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The group raised money to build a hangar, which opened in October 2000. [3] It acquired a Cadillac Fleetwood and an AH-1 in 2002. [4]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.
For the 12-month period ending 31 July 2015 the airport had 119,320 aircraft operations, an average of 327 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi and less than 1% military. [1] In March 2017, there were 74 aircraft based at this airport: 56 single-engine, 13 multi-engine, 2 jet, 2 helicopter and 1 ultralight.
Mankato Airport covers an area of 203 acres (82 ha) at an elevation of 1,859 feet (567 m) above mean sea level.It has two runways: 17/35 is 3,540 by 50 feet (1,079 x 15 m) with an asphalt pavement and 9/27 is 2,505 by 100 feet (764 x 30 m) with a turf surface.
The museum was founded by Gerald Oliver, Jr. in 1981 at Capital Airport in Springfield, Illinois around plans to restore a B-25 using parts recovered from Alabama. [1] [2] It briefly included a second chapter in Bloomington, before that organization split off to form the Prairie Aviation Museum in 1983. [3]
Former logo. In April 2013, Yankee Air Museum and RACER Trust, owner of the former General Motors Willow Run plant, announced a plan for Yankee Air Museum to acquire a 175,000-square-foot (16,300 m 2) portion of the factory, contingent upon the museum raising the funds necessary to preserve and secure their proposed portion of the facility.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2021, the airport had 110,422 aircraft operations, an average of 302 per day: 96% general aviation, 4% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 119 aircraft based at this airport: 93 single-engine, 22 multi-engine, and 4 jet. [1]
The museum changed its name to the Warner Museum of Aviation and Transportation after receiving a donation from Jim Warner of the Warner Group in 2007 that made up the difference. [12] It broke ground on a new 30,000 sq ft (2,800 m 2 ) building at the Sioux Gateway Airport in April 2009.
Hawkins and Powers Aviation was founded at the airport in 1969 as an aerial firefighting outfit. It maintained a large collection of stored airtankers remained as a boneyard at the airport and, over time, a number of the airframes were towed to the south side of the airport and a small museum was opened in 1992.