Английская Википедия:Hoosier Air Museum
The Hoosier Air Museum was an aviation museum located at the DeKalb County Airport in Auburn, Indiana.
History
Background
The Hoosier Warbirds were founded by a group of aviation enthusiasts who met in October 1991 following the publication of a classified advertisement in a local newspaper.[1]
Establishment
The group raised money to build a hangar, which opened in October 2000.[2] It acquired a Cadillac Fleetwood and an AH-1 in 2002.[3]
The museum acquired two airplanes, four engines and an exhibit about the 434th Fighter Squadron from the Wings of Freedom Museum in Huntington, Indiana in 2006.[4]Шаблон:Efn
Closure
Due to a lack of volunteers and difficulty accessing the site, the museum closed on 3 December 2019. Most of its exhibits were donated to Kruse Plaza, which opened the Hoosier Air Experience. However, the museum's WR-3 was donated to the National Air and Space Museum in 2020.[5][6][7]
Facilities
The museum was composed of a Шаблон:Convert hangar and a Шаблон:Convert event hall.[8] The latter included a library.[9]
Exhibits
The museum included exhibits about the Tuskegee Airmen, the Women Airforce Service Pilots, the Flying Tigers the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, memorabilia belonging to Robin Olds and a control tower cab.[8][10][11]
Collection
- Bell AH-1F Cobra[12]
- Brunner-Winkle Speedbird[12]
- Cessna T-50[12]
- Fokker D.VII – replica[12]
- Loving-Wayne WR-3[12]
- Model RHC1 Helicopter[12]Шаблон:Failed verification
- Nieuport XI – 7/10 scale replica[12]
- Nieuport XXIV – 3/4 scale replica[12]
- Piper J3C Cub[12]
- Pitts S-1 Special[12]
- Pratt-Read LNE-1[12]
- Stewart S-51D Mustang[12]
- Vultee V-77[12]
References
Footnotes
Notes
External links
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