I agree entirely - whilst I think it is necessary to remind the general public about GA, the majority are not that much interested in light aircraft - exceptions are aircraft with real history behind them such as Amy Johnson's Gipsy Moth at the Science Museum. That could also be applied to Alex Henshaw's Mew Gull, but I suspect that very few members of the modern public are going to know anything about that particular record and the incredible story behind it - and I defy anyone who has seen and heard her in the air recently to argue that she should be grounded in a museum! And yes, I know she's already been written off twice since Tom Story and Martin Barraclough got her flying again.
Incidently Scion, it's the Short Sealand that is rotting at UFT - the slightest prospect of that beautiful aeroplane flying again would have Aerohack and me salivating in sympathy with Hairyplane!