The Hoosier Air Museum was an aviation museum located at the DeKalb County Airport in Auburn, Indiana.
History Background The Hoosier Warbirds were founded by a group of aviation enthusiasts who met in October 1991 following the publication of a classified advertisement in a local newspaper.
Establishment The group raised money to build a hangar, which opened in October 2000. It acquired a Cadillac Fleetwood and an AH-1 in 2002.
The museum acquired two airplanes, four engines and an exhibit about the 434th Fighter Squadron from the Wings of Freedom Museum in Huntington, Indiana in 2006.
Closure Due to a lack of volunteers and difficulty accessing the site, the museum closed on 3 December 2019. Most of its exhibits were donated to Kruse Plaza, which opened the Hoosier Air Experience. However, the museum's WR-3 was donated to the National Air and Space Museum in 2020.
Facilities The museum was composed of a hangar and a event hall. The latter included a library.
Exhibits The museum included exhibits about the Tuskegee Airmen, the Women Airforce Service Pilots, the Flying Tigers the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, memorabilia belonging to Robin Olds and a control tower cab.
Collection
Bell AH-1F Cobra Brunner-Winkle Speedbird Cessna T-50 Fokker D.VII – replica Loving-Wayne WR-3 Model RHC1 Helicopter Nieuport XI – 7/10 scale replica Nieuport XXIV – 3/4 scale replica Piper J3C Cub Pitts S-1 Special Pratt-Read LNE-1 Stewart S-51D Mustang Vultee V-77
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External links Official website, older (Archived) Official website, newer (Archived)