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

"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.

-- David Brooks

1. Air Heritage Musem, Beaver County Airport (BVI), Beaver Falls, PA

2. Piper Museum, William T. Piper Memorial Airport (LHV), Lock Haven, PA

"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.

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

You used to be able to taxi up to the Yankee Air Force building at
Willow Run (YIP) near Detroit. When I went there I saw people
wrenching on WW2 bombers. I heard they had building problems,
not sure what the status is now.

Jack

Liberal Kansas (KLBL). SW part of Kansas but excellent museum with
lots of homebuilts as well.

Ron Lee

Jim Weir wrote:

Having said that, I do have a question for the group. How many here know what
"CTRL-A, CTRL-C" does? (It is a rhetorical question.)

On what O/S?

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."

"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

Peter R. writes:

Jim Weir ) wrote:

Having said that, I do have a question for the group. How many here know what
"CTRL-A, CTRL-C" does? (It is a rhetorical question.)

Select all, copy.

Move cursor to beginning of line, start new command if you use emacs.

-jav

Sorry if these are dupes, but I'm getting in late and looked at about half the
posts.

There's a small museum at South Jersey Regional (VAY).

There's also one at Cape May County Airport, Cape May, NJ. (WWD).

Dave Reinhart


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

ditto on the dupes....

Then there's Ottawa Canada's great museum with an attached strip (short car
ride around the field to get to the museum enterence). Ottawa-Rockcliffe
Airport (CYRO) N45 27 37 W75 38 46
http://www.rfc.ca/NewSite/Arr_dep.htm
http://www.rfc.ca/
http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/e...lish_home.html

Cheers,
Pete
Europa Builder

"David Reinhart" wrote in message
...
Sorry if these are dupes, but I'm getting in late and looked at about half
the
posts.

There's a small museum at South Jersey Regional (VAY).

There's also one at Cape May County Airport, Cape May, NJ. (WWD).

Dave Reinhart


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

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