Mid-Atlantic Air Museum facts for kids
An aerial view of the museum
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| Established | 1980 |
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| Location | Reading, Pennsylvania |
| Type | Aviation museum |
| Founder | Russell A. & Eugene Strine |
The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum (MAAM) is an exciting aviation museum. It is also a special place that fixes up old airplanes. You can find it at the Reading Regional Airport in Reading, Pennsylvania.
The museum was started by Russ Strine, who is still its President. MAAM collects and carefully restores historic warplanes and classic airliners. They also work on rare civilian and military aircraft. Many of the museum's amazing historic planes often fly in airshows for everyone to see.
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Discovering the Museum
The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum hosts a big event every year. It's called the "World War II Weekend Air Show." This show has been happening annually since 1990. The World War II Weekend usually takes place around June 6th. This date is important because it marks the Normandy Landings, a famous event from history. Nearly 100,000 people come to enjoy this huge air show!
Fun Rides and Projects
The museum offers special rides in some of its vintage planes. You can ride in their North American SNJ or a Stearman Biplane. These rides are available on the second Saturday of each month. This happens from May through October, except for June.
MAAM is also working on a very big project. They are restoring a Northrop P-61 Black Widow plane. This plane was found in New Guinea in 1989. The goal is to fix it so it can fly again!
Digital Aircraft and New Buildings
The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum even sells digital aircraft for MS Flight Simulator. These are models of some of their real restored planes. You can fly virtual versions of planes like the B-25, C-47, and TBM Avenger.
In 2014, the museum got 10 new t-hangars. These are special buildings used to store airplanes. In 2017, plans were approved to build a new, large hangar. This new building is about 6,400 square feet. Work on this new hangar began in 2018. A storage building of 3,200 square feet was also approved.
Aircraft on Display
The museum has many different types of aircraft on display. Here is a list of some of the amazing planes you can see:
- Aeronca C-3
- Aeronca K
- Aichi D3A – replica
- American Aerolites Double Eagle
- American Eagle Eaglet 31
- Arrow Model F
- Auster Mk.V J/1 Autocrat
- Beechcraft Model G18S
- Bellanca 14-19-3 Cruisair
- Stearman N2S-3 Kaydett
- Brunner-Winkle Bird
- Cessna 150M Commander
- Cessna UC-78 Bobcat
- Commonwealth 185 Skyranger
- CCW-5 Channelwing
- Douglas R4D-6 Skytrain
- Elias EC-1 Aircoupe
- ERCO 415-G Ercoupe
- Fairchild 24 G
- Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar
- Fairchild PT-19
- Fairchild PT-26 Cornell
- Eastern Aircraft TBM-3E Avenger
- Heath CNA-40 Midwing
- Heath LNA-40
- Kellett KD-1
- Kinner B-1
- Lockheed SP-2H Neptune
- Martin 4-0-4
- Naval Aircraft Factory N3N
- North American B-25J Mitchell
- North American F-86F Sabre
- North American SNJ-4B Texan
- Northrop P-61B Black Widow
- Piasecki H-21B Shawnee
- Pietenpol Air Camper
- Piper J-2 Cub
- Piper NE-1 Cub
- Piper L-21B Grasshopper
- Piper PA-22 Tripacer
- Piper PA-22-150 Caribbean
- Piper PA-34-200 Seneca
- Republic F-84B Thunderjet
- Republic RC-3 Seabee
- Ried Flying Submarine
- Rutan VariEze
- Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse
- Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard
- Spratt 108
- Taylor-Young Model A
- Troyer VX
- Vickers 745D Viscount
- Vultee BT-13A Valiant
