At Port Clinton airport, while waiting for the eclipse we toured the Liberty Aviation Museum.
The Museum has been growing steadily since it was opened at the airport in 2011. It has a very friendly staff and enthusiastic docents wandering around sharing their love of hisotry and knowledge of the artifacts on display.
It has a rather eclectic range of exhibits and restoration activities, and it is not all aviation related.
This range includes informs and costumes.
Early airline uniforms:
The original uniforms worn int he series Hogan's Heroes:
The uniform Charlie Sheen worn as the Wild Thing, Ricky Vaughn in Major League:
The bathrobe worn by Alan Alda in MASH:
Of course there are airplanes:
Georgie's Gal, a B-25 in flying condition.
A PBY Catalina undergoing restoration:
The PBY is a lot bigger in person than you would think from this picture. It's huge.
There's also a couple Ford Trimotors undergoing restoration to flying status.
A beautiful Stearman was on display:
A beautifully restored TBF Avenger, with its wings folded, was in the hangar:
Lots of things to see, with more pictures to follow.
3 comments:
Last time I was there they were working on the PT boat and the Avenger.
Good to see they are continuing the work.
It is a neat museum.
One of the very few things I miss about living in SoCal is the "Planes of Fame" air museum at the Chino airport. They have a huge warbird airshow yearly, and it was always a delight to go see. I could spend days just wandering around their boneyard and restoration shops.
Very nice pics!
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