Probably the opportunity to create a National Aviation Museum has been lost. Any government money that might be available for such a project would be better spent on the existing aviation museums. The groups that run these museums have achieved remarkable results with minimal resources and they don't waste money on glossy brochures. By fostering the development of existing museums, the aviation history message will reach a greater percentage of the population than will a centralised museum. Unfortunately there isn't much hope for aviation museums when our government is pushing nonsense like this:
