Delaware Aviation Museum
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{{Infobox museum
| name = Delaware Aviation Museum
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| map_type = Delaware
| coordinates = {{coord|38.6890|-75.3656|display=inline,title}}
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| established = {{start date|2004|df=y}}
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| location = Georgetown, Delaware
| type = Aviation museum
| founder = {{Unbulleted list|Sean Carroll|Larry Kelley|John Kenny}}
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| website = {{URL|http://www.delawareaviationmuseum.org}}
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The Delaware Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located at Delaware Coastal Airport in Georgetown, Delaware.
History
= Background =
In 1957, Larry Kelley began helping his uncle restore a UC-78. Years later he purchased the same aircraft.{{cite news |last1=Willey |first1=Joe |title=History Lessons |url=http://coastalstylemag.com/history-lessons |access-date=2 January 2024 |work=Coastal Style}}
= Establishment =
The Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation was co-founded by Sean Carroll, Larry Kelley and John Kenny in 2004.{{cite news |last1=Steinriede |first1=Kent |title=Military Planes and Paraphernalia Rest in Place of Honor |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/164621293 |access-date=2 January 2024 |work=The News Journal |date=12 August 2005 |page=E2}}{{cite web |title=Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation |url=http://www.delawareaviationmuseum.org/history |website=Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation |access-date=2 January 2024}} After receiving a lease for a {{convert|10,000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} hangar, Carroll moved his restoration company, Kimble's Aviation Services, to the airport.{{cite news |last1=Guy |first1=Chip |title=Sussex Lands Air Museum |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/165538872 |access-date=2 January 2024 |work=The News Journal |date=10 March 2004 |page=B1}} The museum was set up in an adjacent control tower and terminal building.{{cite news |last1=Guy |first1=Chip |title=Aviation Museum to Open in Sussex |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/164254240 |access-date=2 January 2024 |work=The News Journal |date=1 July 2004 |page=B3}}
Facilities
The Jeffrey L. Ethell Aviation Library at the museum holds a collection of 3,000 books that belonged to the author.{{cite web |title=Museum Tours |url=http://www.delawareaviationmuseum.org/museum-tours |website=Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation |access-date=2 January 2024}}
Collection
= Aircraft =
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- Aeronca L-16{{cite web |title=Aeronca L-16 |url=http://www.delawareaviationmuseum.org/aeronca-l-16 |website=Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation |access-date=1 January 2024}}
- Cessna O-1 Bird Dog{{cite web |title=L-19/O-1 Bird Dog |url=http://www.delawareaviationmuseum.org/l-19/o-1-bird-dog |website=Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation |access-date=1 January 2024}}
- Cessna UC-78 Bobcat{{cite web |title=UC-78 Bobcat |url=http://www.delawareaviationmuseum.org/u-78-bobcat |website=Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation |access-date=1 January 2024}}
- de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - de Havilland Tiger Moth II, c/r N82AZ |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=32811 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=2 January 2024}}
- de Havilland DH.82C Tiger Moth{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - de Havilland-deHavilland Canada DH-82C Tiger Moth, c/r N3104B |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=23390 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=2 January 2024}}
- de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk{{cite web |title=DHC-1 Chipmunk |url=http://www.delawareaviationmuseum.org/dhc-1-chipmunk |website=Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation |access-date=1 January 2024}}
- de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk{{cite web |title=RAF Chipmunk |url=http://www.delawareaviationmuseum.org/raf-chipmunk |website=Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation |access-date=1 January 2024}}
- de Havilland Canada DH.82C Tiger Moth{{cite web |title=DeHavilland Canada DH-82C Tiger Moth |url=http://www.delawareaviationmuseum.org/dh-82-tiger-moth |website=Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation |access-date=1 January 2024}}
- ERCO Ercoupe{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Engineering and Research Corporation 415C, c/n 2952, c/r N2327H |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=110360 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=2 January 2024}}
- North American B-25J Mitchell{{cite web |title=B-25J Mitchell Bomber "Panchito" |url=http://www.delawareaviationmuseum.org/b-25j-mitchell |website=Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation |access-date=1 January 2024}}
- Piper J3C Cub{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Taylorcraft-Piper J-3C-65, c/n 17581, c/r N70572 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=216007 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=2 January 2024}}
- Piper J4F Cub Coupe{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Taylorcraft-Piper J-4F, c/n 4-0983, c/r N26957 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=205299 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=2 January 2024}}
- North American L-17A Navion{{cite web |title=North American L-17A Navion |url=http://www.delawareaviationmuseum.org/l-17a-navion |website=Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation |access-date=1 January 2024}}
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= Ground vehicles =
Events
The museum holds an annual Wings & Wheels Fall Festival.{{cite news |last1=MacArthur |first1=Ron |title=Wings and Wheels: Vintage Aircraft and Classic Cars |url=http://www.capegazette.com/article/wings-and-wheels-vintage-aircraft-and-classic-cars/227835 |access-date=2 January 2024 |work=Cape Gazette |date=8 October 2021}}
Programs
The foundation offers rides in three of its aircraft.{{cite web |title=Historical Flight Adventures |url=http://www.delawareaviationmuseum.org/historical-flight-adventures |website=Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation |access-date=1 January 2024}} It also offers flight training in three of its aircraft.{{cite web |title=Flight Training |url=http://www.delawareaviationmuseum.org/flight-training |website=Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation |access-date=1 January 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.delawareaviationmuseum.org}}