Edward T. Maloney (May 21, 1928 – August 19, 2016) was an American
aviation historian based in
Southern California.
He assembled much of the collection of historic airframes displayed at the
at
Chino Airport,
Chino, California.
Maloney believed that today's scrap is tomorrow's history, and in 1946 began collecting odd airframes for a future museum. His first item was reportedly a
Mitsubishi J8M rocket-powered interceptor.
Maloney opened his first
aviation museum
An aviation museum, air museum, or air and space museum is a museum exhibiting the history and cultural artifacts, artifacts of aviation. In addition to actual, replica or accurate reproduction aircraft, exhibits can include photographs, maps, P ...
at
Claremont, California
Claremont () is a suburban city on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County, California, United States, east of downtown Los Angeles. It is in the Pomona Valley, at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. As of the 2010 census it had a popul ...
, on January 12, 1957, and then moved to
LA/Ontario International Airport,
Ontario, California, in the 1960s. His collection included several military aircraft including a rare
P-26 Peashooter, a
P-51A, a
Hanriot HD.1
The Hanriot HD.1 was a French World War I single-seat fighter aircraft. Rejected for service with French squadrons in favour of the SPAD S.VII, the type was supplied to the Belgian Army′s (Belgian Military Aviation) and the (Military Aviatio ...
, a
Heinkel He 162, the
Northrop N9M
The Northrop N-9M was an approximately one-third scale, span all-wing aircraft used for the development of the full size, wingspan Northrop XB-35 and YB-35 flying wing long-range, heavy bomber. First flown in 1942, the N-9M (M for Model) was th ...
flying wing testbed, the nose section of a
B-36 Peacemaker bomber. It also includes the last
B-17 Flying Fortress
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Relatively fast and high-flying for a bomber of its era, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater ...
bomber in
United States Air Force operation, the drone-director ''
Piccadilly Lilly II
''Piccadilly Lilly II'' is a B-17 Flying Fortress currently on display at the Planes of Fame air museum in Chino, California. Built in 1945 as a B-17G and assigned serial number 44-83684, this plane was possibly the last aircraft assigned to the ...
'' (44-83684). This B-17 starred in the ''
12 O'Clock High'' television series from 1964 to 1966. Interactive displays included a vintage
World War II gunnery training machine.
In 1969, Maloney was forced to move his collection from the Ontario Airport hangar, and chose its present location at Chino Airport. Maloney remained active in the preservation of aviation history until he died from colon cancer on August 19, 2016, aged 88.
"PLANES OF FAME - Home". Accessed 22 August 2016
References
;Bibliography
* Edward T. Maloney and Frank Ryan. ''P-26, History of the Famous Boeing P-26 Peashooter''. Challenge Publications, 1965.
* Edward T. Maloney and Frank Ryan. ''Me-262 The Story of the German Air Weapon That Almost Changed the Course of the War...'' Challenge Publications, 1965.
* Kamikaze (1966) Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers Inc.
* Aeronautical Staff of Aero Publishers, Edward T. Maloney and Uwe Feist. ''Heinkel He 162 "Volksjäger", Aero Series 4''. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, 1965. .
* Aeronautical Staff of Aero Publishers, Edward T. Maloney and Uwe Feist. ''Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Aero Series 6''. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, 1966. .
* Aeronautical Staff of Aero Publishers, Edward T. Maloney and Uwe Feist. ''Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka", Aero Series 8''. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, 1966. .
* Heinz J. Nowarra and Edward T. Maloney. ''Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil", Aero series 9''. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, 1966. .
* Aeronautical Staff of Aero Publishers, Edward T. Maloney and Uwe Feist. ''Supermarine Spitfire, Aero Series 10''. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, 1966. .
* Edward T. Maloney and Uwe Feist. ''Chance Vought F4U Corsair, Aero Series 11''. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, 1967. .
* Edward T. Maloney and Uwe Feist. ''North American P-51 Mustang, Aero Series 15''. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, 1967. .
* Edward T. Maloney, Uwe Feist and Ronald Ferndock. ''Messerschmitt 163 "Komet", Aero Series 17''. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, 1968. .
* Edward T. Maloney. ''Lockheed P-38 "Lightning", Aero Series 19''. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, 1968. .
* Edward T. Maloney. ''Grumman F8F Bearcat, Aero Series 20''. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, 1969. .
* Edward T. Maloney. ''Northrop Flying Wings''. Buena Park, CA: Planes Of Fame Publishers, 1975. .
* Edward T. Maloney. ''The Messerschmitt Me-262''. Corona del Mar, CA: World War II Publications, 1980. .
* Edward T. Maloney and Thomas E. Doll. ''Chance Vought F4U Corsair, Aero Series 11, second revised edition''. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, 1985. .
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1928 births
2016 deaths
American historians
American curators