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Mid America Flight Museum

{{Distinguish|Mid-America Air Museum|Mid America Museum of Aviation and Transportation}}

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| name = Mid America Flight Museum

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| map_type = Texas

| coordinates = {{coord|33.101|-94.965|display=inline,title}}

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| established = {{start date|2013|df=y}}

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| location = Mount Pleasant, Texas

| type = Aviation museum

| founder = Scott Glover

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| website = {{URL|http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com}}

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The Mid America Flight Museum is an aviation museum located at the Mount Pleasant Regional Airport in Mount Pleasant, Texas.

History

Scott Glover, the founder of Mid America Pet Food, began collecting airplanes in 1996. After 17 years, he established the museum in 2013.{{cite news |last1=Bischof |first1=Greg |title=Flying High: Mount Pleasant Man Brings 30 Years of History to Hometown |url=http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2017/apr/14/flying-high-mount-pleasant-man-brings-30-years-his |access-date=30 October 2023 |work=Texarkana Gazette |date=14 April 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Boyum |first1=Jamey |title=Inside the MidAmerica Flight Museum in Mount Pleasant |url=http://www.kltv.com/2021/01/19/webxtra-inside-mid-america-flight-museum-mount-pleasant |access-date=30 October 2023 |work=KLTV |date=19 January 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Prinzing |first1=Philipp |title=Mid America Flight Museum - Aus Liebe zur Fliegerei |url=http://www.flugrevue.de/klassiker/us-luftfahrt-mid-america-flight-museum-aus-liebe-zur-fliegerei |access-date=30 October 2023 |work=FlugRevue |date=17 October 2018 |language=German}}

The museum worked with Dynamic Aviation to restore the Lockheed Constellation Columbine II to flight in 2015.{{cite news |last1=Rico |first1=Gabriela |title=First Air Force One to Leave Marana |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/213592075 |access-date=30 October 2023 |work=Arizona Daily Star |date=26 July 2015 |pages=A1, A5}}

The museum purchased the B-17 Thunderbird from the Lone Star Flight Museum in 2020.{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Steve W. |title=Lone Star Flight Museum sells B-17 "Thunderbird" to Mid America Flight Museum |url=http://www.kjas.com/news/local_news/article_6c906d94-43df-11eb-b2c9-ebf31371d72f.html |access-date=30 October 2023 |work=KJAS |date=21 December 2020}} It was ferried to the Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras, Oregon for an inspection shortly thereafter.{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Scott A. |title=B-17G Thunderbird Update: February 10, 2022 |url=http://www.aerovintage.com/2022/02/10/b-17g-thunderbird-update-february-10-2022 |website=Aero Vintage Books |access-date=30 October 2023 |date=10 February 2022}}

Facilities

The museum has two locations: Mid America South, the main museum, at the Mount Pleasant Regional Airport in Mount Pleasant, Texas and Mid America North, a restoration shop, at Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio.{{cite web |title=Travel Air Restoration |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/travel-air-restoration |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=T-34 Restoration |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/t-34-restoration |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}

