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<p>Aviation heritage plays a valuable role in our tourism economy. Events such as
the Farnborough Airshow attract hundreds of thousands of tourists, and support the
local economy, as well as being good for our aerospace and defence industry. My Department
sponsors the Imperial War Museum at Duxford, which is visited by almost 400,000 visitors
every year, and houses everything from Spitfires to Concorde.</p><p> </p><p>The Heritage
Lottery Fund is also open to applications which celebrate our rich aviation history.
Recent recipients include Brooklands Museum in Weybridge, an historic site for aviation
manufacturing and a successful tourist attraction given £4.7million, and the Stow
Maries First World War Aerodrome in Essex, recently granted £4.3million to turn it
into a major visitor attraction.</p>
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