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Jay Honeck wrote:
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. Add the Mid Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania, Carl Spatz Field (KRDG) to your list. http://www.maam.org/ Request taxi to the museum. Open daily. Don't miss their WW II weekends, usually the first weekend of June. "The Museum's collection includes award-winning warbirds, classic airliners, rare & unusual military and civilian aircraft and historic exhibits." Also, the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, Bradley Intl Airport (KBDL). http://www.neam.org/cont_about.htm Inquire FBO about a courtesy shuttle to the museum. Open daily. Also, The Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum of New Jersey at Teterboro Airport, (KTEB). http://www.njahof.org/ Open Tues-Sun 10-4. Not sure about ramp or courtesy shuttles, KTEB can be extremely busy, so best to call ahead. Hope this helps ! |
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In article FeGKb.751015$HS4.5883554@attbi_s01,
"Jay Honeck" wrote: Which brings to the fore a question: How many aviation museums really ARE accessible by light plane? Hiller Aviation Museum at KSQL on the San Francisco Peninsula. http://www.hiller.org/ |
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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. paste 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? |
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Jay Honeck wrote:
Can you add any more to this list? Here are the west coast fly-in musesums I recall off the top of my head (with some help from Google): Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, CA www.hiller.org Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, CA pacificcoastairmuseum.org Castle Air Museum, A****er, CA www.elite.net/castle-air/ Wings of History Air Museum, San Martin, CA www.wingsofhistory.org Planes of Fame, Chino, CA www.planesoffame.org Aviation Musuem of Santa Paula, Santa Paula, CA www.amszp.org Museum of Flying, Santa Monica, CA www.museumofflying.com (has been closed for several years, but website says reopening in 2004) Estrella Warbirds Museum, Paso Robles, CA www.ewarbirds.org Western Museum of Flight, Hawthorne, CA www.wmof.com Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs, CA www.air-museum.org Santa Maria Museum of Flight, Santa Maria, CA www.smmof.org Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA www.museumofflight.org Oregon Air & Space, Eugene, OR www.oasm.org Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, OR home of the Spruce Goose www.sprucegoose.org There's a museum at some small airport around Las Cruces, NM, I visited one time, but can't remember the name. Ross Oliver |
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There is also a soaring museum at Morarity, NM and there are taxiways all
over the place. "Ross Oliver" wrote in message ... Jay Honeck wrote: Can you add any more to this list? Here are the west coast fly-in musesums I recall off the top of my head (with some help from Google): Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, CA www.hiller.org Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, CA pacificcoastairmuseum.org Castle Air Museum, A****er, CA www.elite.net/castle-air/ Wings of History Air Museum, San Martin, CA www.wingsofhistory.org Planes of Fame, Chino, CA www.planesoffame.org Aviation Musuem of Santa Paula, Santa Paula, CA www.amszp.org Museum of Flying, Santa Monica, CA www.museumofflying.com (has been closed for several years, but website says reopening in 2004) Estrella Warbirds Museum, Paso Robles, CA www.ewarbirds.org Western Museum of Flight, Hawthorne, CA www.wmof.com Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs, CA www.air-museum.org Santa Maria Museum of Flight, Santa Maria, CA www.smmof.org Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA www.museumofflight.org Oregon Air & Space, Eugene, OR www.oasm.org Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, OR home of the Spruce Goose www.sprucegoose.org There's a museum at some small airport around Las Cruces, NM, I visited one time, but can't remember the name. Ross Oliver |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:FeGKb.751015$HS4.5883554@attbi_s01... 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. Champlin Museum at Falcon Field in Mesa, AZ --until they packed up and moved :~( |
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I'm compiling the list now!
-- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Jay Honeck wrote:
Can you add any more to this list? The Peddycord Foundation air museum in Asheboro, NC. Two hangars full of aircraft and memorabilia, and the aircraft are all flyable (and flown). -- Allen Johnson |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:FeGKb.751015$HS4.5883554@attbi_s01...
Which brings to the fore a question: How many aviation museums really ARE accessible by light plane? I know, for example, that my two favorite museums (the Air Force Museum in Ohio, and the Strategic Air Command Museum in Nebraska) are NOT accessible by aircraft. It's not a full "museum," but the terminal at Wheeling, WV (KHLG) has some wonderful items from the Golden Age of Aviation, including a bunch of items used by flyers in WWI. IIRC, there were some pilot uniforms that led the collection. Darrell Clay Cleveland, OH |
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Hanger 25 in Big Spring, TX
http://www.hangar25airmuseum.com/main/index.asp Frontiers of Flight in Dallas will be opening soon http://www.flightmuseum.com/ The Texas Air Museum in Slaton, TX http://www.swaviator.com/html/issueMA02/Slaton3402.html Vintage Flying Museum in FtWorth, TX - "Chuckie" B-17 http://www.vintageflyingmuseum.org/ -- John H. Phillips Dallas, Texas "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:%4VKb.757859$HS4.5985745@attbi_s01... I'm compiling the list now! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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