Aviation Museums

I got my start in aviation by volunteering at the amazing Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, MI. Since then, I have had a great love of old aircraft. The links on this page are to posts where I visited some wonderful aviation museums.

The world's sole-surviving SR-71B model on display at the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, MI.

The 195 Factory, Johnstown, NY:
Not a museum, but a restoration facility for vintage Cessna 195s on the field at Fulton County Airport (NY0, class E).
- Art Deco Artisans, January 2021

Air Heritage Museum, Beaver Falls, PA:
On the field at Beaver County Airport (KBVI, class D).

Air Zoo, Kalamazoo, MI:
On the field at the Kalamazoo / Battle Creek International Airport (KAZO, class D/TRSA).
Goodbye, Air Zoo, January 2006
"Someone Told Me It's All Happening at the Zoo,", September 2013
Habu Headwinds, February 2020
Ghost Ship: The Nighthawk, August 2021

Alaska Aviation Museum, Anchorage, AK:

American Airpower Museum, Farmingdale, NY:
On the field at Republic Airport (KFRG, class D).
Republic, March 2011
Long Island’s Hempstead Plains: From Muslin To the Moon, July 2022

Beechcraft Heritage Museum, Tullahoma, TN:
On the field at Tullahoma Regional / Wm Northern Field (KTHA, class E).

Canada Aviation and Space Museum (Ingenium), Ottawa, Ontario:
On the field at Rockliffe Airport (CYRO).

College Park Aviation Museum, College Park, MD:
On the field at College Park Airport (KCGS, class E, FRZ PIN required for landing).

Commemorative Air Force (Tour stop in Niagara Falls, NY):
Wookie Not Included, September 2022.

Connecticut Air & Space Center, Bridgeport, CT:
At the Bridgeport / Sikorsky Memorial Airport (KBDR, class D). 

Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, NY:
Not on airport, located in the hangars of the former Mitchell Field Air Force Base.

Eagles Mere Aviation Museum, Eagles Mere, PA:
On Merritt Field (4PN7, paved, private - prior permission and waiver required for landing, class G).
Eagles Mere: Where the Twenties Still Roar on a Pennsylvania Mountaintop, August 2022.

Empire State Aerosciences Museum, Schenectady, NY:
On the field at Schenectady County Airport (KSCH, class D).
Empire State Aerosciences Museum, April, 2012.

Glenn H Curtiss Museum, Hammondsport, NY:
Not on an airport.

Golden Age Air Museum, Bethel, PA:
On Grimes Field (8N1, turf only, class G).
Time Travel (Golden Age Air Museum),  May 2009.
Flying the Spectrum, July 2016.

The Henry Ford, Dearborn, MI:
Not on an airport, located adjacent to the defunct Ford Airport (now, Ford Proving Grounds).
- IMC Over the D, August 2021.

Intrepid Air, Sea, and Space Museum, New York, NY:
Aircraft carrier in the Hudson River -- do not try to land here unless you're Sully.
My Patronus is an Airplane: The Fighting "I", August 2019.

Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, Reading, PA:
On the field at Reading Regional / Carl A Spaatz Field (KRDG, class D).
Lair of the Black Widow, October 2018.
- A Crowded House for the Widow of Reading, September 2023.

National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, OH:
At Wright-Patterson Air Force Base with multiple GA-accessible alternative airports in the area.
The Wright Stuff, Part 4: The X-Planes Go To Washington, May, 2022.

National Warplane Museum, Geneseo, NY:
On the field at Geneseo (D52, turf only, class G).

New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT:
Field adjacent to Bradley International Airport (KBDL, class C).
Astride the Thunderbolt: Flight To the NEAM, January 2022.

Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Rhinebeck, NY:
On the field at Old Rhinebeck (NY94, turf only, private - prior permission required for landing) with Kingston Ulster being a safer choice (N20, class E) that requires some ground transportation.
Jurassic Airpark, August 2019.

Owls Head Transportation Museum, Rockland, ME:
On the field at Knox County Regional (KRKD, class E).
Owl's Head Transportation Museum, October 2014.

Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs, CA:
On the field at Palm Springs International (KPSP, Class D/TRSA).

Piper Aviation Museum, Lock Haven, PA:
On the field at William T Piper Memorial Airport (KLHV, class E).
Escape to Lock Haven, January 2013.
- Sentimental Journey: Part 1, Lock Haven, March 2023.

Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA:

Wings over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, Denver, CO