Jay.. I had no idea there was this many museums and collections out
there on-field. I took the liberty of contacting the webmaster at 100
dollar hamburger.com and asked if he would be interested in adding a
museum category to the other existing categories on his site: food,
cars, resorts and Golf links.

I have madea a point of visiting several places that I discovered as a
result of pireps on that website and have rarely been disappointed.

Below is what I sent to him... If any of you feel agree, or think this
is a good idea, consider dropping a line - remember be supportive, not
like a demanding airport-mafia don... grin. Email is {{ Pirep "at" 100
dollar hamburger "dot" com )) Make the usual changes to develop a valid
email address.

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Question/suggestion...

A discussion erupted on some of the aviation Usenet newsgroups with
regards to Airports with aviation museums on the premises, specifically
those that could be flown to, and easily accessed from the ramp. This
developed from a discussion of the newly opened National Air Space
Museum at Dulles, which was NOT easily accessible to GA.

Would you feel it inappropriate, or a burden to consider adding a
category to your 100 Dollar Hamburger site that addresses On-Airport
publicly accessible aviation museums?

I was originally referred to/enlighted about the existence of your
website by other fellow Usenet posters, and I can't help but think that
this added category might increase your websites already wonderful
usefulness.

Jay Honeck wrote:
In another post about the fabulous new Udvar-Hazy Center (part of the
National Air & Space Museum), frustration with not being able to fly into
this terrific new facility was evident. I personally find it appallingly
ironic that museums which purport to glorify flight are not accessible by
aircraft, despite being located on an airport.

Which brings to the fore a question: How many aviation museums really ARE
accessible by light plane? I know, for example, that my two favorite
museums (the Air Force Museum in Ohio, and the Strategic Air Command Museum
in Nebraska) are NOT accessible by aircraft.

So here's my contributions to this heroic list. Let's hear it for museum
directors who have sense enough to make their airplanes viewable by those of
us who might actually fly in!

1. Rantoul, Illinois. The Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum You can taxi
right up to this one, and park just a few dozen feet away from an F-14
Tomcat. (Sadly, when we were there last month they had the back door
locked, so we had to walk around to the front of the building. This is a
giant hangar, so that was no small feat, with kids in tow...)
See it at: http://www.aeromuseum.org/

2. Topeka, Kansas. Combat Air Museum. Ditto above. Another great museum
located on the old Forbes Field air base.
See it at http://www.combatairmuseum.org/

3. Greenfield Iowa. Iowa Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame. Small, but very
good.
See it at http://www.flyingmuseum.com/

4. Ottumwa, Iowa. Airpower Museum and Antique Aircraft Association. This
is on a small, private, grass strip which is home to the most amazing annual
fly-in every summer. Call ahead for permission to land.
See it at http://www.aaa-apm.org/ .

5. Oshkosh, WI. EAA Airventure Museum. This one is only "sort of"
accessible by air. When I flew in during the winter in '95, I had to park
on the opposite side of the airport (miles away) at Basler, and they drove
us over to the museum.
See it at http://www.airventuremuseum.org/.

Can you add any more to this list?