The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum (MAAM) is an aviation museum and aircraft restoration facility located at Reading Regional Airport in Reading, Pennsylvania. The museum, founded by Russ Strine, the current President, collects and actively restores historic war planes and classic airliners as well as rare civilian and military aircraft. Many of the museum's historic aircraft are often seen on the airshow circuit.
Overview
The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum has hosted the “World War II Weekend Air Show” annually since 1990. The World War II Weekend is generally scheduled to coincide with 6 June, with an attendance approaching 100,000 people.[1]
The museum offers rides in their vintage North American SNJ and in a Stearman Biplane on the second Saturday of the month from May through October excluding the month of June.[2]
It has also embarked on an ambitious project to restore its Northrop P-61B Black Widow, recovered from New Guinea in 1989, to flying condition.[3]
Mid Atlantic Air Museum also sells aircraft for MS Flight Simulator of some of their restored aircraft such as the B-25, C-47 and TBM Avenger.
In 2014, the museum acquired 10 t-hangars from a company called Airlife Hangars.[4]
In 2017, the construction of a new 6,400 sq ft (590 m2) hangar and 3,200 sq ft (300 m2) storage building was approved and work began the following year.[5][6]
Aircraft on display
- Aeronca C-3[7]
- Aeronca K[7]
- Aichi D3A – replica[8]
- American Aerolites Double Eagle[7]
- American Eagle Eaglet 31[7]
- Arrow Model F[7]
- Auster Mk.V J/1 Autocrat[7]
- Beechcraft Model G18S[7]
- Bellanca 14-19-3 Cruisair[9]
- Stearman N2S-3 Kaydett[10]
- Brunner-Winkle Bird[11]
- Cessna 150M Commander[7]
- Cessna UC-78 Bobcat[11]
- Commonwealth 185 Skyranger[7]
- CCW-5 Channelwing[12]
- Douglas R4D-6 Skytrain[13]
- Elias EC-1 Aircoupe[7]
- ERCO 415-G Ercoupe[14]
- Fairchild 24 G[7]
- Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar[7]
- Fairchild PT-19[7]
- Fairchild PT-26 Cornell[7]
- Eastern Aircraft TBM-3E Avenger[15]
- Heath CNA-40 Midwing[7]
- Heath LNA-40[16]
- Kellett KD-1[11]
- Kinner B-1[11]
- Lockheed SP-2H Neptune[17]
- Martin 4-0-4[18]
- Naval Aircraft Factory N3N[19]
- North American B-25J Mitchell[20]
- North American F-86F Sabre[7]
- North American SNJ-4B Texan[21]
- Northrop P-61B Black Widow[3]
- Piasecki H-21B Shawnee[7]
- Pietenpol Air Camper[11]
- Piper J-2 Cub[7]
- Piper NE-1 Cub[7]
- Piper L-21B Grasshopper[22]
- Piper PA-22 Tripacer[7]
- Piper PA-22-150 Caribbean[7]
- Piper PA-34-200 Seneca[7]
- Republic F-84B Thunderjet[7]
- Republic RC-3 Seabee[7]
- Ried Flying Submarine[7]
- Rutan VariEze
- Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse[7]
- Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard[23]
- Spratt 108[24]
- Taylor-Young Model A[7]
- Troyer VX[7]
- Vickers 745D Viscount[7]
- Vultee BT-13A Valiant[25]
References
- ^ Rambow, Bill. "MID-ATLANTIC AIR MUSEUM'S WORLD WAR II WEEKEND". Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ Rambow, Bill. "Take a Flight Into History". Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ a b Rambow, Bill. "P-61B 'BLACK WIDOW' RECOVERY AND RESTORATION PROJECT". Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ Shuey, Karen (February 22, 2019). "Rising Rates at the Reading Regional Airport Anger Some Tenants". Reading Eagle. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
- ^ Lacis, Valdis I. (January 18, 2017). "Reading Regional Airport Authority to Support Construction of New Hangar, Storage Facility". Reading Eagle. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
- ^ Lacis, Valdis I. (August 19, 2021). "Construction on new hangar at Mid-Altantic Air Museum moving along". Reading Eagle. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "AIRCRAFT OF THE MID-ATLANTIC AIR MUSEUM". Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ Urban, Mike (May 31, 2021). "Plane featured in World War II movie donated to Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Berks". Reading Eagle. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
- ^ Mitchell, Dorian (July 13, 2016). "Harris' vintage aircraft is museum-bound". Kent County News. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
- ^ Rambow, Bill. "BOEING/STEARMAN N2S "KAYDET"". Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "CURRENT RESTORATION PROJECTS". Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ Rambow, Bill. "CUSTER CC-W-5 "CHANNEL WING"". Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ Rambow, Bill. "DOUGLAS R4D-6 "SKYTRAIN"". Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ Rambow, Bill. "ERCO/SANDERS 415-G "ERCOUPE"". Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ Rambow, Bill. "GRUMMAN EASTERN AIRCRAFT TBM-3 "AVENGER"". Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ Rambow, Bill. "HEATH LNA-40 "PARASOL"". Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ Rambow, Bill. "LOCKHEED P2V-7 (SP2-H) "NEPTUNE"". Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ Rambow, Bill. "MARTIN 4-0-4 EASTERN AIRLINES "SILVER FALCON"". Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Archived from the original on December 11, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ Rambow, Bill. "NAVAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY N3N-3 "YELLOW PERIL"". Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ Rambow, Bill. "B-25J MITCHELL 'BRIEFING TIME'". Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ Rambow, Bill. "NORTH AMERICAN SNJ-4 "TEXAN"". Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ Rambow, Bill. "PIPER L-21B "SUPER CUB"". Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ "SIKORSKY HH-52A "SEAGUARD"". Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ Rambow, Bill. "SPRATT 108 "CONTROL WING"". Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ Rambow, Bill. "CONSOLIDATED VULTEE BT-13A / SNV 1 "VALIANT"". Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
External links
- Mid Atlantic Air Museum
- World War II Weekend Air Show Information
- Mid Atlantic Air Museum Photos of aircraft and other aviation exhibits at the Mid Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, PA