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Old 9th Feb 2011, 08:15
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Not_a_boffin
 
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Both Jim & Draken make entirely valid points. However, as the nation that invented the aircraft carrier it is a crying shame that we can't / won't support an equivalent to this (or USS Intrepid and the other Essexes).

SDACM USS Midway Aircraft Restoration Hangar

We didn't manage to save Vengeance (the last WWII-service carrier) and now a Falklands veteran won't be saved. As ever, it's a question of where to put it to attract sufficient visitors to keep it. Upkeep isn't necessarily a problem £5m every ten years would sort docking, but building / maintaining a trust fund for that would be. XH558 demonstrates just how hard that can be....
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