The Golden Age Air Museum is an aviation museum located at Grimes Airport in Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is focused on the Golden Age of Aviation.
History Paul Dougherty Sr. and Paul Dougherty Jr. began restoring aircraft at Warrington Airport in Warrington, Pennsylvania, in 1985. However, when the airport closed, they were forced to find a new location for their collection. After a search, they purchased Grimes Airport in 1996 and founded the museum along with James A. McCord. It opened the following summer with nine airplanes. By 2013, the collection had expanded to almost three dozen airplanes. The museum completed its reproduction SPAD XIII in 2023.
Exhibits Exhibits at the museum include a Link Trainer.
Collection
Aeronca C-3 Allison Sport Brunner-Winkle Bird CK Cessna 195 Cessna AW Christen Eagle Culver Cadet Curtiss Fledgling Curtiss JN-4D Dormoy Bathtub – replica Fairchild 24R Fleet 7 Fokker Dr.I – replica Franklin Sport A Great Lakes Sport Trainer – replica Great Lakes Trainer Heath Parasol Monocoupe 70 Pietenpol Air Camper RLU-1 Breezy Rumpler C.V – replica Sopwith Pup – replica SPAD XIII – replica Sperry Messenger – replica Stampe-Vertongen SV.4 Star Cavalier B Star Cavalier E Swallow TP Taylor E-2 Cub Taylorcraft BC-12D Taylor-Young Model A Travel Air 2000 Waco GXE White WW-1 Der Jäger D.IX Winstead Special
Events The museum holds an airshow called the Golden Age Flying Circus twice a year.
See also Air Power Museum Eagles Mere Air Museum Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Port Townsend Aero Museum Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum
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