props for the frequency with which they put out excellent videos on
their YouTube channel, they recently posted a three videos (
1,
2,
3) that seemed to me to be essentially an infomercial for someone's cleaning product. Again, I have no problem with aviation museums thanking their sponsors – it's a necessary part of funding – but these extended demos came off as blatant product placement.
Does anyone else find fault with these things, or am I making a stink out of nothing?
I'm a definite atheist. I have no problem with their motto, it's an old saying if anything. I'm there to see the planes, not their motto. Hell I talk to the guys from the Mission Aviation and JAARs when they are at Oshkosh or Sun N Fun - not interested in their religion but interested in the aircraft that they fly.