  Location within Ohio | |
| Established | 2000 |
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| Type | Nonprofit |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 39°32′01″N84°23′06″W / 39.5335°N 84.3850°W |
| Website | www |
The Butler County Warbirds is a non-profit organization located at the Middletown Regional Airport in Middletown, Ohio focused on military aviation history.
The Butler County Warbirds was founded in 2000 by Sandra Arany, Timothy Epperhart, Jean Lail, Roger Palmer and William Palmer. Originally based at the Butler County Regional Airport, after 11 years, the group moved to and opened a museum in the 1938 City Hangar at the Middletown Regional Airport in Middletown, Ohio. [1] [ failed verification ] [2] [ failed verification ] The organization's facility is located in the National Aviation Heritage Area and is adjacent to the site of the Aeronca Aircraft factory. Butler County Warbirds is also part of the Aviation Trail. [3]
The organization began raising funds to purchase a North American AT-6 Texan in October 2022. [4] Plans call for the profits from rides sold in the airplane to go to an aviation scholarship for women. [5]
Their facility inside the 1938 City Hangar includes a 2,100 sq ft (200 m2) artifact display which houses over 1,800 artifacts from the American Civil War to present day, with a bulk of the collection being from World War II. The display includes an interior recreation of a Nissen hut complete with an officer's bar. [6] [ failed verification ]
The organization offers rides in three of its aircraft. [11] It also provides a Vintage Cadet Experience, in which participants take part in a recreation of World War II flight training. [12]