Heritage Flight Museum facts for kids
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| Established | 1996 |
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| Location | Skagit Regional Airport |
| Type | Aviation museum |
| Founder | Major General William Anders |
The Heritage Flight Museum is a non-profit organization located at Skagit Regional Airport just west of Burlington, Washington. It was founded by the family of Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders in 1996 and was originally located at Bellingham International Airport. The museum moved to Skagit County in 2013.
The purpose of the museum is "to help educate the public to understand and appreciate the contribution military aircraft, and the people that flew them, have made to our heritage, national security and freedom."
Collection
The museum has the following aircraft in its collection:
- A-1 Skyraider
- AT-6D Texan
- AT-6F Texan
- de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
- H-13 Sioux
- Interstate Cadet
- L-13 Grasshopper
- Northrop F-89J Scorpion
- O-1 Bird Dog
- O-2 Skymaster
- P-51D Mustang
- PT-13 Stearman Kaydet
- PT-19 Cornell
- SNJ-4 Texan
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