Established | 1983 |
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Location | Madras, Oregon |
Coordinates | 44°40′12″N121°09′00″W / 44.670°N 121.150°W |
Type | Aviation museum |
Founder | Jack Ericson |
Website | www |
The Erickson Aircraft Collection is an aviation museum located at the Madras Municipal Airport in Madras, Oregon.
Jack Ericson, the founder of Erickson Air-Crane, purchased his first warbird, a P-51, in 1980. Three years later, he purchased a Corsair and a Spitfire and began his collection. In 1991, it was placed on loan to the Tillamook Air Museum. [1] However, in April 2013, the collection announced it would not be renewing its lease on the museum. [2] A few months later, the collection purchased a B-17 and reproduction Fw 190 from the Military Aviation Museum. [3]
The collection moved to a new 65,000 sq ft (6,000 m2) facility at the Madras Municipal Airport in Madras, Oregon in May 2014. [4] [5]
The collection repainted its B-17 as Ye Olde Pub in 2019. [6] [lower-alpha 1]
Shortly after being purchased by the Mid-America Flight Museum in 2020, a B-17G from the Lone Star Flight Museum was ferried to the museum for an inspection. [8]
The collection's Corsair and Skyraider were used in the filming of the 2022 movie Devotion . [9] [10]
The museum holds an airshow called the Airshow of the Cascades once a year. [19]
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