Jay,
Nice idea well executed.

The Shuttleworth Collection, also sometimes known as Old Warden is still
grass and operating every season. In fact, they've recently extended the
east-west runway. It's a fantastic place and the airshows they put on have
to be experienced. I once had the honor of flying our Tcraft in formation
with Rob Millinship, the UK Pitts expert and only non-RAF test pilot flying
for Shuttleworth. He was in the Hawker Cygnet and we flew from Old Warden
back to Leicester where he and I were both based at the time. It was late
afternoon and, because the Cygnet is covered in authentic Irish linen, I
could see the airplane's structure (and Rob) silhoutted on the fabric by the
lowslung sun. That was a magical flight, I'll tell you!

Duxford is also still going and is more than "definitely flyable". The
museum IS the airport, a WW1 Royal Air Corps station later used for
Spitfires and then Mustangs during the second global unpleasantness. An
amazing place with everything you can imagine in the hangars, most of it in
flying condition. If you go on a Sunday afternoon in the summer, you'll get
to see something fly as part of the agreement with the private collectors
based there is that they have to display something each Sunday. The locally
call it "The Lion Feed". Fantastic place!!

Shawn


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:vuOId.24692$EG1.12964@attbi_s53...
http://alexisparkinn.com/fly-in_aviation_museums.htm

I created this website a year ago with input from everyone on this
newsgroup. With it I have tried to list every aviation museum that you
can actually fly into and visit WITHOUT having to rent or borrow a car.

In other words, these museums are located on airports -- where aviation
museums belong. I personally find it absurd that so many aviation
museums are inaccessible by plane -- I mean, what were they thinking?

I'll bet we've got quite a few new "members" here that haven't seen this
site, and may have additions/corrections to the list. Please take a
gander at your state's listing. If you have any additions or corrections,
please email them to me at

Obviously, take out the NOSPAM before sending!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"