Английская Википедия:Hoosier Air Museum

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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.

Establishment

The group raised money to build a hangar, which opened in October 2000. It acquired a Cadillac Fleetwood and an AH-1 in 2002.

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.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.

Facilities

The museum was composed of a Шаблон:Convert hangar and a Шаблон:Convert event hall. The latter included a library.

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.

Collection

• Bell AH-1F Cobra
• Brunner-Winkle Speedbird
• Cessna T-50
• Fokker D.VII – replica
• Loving-Wayne WR-3
• Model RHC1 HelicopterШаблон:Failed verification
• Nieuport XI – 7/10 scale replica
• Nieuport XXIV – 3/4 scale replica
• Piper J3C Cub
• Pitts S-1 Special
• Pratt-Read LNE-1
• Stewart S-51D Mustang
• Vultee V-77

External links

• Official website, older (Archived)
• Official website, newer (Archived)