Is there something related to aviation in all 50 states?

[silver-eagle]

Ct has the New England Air Museum - http://neam.org/

 

[Trapper John]

From the article "he purchased $250,000 in life insurance at a coin operated vending machine at the Kansas City airport, as well as stopping at a hardware store and buying dynamite. "
250k life insurance policies from a vending machine and dynamite available at hardware stores that was a different time.

Different time, indeed. Interestingly, the FBI field agent assigned to the Flight 11 case was Mark Felt, who later became "Deep Throat" in the Watergate investigation.


Trapper John

 

[HeatherCFI]

Thanks for all the great responses... keep 'em coming!

I would love to be PIC in all 50 states, however, I don't think this is a financially feasible goal for me! Maybe someday when I win the lottery.

 

[tonycondon]

Also, the Iowa Aviation Museum is in Greenfield, IA.

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

Thanks for all the great responses... keep 'em coming!

I would love to be PIC in all 50 states, however, I don't think this is a financially feasible goal for me! Maybe someday when I win the lottery.

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/fly-in_aviation_museums.htm

 

[steamee]

In KY, I recommend the Aviation Museum of Kentucky at LEX. They let you come up close to the aircraft. It's where I got to check out an F-14 among other things. Good times!

 

[akite]

UT-Hill AFB, Aerospace Museum. Been there about 50 times and it is worth it IMO.

 

[KSCessnaDriver]

KS: To be included with the previously posted. Combat Air Museum in Topeka houses all kinds of cool airplanes. http://www.combatairmuseum.org/

MO: Airline History Museum in Kansas City. Home of a DC-3, Martin 404 and a Lockheed Super Constellation. And soon to also be the home of a L1011. Lots of good old TWA goodies in the actual museum. http://www.airlinehistorymuseum.com/

 

[rottydaddy]

I'll assume this goal will be easier if the points of interest are at airports, so here's a few more public-use airports with museums on-site:

California:

- The incredible museum at Chino Airport (there's also a good diner there).
http://www.planesoffame.org/

Seriously: This museum is frikkin' incredible! Mostly because of the airworthy treasures they have there. Be sure to take the tour of the resto and storage hangars!.

- Didn't visit this one when I was there, but there's a little museum at Brown Muni in San Diego. Can't find a website for it.


- North Carolina: Neat little museum with its own grass strip, right next door to 0A7:

http://www.wncairmuseum.com/


- NJ: Not exactly a museum, but if you can't make it to the other museums in NJ mentioned above, there's a Connie parked at 4N1:

http://www.greenwoodlakeairport.com/

-And down south, there's a fantastic museum at Wildwood:

http://usnasw.org/


http://www.americanairpowermuseum.com/Website/Index.aspx

 

[CT Arrow]

CT- New England Air Museum
Pratt & Whitney engines / Manuf.
Sikorsky Helecopters / Manuf.

 

[Anthony]

CO - Air Force Academy

Don't forget Wings over the Rockies

http://www.wingsmuseum.org/

and the museum at Pueblo KPUB with the B-29.

http://www.pwam.org/

 

[gkainz]

Don't forget Wings over the Rockies http://www.wingsmuseum.org/

and the museum at Pueblo KPUB with the B-29. http://www.pwam.org/

The gentleman from PA shames the CO constituency for missing those obvious and excellent choices.

Thanks, Anthony!

 

[Anthony]

The gentleman from PA shames the CO constituency for missing those obvious and excellent choices.

Thanks, Anthony!

An honorary Coloradon, as my blood is in that soil when I was trying to fix my lawnmower and jabbed myself with a screwdriver when I lived there.

 

[CJones]

Iowa has some neat artifacts relating to Billy Robinson in the FBO at Grinnel (KGGI).

http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/myPath.cfm?ounid=ob_000183

 

[Anthony]

San Francisco, CA - Starfleet Academy

 

[Bill]

But Florida has the Naval Air Museum at Pensacola.

Visited this briefly last year, plan to go back sometime to spend some quality time.

Might even make a good site for a mini fly-in.

http://mrpou.smugmug.com/gallery/6670160_HyN5t#425888291_F9WDU

 

[HeatherCFI]

Awesome ideas! I'll check out the couple of sites for states that I'm missing... For the record, I'm missing:
Delaware
Indiana
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Vermont
West Virginia

If anyone has more ideas!!

 

[Steve]

There are several aviation related sites (besides the airports) in Mississippi. Not all are on an airport.


National Agricultural Aviation Museum

http://www.mdac.state.ms.us/n_library/departments/ag_museum/index_agmuseum.html

CAF Museum (KMBO)

http://www.mississippiwingcaf.org/MS Wing Museum.htm


Mississippi Armed Forces Museum

http://www.armedforcesmuseum.us/Pages/index.aspx


Meridian Key Field (KMEI)

Named for the Key brothers that set a duration of flight record in 1935 flying 653 hrs 34 minutes. There is a small commemorative display in the terminal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Keys


Stennis Space Center

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/stennis/about/stennis/index.html


Raspet Flight Research Laboratory

http://shrike.erc.msstate.edu/raspet/raspet/pages/history.html


Columbus Air Force Base

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Air_Force_Base


Naval Air Station Meridian

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Meridian

These are a few that come to mind.

Awesome ideas! I'll check out the couple of sites for states that I'm missing... For the record, I'm missing:
Delaware
Indiana
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Vermont
West Virginia

If anyone has more ideas!!

 

[Obi Heed Kenobi]

Awesome ideas! I'll check out the couple of sites for states that I'm missing... For the record, I'm missing:
Delaware
Indiana
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Vermont
West Virginia

If anyone has more ideas!!

Delaware has Dover Air Force Base, which, at least in the past, had a nice little museum. Also, there used to be a few old MIG's sitting at GED in Georgetown, and there's a C-47 sitting at KILG near Wilmington. And, if you fly along the coastline of the Delaware Bay down to about Ocean City, you'll see watchtowers and artillery emplacements left over from WWII - Delaware Bay was a big shipping lane then, and there were concerns over submarines sneaking up there.

 

[Missa]

Michigan also has the Yankee Air Force at Ypsilanti

Barb

Did they get that rebuilt after the fire?

Also Add the Yankee Air Force in Osscoda, including the Michigan Women in Avation display.

 

[Everskyward]

Here's one for Montana.

 

[Clark1961]

Awesome ideas! I'll check out the couple of sites for states that I'm missing... For the record, I'm missing:
Delaware
Indiana
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Vermont
West Virginia

If anyone has more ideas!!

Nebraska has the SAS museum northeast of Lincoln http://www.sasmuseum.com/

Mississippi has the Stennis Space Center (slightly hurricane damaged)