Dan,
You make good points in your post.
Yes, some of these fundraisers seems small beer, but they are all Club orientated and helps bond friendships and a team spirit that has now resultred in the Scramble.
I hear a "presentation" cheque will be handed over next week, showing the £100,000 the Club donated to the Trust last year. That is no mean feat and accounts for nearly 15% of the annual projected running costs.
Now, as to the wider picture, Airshow aviation, and then Historical Aviation is such a small blip on the general publics radar, that to come up with the very promotional angle you mention, is hard work. That is the overiding factor in any interest from Press and Media.
It has been said before, Education is key, with actually getting the fact out there of why XH558 was built and the technological and engineering skills that Britain had at one time.
Perhaps now the world is realising you can't rely on financial services and part-time jobs in supermarkets to build a healthy economy, the project will stand a better chance of getting these values into the school curriculum, and the government will realise £2million a year to inspire future highly skilled, higer rate tax payers - might actually be a good investment.
Until that time, how do we change the publics' perception of a "boys toy"
and get them to stump up for their kids future?
All answers on the back of a postcard or here in this thread.
