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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.
Angel Aircraft Corporation, Orange City, Iowa Builds the AAC Angel pusher light twin. Grinnell Aeroplane Company (1914-1918) Grinnell, Iowa - Manufactured early biplanes. [3] Central States Aero (1926-) was founded in Davenport, Iowa building an aircraft designed by Clayton Folkerts that would become the popular Monocoupe series. [4]
The Iowa Military Aviation Heritage Museum was founded in 2001 when a group associated with the Hawkeye State Squadron of the Confederate Air Force and led by Roger Pointer received funding to build a hangar. [1] [2] The since renamed the Iowa Aviation Heritage Museum planned to open to the public in 2004. [3]
1990 Ann Holtgren Pellegreno: First woman to serve as a Commissioner for both the Iowa Aeronautics Commission and the Iowa Department of Transportation.; John and Yvonne Schildberg: John's fascination with vintage aircraft and Yvonne's generosity resulted in the presentation of ten antique aircraft to the Greenfield community which was the foundation of the Iowa Aviation Museum.
The museum launched a capital campaign for a new 62,500 sq ft (5,810 m 2) building in May 2002 and changed its name to Mid America Museum of Aviation & Transportation. [9] [10] Just under two years later, it had raised half of the necessary funding. [11]
Antique Airfield is a private use airfield located three miles northeast of Blakesburg, Iowa. Antique Airfield is owned and operated by Robert L. Taylor and the Airpower Museum . [ 1 ] It is the home of the Antique Airplane Association , Inc., the Airpower Museum, Inc., and the APM Library of Flight.
under restoration for static display PBY-5A: 48423: JV928: R: Tunison Foundation, Inc. Wappingers Falls: New York: United States: N423RS, shipped to St Lucie County Airport, Fort Pierce, Florida on 25 January 2015 from UK. Relocated to New York for restoration to airworthiness in multi-step move from 2022-2023. PBY-5A: 48426: 48426: R
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