  Location within Ohio | |
| Established | 2000 |
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| Type | Nonprofit |
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| 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. After 11 years, the group opened a museum in the 1938 City Hangar at the Middletown Regional Airport. [1] [2]
The organization began raising funds to purchase a North American AT-6 Texan in October 2022. [3] Plans call for the profits from rides sold in the airplane to go to an aviation scholarship for women. [4]
The organization offers rides in three of its aircraft. [9] It also provides a Vintage Cadet Experience, in which participants take part in a recreation of World War II flight training. [10]
The Fairchild PT-19 is an American monoplane primary trainer aircraft that served with the United States Army Air Forces, RAF and RCAF during World War II. Designed by Fairchild Aircraft, it was a contemporary of the Kaydet biplane trainer, and was used by the USAAF during Primary Flying Training. As with other USAAF trainers of the period, the PT-19 had multiple designations based on the powerplant installed.
The Commemorative Air Force (CAF), formerly known as the Confederate Air Force, is an American non-profit organization based in Dallas, Texas, that preserves and shows historical aircraft at airshows, primarily in the U.S. and Canada.
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