OK -- Here's the Ultimate List of 90+ "Aircraft-Accessible Aviation Museums"

Thanks Jay!
--
Gene Seibel
Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.




"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:mK3Nb.54188$8H.102796@attbi_s03...
http://alexisparkinn.com/fly-in_aviation_museums.htm

I think this list of fly-in museums is by far the most useful I've found --
thanks for helping to create it, folks! Please check it over for accuracy,
and submit any additions/corrections you may find to me at


I have not had time to check all the web links (this whole endeavor has
ended up taking WAY too much time! ;-), so if you find any "dead" links,
please let me know...

Personally, I plan on frequenting those aviation museums that open their
front (or back) doors to the very people who make airplanes a part of their
lives -- we pilots. It's a terrible irony that so many aviation museums
keep the runway-side doors locked, and I plan on using this list to help put
money in the pockets of those curators who are enlightened enough to welcome
us with open hangar doors!

Jay, here's another possible listing. The Aerospace Education Center. It is
right across the street from Little Rock National Airport. A few aircraft on
display, IMAX and an aviation library.

http://www.aerospaced.org/


The place was supposed to be a statewide Aerospace high school. Unfortunatly
they couldn't come up with the funding for the school part.

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 at 04:39:46 in message
mK3Nb.54188$8H.102796@attbi_s03, Jay Honeck
wrote:

http://alexisparkinn.com/fly-in_aviation_museums.htm

I think this list of fly-in museums is by far the most useful I've found --
thanks for helping to create it, folks! Please check it over for accuracy,
and submit any additions/corrections you may find to me at


I have not had time to check all the web links (this whole endeavor has
ended up taking WAY too much time! ;-), so if you find any "dead" links,
please let me know...

You missed a couple of big ones in the United Kingdom.

The Royal Air Force Museum at Hendon London,
http://www.aboutbritain.com/RoyalAir...?RefID=1504172

The RAF Museum at Cosford Shropshire
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/index.cfm

Both museums can be found at:
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/

These are both large extensive museums; Cosford which is still an RAF
training base, is on a large site and has some large aircraft outside.
Hendon is on what remains of an old RAF base. Incidentally it used to
house the pre- WW2 RAF annual displays at which my father flew in 206
squadron in 1928, 1929 and 1930. I still have the hand painted squadron
Crest taken form the Fairy IIIf that he flew the most.
--
David CL Francis

I found it similarly ironic when I flew to a few fly-ins with some
books to sell and found no other vendors flew in. Of course most
probably had way too much product to carry in an airplane, but you'd
think there'd be one or two.
--
Gene Seibel
Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:mK3Nb.54188$8H.102796@attbi_s03...
http://alexisparkinn.com/fly-in_aviation_museums.htm

I think this list of fly-in museums is by far the most useful I've found --
thanks for helping to create it, folks! Please check it over for accuracy,
and submit any additions/corrections you may find to me at


I have not had time to check all the web links (this whole endeavor has
ended up taking WAY too much time! ;-), so if you find any "dead" links,
please let me know...

Personally, I plan on frequenting those aviation museums that open their
front (or back) doors to the very people who make airplanes a part of their
lives -- we pilots. It's a terrible irony that so many aviation museums
keep the runway-side doors locked, and I plan on using this list to help put
money in the pockets of those curators who are enlightened enough to welcome
us with open hangar doors!