Can You Name an "Aircraft-Accessible" Aviation Museum?

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Can you add any more to this list?

Good project for this summer!

I did fly to the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field to attend an event, but
there was no parking that day due to a couple of biplanes hawking rides. I
seem to remember that aircraft parking is available on non-event days but
only with prior notice.

I will check out the Warbird museum at Olympia, Wa. and report back.

Dittos with McMinnville, Ore. and the Spruce Goose, but I expect Ousterhout
or Springer will report in before I do.

Rich S.

On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 14:57:50 -0800, "Rich S."
wrote:

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:FeGKb.751015$HS4.5883554@attbi_s01...

Can you add any more to this list?

Good project for this summer!

I did fly to the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field to attend an event, but
there was no parking that day due to a couple of biplanes hawking rides. I
seem to remember that aircraft parking is available on non-event days but
only with prior notice.

I will check out the Warbird museum at Olympia, Wa. and report back.

Dittos with McMinnville, Ore. and the Spruce Goose, but I expect Ousterhout
or Springer will report in before I do.

Rich S.


Museum of Flight at BFI no longer allows general parking on their ramp
(or so the individual on the phone told me during the 100 years of
flight centennial event).

I've parked at the Warbird Museum in Olympia but it was during a
"Classic Aircraft Fly-In". I don't know if they allow parking on
their ramp when such an event is not underway....

At McMinnville, the museum is across the street from the airport.
You can park where ever you want (within reason) on the airport
and it's a relatively easy walk to the museum.

Bela P. Havasreti

"Bela P. Havasreti" wrote in message
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Museum of Flight at BFI no longer allows general parking on their ramp
(or so the individual on the phone told me during the 100 years of
flight centennial event).

It is kind of ironic that http://www.museumofflight.org/visit/ doesn't tell
you how to fly there.

-- David Brooks

"David Brooks" wrote in message
...
It is kind of ironic that http://www.museumofflight.org/visit/ doesn't
tell
you how to fly there.

Ironic? Given that (according to Bela) they no longer allow you to park at
the museum, I think it makes perfect sense that they don't bother to tell
you how to fly there.

That said, from their FAQ:

Q. Can I fly in and park my aircraft at the Museum while I visit?
A. Yes. We can accommodate several visiting aircraft. You must
contact our Security Department in advance to make arrangements.

If the person Bela talked to was correct, they ought to update their web
site.

Also, even if you can't fly in, it does seem a little silly that nowhere
obvious on their web site do they mention that they are actually located AT
an airport. The "can I fly in" question implies that, but still doesn't
mention at *which* airport they are, not in that particular Q&A (the first
question does mention it, but it wouldn't be where you'd look if you were
thinking of flying in).

You can find references to Boeing Field on the web site, but you either have
to use their search feature to find the pages, or go browsing around in
non-obvious places to find the references. And you have to suspect in the
first place that it's located at an airport, since there doesn't seem to be
any mention of that in the top-level pages for visitor information.

I don't know if it really qualifies as ironic, but for sure it's pretty lame
that they aren't more forthcoming about the airport-based nature of the
museum. Even if you can't fly in.

Pete

David Brooks wrote:

"Bela P. Havasreti" wrote in message
...
Museum of Flight at BFI no longer allows general parking on their ramp
(or so the individual on the phone told me during the 100 years of
flight centennial event).

It is kind of ironic that http://www.museumofflight.org/visit/ doesn't
tell you how to fly there.

Even if one cannot fly right up to a museum, it seems reasonable that "how
to get here by air" should be a part of any aviation museum's web site.
I've suggested this to:

http://www.cradleofaviation.org/

to little effect, unfortunately.

Another museum on an airport's grounds is:

http://www.njahof.org/

I've just recommended to them that they add "how to fly here" to their
"directions" page.

- Andrew