I prefer them to be airworthy and that they occasopnally fly, but that is a personal preference. Like you said, I'd allow the airworthy parts to go to potential flyable projects, but would want to see them in an advanced stage before letting go of the pieces.. However, in the end, if YOU buy the parts, you are free to do with them what you want. The hard part is finding the parts! I marvel that you could find any Fw 190D-9 parts anywhere that were in good shape. Good job!
We're trying to make progress on our Hispano Ha.1112 Buchon and parts were the main issue at first. We spent almost a year just finding the landing gear uplocks! Now the main issue is money for the project.
Good luck with your Fw 190D-9!
Out of nothing but curiosity, what would prevent it from being made flyable?
I am working on a rare Bell YP-59A right now (one of about 5 guys on it) and we hope to have it flyable before the next Planes of Fame airshow in May 2014.
We like to fly our planes if possible, but have done some static projects. One was the Yokosuka D4Y Judy we recently finished. It is static but can be started and taxied. The last thing we did was to fit it with brakes to make that possible. Getting it moving is optional, but getting stopped once it IS moving is mandatory. The longerons were gone. We COULD make it flyable if we had some longerons extruded ... but the cost would be high. It is also possible that a new main spar would be required for it to fly.
Most of our planes are WWII, but we have a smattering of newer and older stuff. The oldest plane we currently fly is a Boeing P-26 Peashooter and the newest plane we currently fly would be a North American F-86F or our MiG-15 bis (don't know which one is newer). If we ever get it finished, the newest flyable plane will be either an OV-1 Mohawk or our Pilatus P-2 when it eventually gets to the museum (it is flayable now, but is staying in Texas for awhile). The OV-1 needs new wings due to corrosion, but it will start and had been taxied, though not recently.
If we built a new set of wings, Ed Maloney would let his beloved F4B-3 fly again, but he doesn't trust the original wings at this point. If we had an engine, we might fly our Boeing FB-5, too. It is supposed to have a Packard 2A-1500 V-12 of 520 hp. They don't grow on trees.
We'd also lkike to acquire an Argus AS-10 for our Fieseler Storch that is otherwise complete. They are also somewhat rare in good shape. The issue isn't finding one, the issue is usually the price. We don't need a bargain nasement price, but also don't want to fund someone's retirement for a piece of an aircraft.
I'm sure you understand since you're in the business.