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In many cases they are collocated with aircraft museums. [1] [2] Aircraft built before the end of World War I had different requirements for the landing field than modern aircraft. Modern runways are built for maximum friction. [3] Antique aircraft, sensitive to crosswinds and often equipped with skids, benefit from a relatively slippery turf ...
North Cascades Vintage Aircraft Museum, Concrete – closed [90] Olympic Flight Museum, Olympia; Pacific Northwest Naval Air Museum, Oak Harbor; Pasco Aviation Museum, Pasco [91] Pearson Air Museum, Vancouver; Port Townsend Aero Museum, Port Townsend
Pages in category "Airports for antique aircraft" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Airpower Museum is a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m 2) aviation museum located near Blakesburg, Iowa on Antique Airfield. [1] The Airpower Museum was founded by Robert L. Taylor and the Antique Airplane Association in 1965 [2] and features various periods of aviation through models, engines, propellers, photos and original art.
The Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum (WAAAM) is located in Hood River, Oregon, United States, adjacent to the Ken Jernstedt Memorial Airport. WAAAM is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization committed to the preservation of, and education about aviation , automobile , and other historic transportation -related relics.
Antique, classic, heritage, historic, veteran or vintage aircraft are aircraft of an obsolete type which have been preserved beyond their normal life. Their owners are typically aviation museums , armed forces or private enthusiasts.
The aircraft are displayed in a former U.S. Air National Guard hangar and on an adjacent tarmac. [citation needed] The museum's library maintains and preserves institutional records and collects, preserves, and makes available images, literature, manuscripts, memoirs, diaries, books, and oral histories relating to military history.
The Antique Airplane Association, Inc. (AAA) is the oldest antique airplane association in the world.The AAA formed in August 1953 by Robert L. Taylor, [1] via a classified ad in Flying magazine [2] and a few people with a deep-seated interest in old airplanes, for the purpose to fly, to preserve, to share and to promote the early flying machines.