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In the Museum's collection are several flyable aircraft. They include:
For the last four years the Yankee Air Museum's flyable aircraft have been hangared at the Township Airport at ]. The four aircraft are housed in the Airport's historic Hangar 1, a large hangar constructed in the 1930's as the primairy hangar of the former ]. The Museum's flyable aircraft include:


* 1944 ] ] '''" Yankee Lady "''' - ex-PB-1G 77255 * 1944 ] ] '''" Yankee Lady "''' - ex-PB-1G 77255

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Yankee Warrior, one of only two B-25C/D Mitchell aircraft still flying today.

The Yankee Air Museum, business offices are currently found at 2800 Tyler Road, just west of Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan. They are unable to accept visitors for guided tours at this time. Fund raising efforts are currently underway to build a new hangar to store the flyable aircraft. Thunder Over Michigan for 2010 will feature a gathering of B-17 Flying Fortresses.

History

The Yankee Air Force Inc. was founded in 1981 to pursue these goals:

  • To preserve a part of Michigan's extensive aviation history.
  • Acquire one of the original USAAF hangars and restore it to its original condition.
  • Obtain a B-24 Liberator built at the Ford Willow Run plant, site of the museum.

Fire and rebuilding

On the night of October 9, 2004, the Yankee Air Museum's hangar on the northeast side of Willow Run (KYIP) burned down. The B-17, B-25 and C-47 were saved through heroic efforts by museum volunteers. The Stinson was at another hangar. Everything else inside the hangar was destroyed, including the original prototype North American YOV-10A Bronco, Waco CG-4A Glider, a former Thunderbirds Republic F-105, Aero L-39, Link Trainer, artifacts, spare parts, tools, and the Museum's library.

There are plans in place to rebuild. The first building was dedicated on April 16, 2007, and the objective of the Michigan Aerospace Foundation, Inc. is to build a greatly expanded, state-of-the-art aviation museum and aerospace facility to replace the lost facility.

Collection

In the Museum's collection are several flyable aircraft. They include:

The Museum Airpark also contains a number of retired aircraft. These aircraft include:

An AT-11 is being restored to flyable status at a hangar near the airpark.

Other large collections of flying historic aircraft

See also

References

  1. O'Leary, Michael, Thunder over Michigan, Air Classics, Nov 2003

External links

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