Collections
The museum features a collection of over 30 aircraft. This is a listing of some of the more notable:
- Aero Spacelines Mini Guppy
- Aero L-29 Delfin
- Bellanca Air Cruiser 1938
- Boeing PT-17 Stearman
- Chance Vought A-7 Corsair
- Chance Vought F4U-7 Corsair 13372
- Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
- Douglas AD-4W Skyraider
- Douglas A-26 Invader
- Douglas A-4B Skyhawk
- Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber
- C-47 Skytrain
- Fairchild GK-1
- Martin AM-1 Mauler
- Grumman F-14A Tomcat
- Grumman FM-2 Wildcat
- Grumman TBM Avenger
- Kaman HTK -1 Helicopter
- Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon
- Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune
- Lockheed P-38 Lightning
- Messerschmitt Bf 109
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
- Nakajima Ki-43 Oscar
- Nord 1101
- North American P-51 Mustang
- The Spruce Goose was featured in the museum at one point.
The Museum also features an exhibit hall with a large collection of rare historical wartime and aviation artifacts including pieces of the great German airship the Hindenburg and a WWII Luftwaffe flight jacket.
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