The Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum, located at
Creve Coeur Airport
Creve Coeur Airport is a public use airport in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. It is four nautical miles (7 km) northwest of the central business district of Creve Coeur. The airport is located in the city of Maryland Heig ...
in
Maryland Heights, Missouri
Maryland Heights is a second-ring north suburb of St. Louis, located in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 27,472 at the 2010 census. The city was incorporated in 1985. Edwin L. Dirck was appointed the city's first ma ...
, United States, is dedicated to
restoring and preserving historical aircraft. The airplanes in the collection are all fabric-covered, and most are
biplanes 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
civil aircraft
Civil aviation is one of two major categories of flying, representing all non-military and non-state aviation, both private and commercial. Most of the countries in the world are members of the International Civil Aviation Organization and work ...
from the inter-war years, with most of the aircraft originating from 1916 to 1946. There are several
Waco
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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 that was built in 1917 and was used in the movies ''
The Rocketeer
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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
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Aeronca K
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Atlantic DH-4M-2A
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Antonov An-2
* Antonov An-2
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Canadian JN-4C Canuck
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Culver Cadet LCA
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Curtiss-Robertson Robin
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Curtiss-Wright 16E-3 Light Sport
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Curtiss-Wright CW-1 Junior – replica
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Curtiss-Wright CW-15C Sedan
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de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide
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Driggs Dart II
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Fairchild 24 C8A
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Fairchild 71
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Fairchild KR-21B
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Fairchild KR-31
* Flagg F.13
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Fleet Fawn
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Funk B-85-C Bee
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Laister-Kauffman LK-10A
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Meyers MAC-145
* Mono Monosport 2
* Monocoupe D-145
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Monocoupe Model 90-A8
* Monocoupe Model 90L
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Piper PA-11 Cub Special
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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,: ...
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Rearwin Sportster
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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 ...
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Ryan M-1 – replica
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Ryan ST-3KR
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SAI KZ III
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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 ...
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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 character ...
– replica
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St. Louis Cardinal
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Standard J-1
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Star Cavalier A
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Star Cavalier E
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Stinson SR-6 Reliant
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Stinson SM-8A Junior
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Taylor E-2 Cub
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Timm Collegiate
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Waco ATO
* Waco ATO
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Waco AVN-8
* Waco Cootie – replica
* Waco CSO
* Waco CTO
* Waco GXE
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Waco JWM
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Waco QCF-2
* Waco QCF-2
* Waco RNF
* Waco UBF-2
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Waco YKC
* Waco YKS-7
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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
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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, 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 ...
seaplane
Image:Standard J1.jpg, Standard J-1
Image:Ryan PT-22 STA Ranger.jpg, Ryan PT-22 STA Ranger
Image:WACO QF2.jpg, WACO QF-2 biplane
See also
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Shuttleworth Collection
References
Citations
Bibliography
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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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