The Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum, located at

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, United States, is dedicated to restoring and preserving historical aircraft. The airplanes in the collection are all fabric-covered, and most are

biplane A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While ...

s from the inter-war years (the "Golden age of flight"). The museum's volunteers maintain most of these aircraft in full working order. This is one of the largest collections of flying classic aircraft in America.

Collection

The museum collection concentrates on

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from the inter-war years, with most of the aircraft originating from 1916 to 1946. There are several

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biplanes, with the oldest of these types being a WACO 10, which was built in 1928.Al Stix, Jr
A Tour of the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum
''Skyways magazine'' April 2006 The oldest airplane on display is a

Standard J-1 The Standard J is a two-seat basic trainer two-bay biplane produced in the United States from 1916 to 1918, powered by a four-cylinder inline Hall-Scott A-7a engine. It was constructed from wood with wire bracing and fabric covering. The J-1 ...

that was built in 1917 and was used in the movies ''

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''. Several of the preserved aircraft are the only surviving airworthy examples of their type. Aircraft rides are available at the museum by request, in either a de Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth or in a North American SNJ-5.

Aircraft on display

Aeronca K The Aeronca Model K Scout is an American light airplane first marketed in 1937, and was the true successor to the popular C-2/ C-3 line. Design Powered by a dual-ignition Aeronca E-113C engine, the Model K Scout brought the Aeronca design up t ...

* Atlantic DH-4M-2A * Antonov An-2 * Antonov An-2 * Canadian JN-4C Canuck * Culver Cadet LCA * Curtiss-Robertson Robin * Curtiss-Wright 16E-3 Light Sport * Curtiss-Wright CW-1 Junior – replica * Curtiss-Wright CW-15C Sedan * de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide * Driggs Dart II * Fairchild 24 C8A *

Fairchild 71 The Fairchild 71 was an American high-wing monoplane passenger and cargo aircraft built by Fairchild Aircraft and later built in Canada by Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. (Canada) for both military and civilian use as a rugged bush plane. Design and ...

* Fairchild KR-21B * Fairchild KR-31 * Flagg F.13 *

Fleet Fawn In the 1930s, Fleet Aircraft manufactured a series of single-engined, two-seat training aircraft, based on US designs. The Fleet Model 7B and Model 7C, known respectively as Fawn I and Fawn II were purchased by the RCAF as primary trainers. After ...

* Funk B-85-C Bee * Laister-Kauffman LK-10A * Meyers MAC-145 * Mono Monosport 2 * Monocoupe D-145 * Monocoupe Model 90-A8 * Monocoupe Model 90L *

Monocoupe 110 The Monocoupe 90 was a two-seat, light cabin airplane built by Donald A. Luscombe for Monocoupe Aircraft.Eden and Moeng 2002 p. 993 The first Monocoupe (Model 5) was built in an abandoned church in Davenport, Iowa, and first flew on April 1, 19 ...

Nicholas-Beazley NB-8G The Nicolas-Beazley NB-8G is a United States two-seat parasol wing light monoplane that was constructed in the early 1930s. Development The NB-8G was designed and built by the Nicholas-Beazley Airplane Company at its factory in Marshall, Missou ...

Pietenpol Air Camper The Pietenpol Air Camper is a simple parasol wing homebuilt aircraft designed by Bernard H. Pietenpol. The first prototype that became the Air Camper was built and flown by Pietenpol in 1928.Bowers, Peter M.: ''Guide to Homebuilts'', 9th ...

Piper PA-11 Cub Special The Piper PA-11 Cub Special is a later-production variant of the J-3 Cub manufactured by Piper Aircraft. Design and development The PA-11 is a high-wing braced cabin monoplane with a tail-wheel landing gear. The enclosed cabin has two tande ...

Piper PA-15 Vagabond The Piper PA-15 Vagabond and PA-17 Vagabond are both two-seat, high-wing, conventional gear light aircraft that were designed for personal use and for flight training and built by Piper Aircraft starting in 1948.Montgomery, MR and Gerald Foster,: ...

Rearwin Sportster The Rearwin Sportster is a 1930s American two-seat, high-winged, cabin monoplane designed and built by Rearwin Aircraft & Engines for sport/touring use. Development The Sportster began development while Rearwin was still certifying the previou ...

