National Warplane Museum facts for kids
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| Established | 1994 |
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| Location | Geneseo, New York |
| Type | Aerospace museum, history museum |
| Founder | Austin Wadsworth |
The National Warplane Museum is a warbird and military history museum currently located on the grounds of the Geneseo Airport in Geneseo, New York. Founded in 1994, the museum restores, flies, and displays vintage military aircraft from the Second World War and Korean War eras. In 1998, after a split developed in the membership with two thirds of the group wanting to move to a modern airport and grow, the National Warplane Museum moved to the Elmira-Corning Regional Airport near Horseheads, New York. In 2010, the Horseheads museum reinvented itself as the Wings of Eagles Discovery Center. In 2013, the National Warplane Museum name was reacquired by the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group which remained in Geneseo. The museum hosts the annual Geneseo Airshow, billed as the "Greatest Show On Turf."
Aircraft collection
- Douglas C-47 "W7" - Restored and airworthy
- Beechcraft C-45 - Restored and airworthy
- Douglas B-23 Dragon - Stored, awaiting restoration
- Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar - Undergoing restoration
- Fokker DVII - (Replica) airworthy
- Antonov An-2 "Natasha" - Undergoing maintenance, on display
- Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star - On display
- North American AT-6 - Undergoing restoration
- Grumman F6F Hellcat (Replica) - On display
- Beechcraft UC-43 Staggerwing - Airworthy
- Aeronca L-16 - Airworthy
- Piper L-21 (Replica) - Airworthy
- YO-55 Ercoupe - Airworthy
- Ryan Navion - Airworthy
- Aero Commander 100 - Airworthy
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Movie Memphis Belle" - Airworthy
- Lockheed C-130 Hercules "Saigon Lady" - Undergoing restoration
Hosted aircraft
The museum also hosts several aircraft owned by the Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation.
- Boeing B-17 "Movie Memphis Belle" - Airworthy
