Museum of Flight (Georgia)

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Museum of Flight
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Location within Georgia
Former name
Hixon Museum of Flight
EstablishedMay 25, 2010 (2010-05-25)
Location Dallas, Georgia
Coordinates 33°54′58″N84°56′32″W / 33.9162°N 84.9423°W / 33.9162; -84.9423
Type Aviation museum
FounderPeter Eric "Wheeler" O'Hare [1]
Website www.mofts.org

The Museum of Flight is an aviation museum located at the Paulding County Airport in Dallas, Georgia.

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History

The Hixson Museum of Flight opened at the Dallas Bay Skypark in Hixson, Tennessee on 25 May 2010. [2] [3] After outgrowing its facility, it moved to the Richard B. Russell Regional Airport in Rome, Georgia where it reopened on 26 March 2016. [4] [5] After signing a two-year lease for its existing hangar, the museum opened an outdoor display at the Paulding County Airport in Dallas, Georgia in 2020. [6] The following year, it announced fundraising had resumed for the construction of a 12,000 sq ft (1,100 m2) hangar at the airport. [7]

Collection

Aircraft

Douglas BTD Destroyer Douglas BTD Destroyer, Richard B. Russell Airport, Nov 2017.jpg
Douglas BTD Destroyer

Ground vehicles

References

  1. ↑ "O'Hare, Peter Eric "Wheeler"". Chattanoogan.com. June 16, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  2. ↑ "[Homepage]". Hixson Museum of Flight. Archived from the original on October 25, 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  3. ↑ Cooper, Clint (September 19, 2010). "Museum of Flight Aims to Keep Aviation Alive". The Tennessean. p. 6B. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  4. ↑ Walker, Doug (February 19, 2020). "Museum of Flight to Stay in Rome". Rome News-Tribune. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  5. ↑ Wilder, Kristina (March 21, 2016). "Museum of Flight to Reopen Saturday at Richard B. Russell Regional Airport". Rome News-Tribune. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Museum of Flight Status Up in the Air; Displays Outside Rome Hangar Moved to Paulding County". Rome News-Tribune. September 16, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  7. ↑ Grant, Richard (June 4, 2021). "Museum of Flight to Resume Hangar Project After Period of COVID-Related Limbo". Dallas New Era. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  8. ↑ "C-45H "Expeditor". Museum of Flight. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  9. ↑ "T-34C "Turbo-Mentor"". Museum of Flight. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  10. ↑ "BTD-1 Destroyer". Museum of Flight. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  11. ↑ "F-14 Tomcat". Museum of Flight. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  12. ↑ "T-28A "Trojan"". Museum of Flight. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  13. ↑ "T-28B "Trojan"". Museum of Flight. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Silver Anniversary Edition Corvette". Museum of Flight. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  15. ↑ "M35 2½-Ton Cargo Truck "Deuce and a Half"". Museum of Flight. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  16. ↑ "M38A1 Jeep". Museum of Flight. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  17. ↑ "M274-A5 "Military Mule"". Museum of Flight. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  18. ↑ "Industrial Airtug". Museum of Flight. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
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