Collection

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  • Antonov An-2{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N2445] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=N2445 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Beechcraft 18{{cite web |title=Beechcraft Model 18 |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/beechcraft-model-18 |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Beechcraft T-34C Turbo-Mentor
  • Beechcraft T-34C Turbo-Mentor
  • Beechcraft T-34C Turbo-Mentor
  • Beechcraft T-34C Turbo-Mentor
  • Beechcraft T-34C Turbo-Mentor
  • Beechcraft T-34C Turbo-Mentor
  • Bell 47{{cite web |title=Bell 47 |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/bell-47 |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Bell AH-1 Cobra{{cite web |title=Bell AH-1 Cobra |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/cobra |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Bell UH-1H Iroquois{{cite web |title=1967 Bell UH-1H Huey |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/uh-1huey |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Boyum |first1=Jamey |title=WATCH: Museum at Mount Pleasant features helicopter shot down 3 times in Vietnam |url=http://www.kltv.com/2021/01/26/watch-museum-mount-pleasant-features-helicopter-shot-down-times-vietnam |access-date=30 October 2023 |work=KLTV |date=26 January 2021}}
  • Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
  • Boeing PT-17 Kaydet{{cite web |title=Stearman Model 75 |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/stearman |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Stearman-Boeing PT-17 Kaydet, s/n 41-8087 USAAF, c/n 75-1646, c/r N5635V |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=27745 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Cessna C-165 Airmaster{{cite web |title=Cessna C-165 Airmaster |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/cessna-c-165 |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Cessna L-19 Bird Dog{{cite web |title=Cessna L-19 "Bird Dog" |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/cessna-l-19-bird-dog |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Cessna O-2 Skymaster{{cite web |title=Cessna O-2 Skymaster |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/cessna-o-2-skymaster |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Cessna T-50{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Cessna T-50, c/n 4491, c/r N65204 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=10139 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Curtiss P-40K Warhawk{{cite web |title=P-40K Warhawk |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/p-40-warhawk |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Curtiss Robin{{cite web |title=Curtiss Robin |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/curtiss-robin |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N2290F] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=N2290F |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Douglas A-26B Invader{{cite web |title=A-26 Invader |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/a-26-invader |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Douglas A-26B-61-DL Invader, s/n 44-34508 USAAF, c/n 27787, c/r N74874 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=68303 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Douglas C-41{{cite web |title=C-41 |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/c-41 |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Douglas C-47 Skytrain{{cite web |title=C-47 Sky King |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/c-47-sky-king |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Fairchild 22{{cite web |title=Fairchild 22 Model C7 |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/fairchild-22-model-c7 |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Fairchild 71{{cite web |title=Fairchild 71 |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/fairchild-71 |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Ford 4-AT-E Trimotor{{cite web |title=Ford 4AT Tri-Motor |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/ford-4at-tri-motor |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N9612] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N9612 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • General Motors FM-2 Wildcat{{cite web |title=General Motors FM-2 Wildcat |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/grumman-fm-2-wildcat |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • General Motors TBM-3E Avenger{{cite web |title=Grumman TBF Avenger |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/grumman-tbf-avenger |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Grumman-General Motors TBM-3E Avenger, s/n 85938 USN, c/n 2757, c/r N7226C |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=31450 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Goodyear FG-1D Corsair{{cite web |title=FG-1D Corsair |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/f4u-corsair |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Granville Gee Bee Model R Super Sportster – replica{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N14307] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=N14307 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Grumman HU-16B Albatross{{cite web |title=HU-16 Albatross |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/grumman-hu-16-albatross |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Grumman HU-16B Albatross, s/n 10019 TBP, c/n G-092/40B, c/r N10019 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=19903 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Grumman J2F-4 Duck{{cite web |title=Grumman J2F Duck |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/grumman-j2f-duck |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}{{cite news |title=Mid America Flight Museum Acquires Grumman Duck |url=http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/mid-america-flight-museum-acquires-grumman-duck.html |access-date=30 October 2023 |work=Warbirds News |date=8 September 2017}}
  • Hawker Sea Fury F.10{{cite web |title=Hawker Sea Fury |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/hawker-sea-fury |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N15S] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=N15S |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Howard 250{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Lockheed C-60A Lodestar, s/n TTL-6002 FAMe, c/n 18-2597, c/r N250D |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=22705 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Howard DGA-11{{cite web |title=Howard DGA-11 |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/howarddga11 |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Hughes 369{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N387RF] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=N387RF |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Lockheed DL-1B Vega{{cite web |title=Lockheed Vega DL-1B |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/lockheed-vega-dl-1b |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Lockheed C-60A Lodestar{{cite web |title=Lockheed Loadstar |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/lockheed-lodestar |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Lockheed-Dallas Aero Service Dalaero, s/n 42-56036 USAAF, c/n 18-2509, c/r N1940S |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=21841 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • New Standard D-25A{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N7286] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=N7286 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • North American TB-25N Mitchell{{cite web |title=B-25 "God and Country" |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/north-american-b-25 |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - North American VB-25N Mitchell, s/n 44-30823 USAF, c/n 108-34086, c/r N1042B |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=781 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • North American TF-51D Mustang{{cite web |title=P-51 Mustang |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/p-51-mustang |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - North American-Cavalier TF-51D Mustang, s/n 523 FABo, c/r N151MC {3} |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=21107 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • North American SNJ-3{{cite web |title=T-6 Texan |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/north-american-t-6-texan |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - North American SNJ-3 Texan, s/n 7666 SAAF, c/n 78-7045, c/r N696WM |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=7356 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • North American T-28A Trojan{{cite web |title=North American T-28A Trojan |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/north-american-t-28-trojan |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • On Mark Marketeer{{cite web |title=On Mark A-26 |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/on-market-marketeer |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Paramount Cabinaire{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N17M] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=N17M |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser{{cite web |title=Piper PA-12 |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/piper-pa-12 |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Piper PA-23 Apache{{cite web |title=Piper PA-23 Apache |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/piper-pa-23-apache |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Piper PA-23 Apache{{cite web |title=Piper PA-23 Apache |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/piper-pa-23-apache-2 |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Ryan S-C-W{{cite web |title=Ryan SCW-145 |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/ryan-scw-145 |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Spartan 7W Executive{{cite web |title=Spartan Executive |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/piper-pa-23-apache-3 |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Stearman C3R{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N656K] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=N656K |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Stinson A{{cite web |title=Stinson Tri-Motor Model A |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/stinson-tri-motor |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Stinson SM-8A{{cite web |title=SM8-A |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/stinson-sm8-a |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Stinson SM-6000-B{{cite web |title=Stinson Tri-Motor Model B |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/stinson-tri-motor-model-b |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N11153] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=N11153 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Stinson SR-9F{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N18422] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=N18422 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Stout Bushmaster 2000{{cite web |title=Bushmaster 2000 |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/stout-bushmaster-2000 |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Taylor E-2{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N14757] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=N14757 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Travel Air 4000{{cite web |title=Travel Air 4000 |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/travel-air-4000 |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Travel Air 6000{{cite web |title=Travel Air 6000 |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/travel-air-6000 |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Travel Air 6000{{cite web |title=Travel Air 6000 |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/travel-air-6000-2 |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Van's RV-3{{cite web |title=Van's RV-3 |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/vans-rv-3 |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Waco 9{{cite web |title=Waco 9 |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/waco-9 |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Waco CTO{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N613N] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=N613N |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=30 October 2023}}
  • Waco UPF-7{{cite web |title=Waco UPF-7 |url=http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com/portfolio-items/waco-upf-7-1 |website=Mid America Flight Museum |access-date=30 October 2023}}

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See also

References

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External links

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  • {{Official website|http://www.midamericaflightmuseum.com}}

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