Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum
Fair Complex / Hillsboro Airport | |
Website | www.classicaircraft.org |
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The Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located in
History
Roger Kelsay founded Premier Jets in 1984 as a charter flight company at the Hillsboro Airport.
The museum had a performance at the 2006
Then in October of that year they received a
Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum was again at the Hillsboro air show in 2010, this time with their Douglas A-26C Invader, MiG-17F, and F-86 Sabre performing in the show.[9] In 2016, the museum lost its lease for one hangar, requiring the relocation of some of its collection.[10] Some of the planes were sent to the Tillamook Air Museum.[10]
Collection and mission
The hangar the museum is located in was once home to Premier Jets, which was owned by Roger Kelsay.[6] Kelsay also owns most of the aircraft in the museum.[6] The goal for all of the planes is that they once again are air worthy, and to that end, volunteers spend thousands of hours restoring the aircraft.[6] The museum's specialty is restoring aircraft, though their collection also includes some aviation artifacts as well.[4] This is part of their goal of educating the public through demonstrations of working aircraft.[2] Other museum pieces include engines, ground equipment, and ejection seats.[2]
Besides restoring the aircraft, volunteers are also responsible for conducting the tours of the hangar and putting on exhibitions.[1] The free museum is only open Monday through Thursday.[2]
Aircraft in the collection
- Two F-104s
- One Northrop F-5
- Two Douglas A-26C Tankers,[11]
- One Douglas C-47A
- One BAC Jet Provost
- One MiG 17F
- Two MiG 21s
- One CL-13 Mk.6 Sabre
- One Fouga CM-170 Magister
- One Hawker Hunter F Mk.51
Aircraft in the museum come from as far away as Poland, Turkey, and Taiwan.[6] Not all of the aircraft are located at the hangar in Hillsboro.[2]
See also
- List of aerospace museums
References
- ^ a b c d e Eckert, Kurt (20 October 2009). "Museum lands plane that set commercial flight aloft". The Hillsboro Argus. Oregon Live. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Stevens, Michael O. (February 9, 2010). "Aviation museum at the Hillsboro Airport includes WWII to Cold War era planes". OregonLive.com.
- ^ a b c Perkowski, Mateusz (July 10, 2006). "VROOOM". The Forest Grove News-Times. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ a b Gregory, Roger (July 13, 2006). "Dance in the sky". The Oregonian. p. Metro West 14.
- ^ Tareen, Sophia (July 14, 2006). "Defying gravity, pilot will be on a roll at air show". The Oregonian. p. B1.
- ^ a b c d e Boone, Jerry (August 4, 2004). "Getting old planes airborne is volunteers' dream". The Oregonian. p. C1.
- ^ a b Virgin, Bill (January 29, 2007). "The Insider: Federal Way car dealership cuts jet loose". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. John Cook and Andrea James.
- ^ "FCU donates fighter jet to US museum". Ministry of Education, Republic of China. Ministry of Education, Republic of China. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ Eckert, Kurt (August 20, 2010). "Air Show takes flight tonight". The Hillsboro Argus.
- ^ a b Loose, Travis (September 23, 2016). "Hillsboro hall relocates classic airplanes to Tillamook". Hillsboro Tribune. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ISBN 0-85130-385-4.
External links
Media related to Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum at Wikimedia Commons
- Take off in Hillsboro - Hillsboro Tribune