Olympic Flight Museum facts for kids

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Olympic Flight Museum

Olympic Flight Museum
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Established	1998
Location	Olympia, Washington
Type	Aviation museum

The Olympic Flight Museum is an exciting place where you can see amazing old airplanes and helicopters! It's located at the Olympia Airport in Olympia, Washington, USA. This museum has more than 10 cool aircraft on display. Many of them can even still fly! The museum also hosts a big air show every year. It's called the Olympic Air Show. You can watch awesome demonstrations by historic and modern military planes there.

Discovering the Museum's Past

The Olympic Flight Museum first opened its doors in 1998. Just a few years later, in 2003, the museum started a special event. They began hosting an annual airshow. It was first known as the "Gathering of Warbirds." This show lets people see amazing historic aircraft in action.

Amazing Aircraft on Display

The museum is home to many incredible aircraft. You can see both airplanes (fixed-wing) and helicopters. Many of these planes are still able to fly!

North American P-51 Mustang, a famous World War II fighter plane.

Goodyear FG-1D Corsair, another powerful aircraft from World War II.

Fixed-Wing Airplanes

These are aircraft with wings that don't move, like most airplanes you see.

Helicopters

These aircraft use spinning blades (rotors) to fly straight up and down.