Aircraft
are here to fly, but after years of service most of them are been scrapped
parted into their individual elements. Only a few make it into one of the
many aviation-museums around the world. With varying degrees of success
there trying to preserve the unique history of aviation. We do not want to
say that the history of aviation there is alive, because the museums are far
from being alive, just a "museum". The machines are often outdoors and time
and weather are ravages them. Once lovingly maintained aircraft and
helicopters now rotten in the hot midday sun.
What
is especially annoying is the fact that many of these machines will be
exhibited in fantasy paintings, although the knowledge is documented and
available. A great pity! Not only lack of space, often misunderstood, and
especially financial support complicate the curators her labor of love,
which accelerates the decay of this unique witnesses.
There
are only a few museums that manage to preserve history. These certainly
include the Aircraft and Flab museum in Dübendorf (CH) and the Royal Air
Force Museum in Hendon. (UK). As nice as the California sun may be, it harms
the aircraft as well as the harsh winter in Russia.
WINGS-AVIATION has set itself the goal to have a closer look at some of this
fantastic museum’s and there unique flying machine’s. |