Piper Aviation Museum

Piper Aviation Museum

The museum in October 2009
Location within Pennsylvania
Established	1980s
Location	Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates	41°08′03″N77°25′37″W / 41.134030°N 77.426916°W / 41.134030; -77.426916
Type	Aviation museum
Founder	Calvin Arter Bob Edmonson Genny Edmonson William Piper, Jr.
President	Ronald W. Dremel [1]
Curator	Dr. Ira Masemore [2]
Website	pipermuseum.com

The Piper Aviation Museum is an aviation museum at the William T. Piper Memorial Airport in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. It is focused on the history of the Piper Aircraft Corporation.

History

Originally founded in the 1980s as a part of the Lock Haven Heisey Museum, for the first ten years the museum existed in the back of a tractor trailer. ^[3] The museum purchased the former Piper Aircraft engineering building in late 1996. ^[4]

One of the two first light aircraft to circumnavigate the globe, a PA-12 named The City of Angels, was donated in mid-2006 by the museum's historian, Harry P. Mutter. ^[5]

The museum opened additional exhibit space in 2022. ^[6]

Aircraft on display

• Piper J2 Cub ^[7]
• Piper J3C-65 Cub ^[8]
• Piper J3C-65 Cub ^[9]
• Piper J4A Cub Coupe ^[10]
• Piper PA-8 Skycycle – replica ^[11]
• Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser ^[12]
• Piper PA-15 Vagabond ^{[13] [14]}
• Piper PA-16 Clipper ^[15]
• Piper PA-22-135 Tri-Pacer ^[16]
• Piper PA-22-108 Colt ^[17]
• Piper PA-22-150 Tri-Pacer ^[18]
• Piper PA-22-160 Tri-Pacer ^[19]
• Piper PA-23-250 Aztec ^[20]
• Piper PA-24 Comanche ^{[21] [22]}
• Piper PA-25 Pawnee ^[15]
• Piper PA-29 Papoose ^[23]
• Piper PA-31P-350 Mojave – In storage ^[24]
• Piper PA-31T Cheyenne – In storage ^[25]
• Piper PA-38 Tomahawk ^[26]
• Piper PA-41P Aztec ^[27]
• Piper PT-1 ^[28]

References

1. "Piper Aviation Museum Foundation Board of Directors". Piper Aviation Museum. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
2. "Piper Museum Archives". Piper Aviation Museum. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
3. "Piper Aviation Museum History and 20th Anniversery[sic] Celebration". Piper Aviation Museum. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
4. "Piper Museum Foundation Acquires Building, Prepares for Opening". November 11, 1996. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
5. Sargent, Sparky Barnes (August 2006), "A 1947 Global Flyer: The City of Angels" (PDF), Vintage Airplane, vol. 34, no. 8, pp. 8–15, retrieved November 22, 2024
6. "The John Bryerton Room dedicated at Piper Aviation Museum". The Express. August 27, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
7. "Airframe Dossier - Taylorcraft J-2 Cub, c/n 1755, c/r N19555". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
8. "FAA REGISTRY [N2038M]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
9. "FAA REGISTRY [N33523]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
10. "FAA REGISTRY [N22881]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
11. "Piper Aviation Museum Receives Rare Hand Built Donation". The Record Online. July 29, 2020. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
12. "FAA REGISTRY [N8671M]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
13. "Vagabond Donation To Piper Aviation Museum". Piper Aviation Museum. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
14. "FAA REGISTRY [N4355H]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
15. "Piper Aviation Museum gains two new planes, expands exhibit space for future airplane donations". The Record Online. August 2, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
16. "FAA REGISTRY [N1301C]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
17. Bottorf, Chase (May 14, 2022). "Piper Colt returns to factory, decades after first being built". The Express. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
18. "FAA REGISTRY [N3840P]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
19. "FAA REGISTRY [N9243D]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
20. "Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-23-250 Aztec, c/n 27-4788, c/r N14230". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
21. "Piper Aviation Museum receives historic gift of rare Comanche 400". Piper Aviation Museum. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
22. "FAA REGISTRY [N8400P]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
23. "Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-29 Papoose, c/n 29-01, c/r N2900M". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
24. "Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-31P-350 Mojave, c/n 31P8414002, c/r N9198Y". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
25. "Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-31T3, c/n 31T-1, c/r N7500L". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
26. "Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk, c/n 38-79A0328, c/r N2476D". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
27. "Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-41P Pressurized Aztec, c/n 41P-1, c/r N9941P". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
28. "FAA REGISTRY [N4300]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 22, 2020.

External links

• Official Website