Rutan Long-EZ The Rutan Model 61 Long-EZ is a tandem 2-seater homebuilt aircraft designed by Burt Rutan's Rutan Aircraft Factory. The Long-EZ has a canard layout, a swept wing with wingtip rudders, and a pusher engine and propeller. The tricycle landing ...

Ryan M-1 The Ryan M-1 was a mail plane produced in the United States in the 1920s, the first original design built by Ryan.Taylor 1989, p. 774. It was a conventional gear parasol-wing monoplane with two open cockpits in tandem and fixed, tailskid undercar ...

– replica * Ryan ST-3KR *

SAI KZ III The SAI KZ III Laerke was a Danish light utility aircraft used by the Danish Air Ambulance Service and Danish Air Force. The first KIII was built during the German occupation of Denmark and first flew on 11 September 1944. With German permission ...

Shavrov Sh-2 The Shavrov Sh-2 (later ASh-2)Andersson, 1995, p.222 was a 1930s Soviet amphibious sesquiplane flying boat developed from the Sh-1, with a more powerful engine, slightly increased size and amphibious undercarriage. The Sh-2 could carry three ...

Sopwith Pup The Sopwith Pup is a British single-seater biplane fighter aircraft built by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It entered service with the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps in the autumn of 1916. With pleasant flying characteristi ...

– replica * St. Louis Cardinal *

* Star Cavalier A * Star Cavalier E * Stinson SR-6 Reliant * Stinson SM-8A Junior * Taylor E-2 Cub *

Timm Collegiate The Timm Collegiate was a series of American-built two-seat light aircraft of the late 1920s. Design and development Otto Timm founded the O.W. Timm Aircraft Corp in 1922 with its base at Glendale, California. The firm changed its name to the T ...

Travel Air 2000 The Travel Air 2000/3000/4000 (originally, the Model A, Model B and Model BH were open-cockpit biplane aircraft produced in the United States in the late 1920s by the Travel Air Manufacturing Company. During the period from 1924–1929, Tra ...

Travel Air 3000 The Travel Air 2000/3000/4000 (originally, the Model A, Model B and Model BH were open-cockpit biplane aircraft produced in the United States in the late 1920s by the Travel Air Manufacturing Company. During the period from 1924–1929, Tra ...

Waco ATO The Waco 10/GXE/Waco O series was a range of three-seat open-cockpit biplanes built by the Advance Aircraft Company, later the Waco Aircraft Company. Design and development The Waco 10 was a larger span development of the Waco 9, both single-eng ...

* Waco ATO *

Waco AVN-8 The Waco N series is a range of 1930s United States, American-built cabin biplanes with a fixed tricycle undercarriage produced by the Waco Aircraft Company. Design and development Waco introduced the luxury N-series biplane in 1937. It was bas ...

* Waco Cootie – replica * Waco CSO * Waco CTO * Waco GXE * Waco JWM * Waco QCF-2 * Waco QCF-2 * Waco RNF * Waco UBF-2 *

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* Waco YKS-7 *

Yakovlev Yak-52 The Yakovlev Yak-52 (russian: Яковлев Як-52) is a Soviet primary trainer aircraft which first flew in 1976. It was produced in Romania from 1977 to 1998 by Aerostar, as ''Iak-52'', which gained manufacturing rights under agreement wit ...

* Yakovlev Yak-52 * Zenith Z-6-A

Gallery

Image:WACO UBF2 closeup.jpg, WACO UBF-2 biplane. Image:Flagg biplane.jpg, Flagg F-13 biplane (1933) Image:Travelair 2000.HARM.jpg, Travelair 2000 biplane (1928) with OX engine Image:Curtiss Travel Air 16E.jpg, Curtiss Travel Air 16E Image:Shavrov Sh-2 display.jpg,

seaplane Image:Standard J1.jpg,

Image:Ryan PT-22 STA Ranger.jpg, Ryan PT-22 STA Ranger Image:WACO QF2.jpg, WACO QF-2 biplane

References

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External links

Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum
– Museum website *Very high resolution panoramic images
Hangar 1Hangar 2Hangar 3
*Linda Shine

''Air & Space Magazine'', July 1, 2005
Craftsmanship: Old-Style Restoration – AOPA
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