Historic Aircraft Restoration Project

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Historic Aircraft Restoration Project
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Location within New York
Established1998 (1998)
Location New York, New York
Coordinates 40°35′42″N73°52′59″W / 40.595°N 73.883°W / 40.595; -73.883
Type Aviation museum
FounderArnie Migliaccio
Website www.nps.gov/gate/learn/historyculture/historic-aircraft-at-hangar-b.htm

The Historic Aircraft Restoration Project is an aviation museum located in Hangar B at Floyd Bennett Field in New York, New York.

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History

In 1996, Arnie Migliaccio suggested the creation of a group of volunteers, working as part of the National Park Service's Volunteers-In-Parks program, to restore aircraft on Floyd Bennett Field. The project began two years later in Hangar B on the east side of the airport and the volunteers eventually became known as "angels". [1] [2] [3]

A number of the project's aircraft were previously on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. [4] [5] [6]

In May 2002, the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation's KC-97 arrived at the project's hangar. [7] The project provided space to the foundation as they restored the aircraft. After 15 years of work, the airplane departed the airport in November 2017. [8]

The project's volunteers were locked out of the hangar in 2019, allegedly due to a dispute over racial discrimination by another volunteer. [9]

Collection

Grumman JRF-5 Goose HARP Grumman JRF 5 Goose.JPG
Grumman JRF-5 Goose

See also

References

  1. ↑ Patel, Samir S. (14 May 2006). "Rebuilding the Planes That Took the City Aloft". New York Times. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Grade 6: Reading" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. May 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  3. 1 2 "The Angels of HARP: Preserving, Researching and Restoring Aviation History". National Park Service. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Airframe Dossier - Lockheed SP-2E Neptune, s/n 131542 USN, c/n 426-5423". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Airframe Dossier - Grumman S-2E Tracker, s/n 151664 USN, c/n G-121-197C". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Airframe Dossier - Grumman UF-1G Albatross, s/n 7216 USCG, c/n G-292". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  7. ↑ Kearney, Kevin (10 May 2002). "News". Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation. Archived from the original on 7 June 2002. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  8. ↑ Morehead, Greg; Allnutt, Richard Mallory (7 November 2017). "Exodus: Getting Boeing C-97G 'Angel of Deliverance' Out of New York!". Warbirds News. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  9. ↑ Parks, Jessica (13 October 2021). "Volunteers restoring aircraft at Floyd Bennett Field shut out due to suspected retaliation". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Airframe Dossier - Beech JRB-4 Expeditor, s/n 90536 USN, c/n 6999, c/r N9659". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "Airframe Dossier - Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, s/n 46456 FABo, c/r N4582T". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  12. ↑ "Airframe Dossier - Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, s/n 144992 USN, c/n 12238". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  13. ↑ "Airframe Dossier - Douglas C-47D, s/n 44-76457 USAF, c/n 16041/32789". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  14. ↑ "Airframe Dossier - Fairchild Cornell, s/n 10781 RCAF, c/r N1321V". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  15. ↑ "Airframe Dossier - Grumman JRF-5 Goose, s/n 87736 USN, c/n B-130, c/r N644R". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  16. ↑ "Airframe Dossier - Sikorsky HH-3F Pelican, s/n 1434 USCG, c/n 61-599". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
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