• Source: Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum

    • The Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum is an aviation museum located at the Columbus Municipal Airport in Columbus, Indiana.


    History




    = Background

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    In mid-1988, an F-4 was flown to the airport as a sling load underneath a helicopter and was placed on display a few months later.


    = Establishment

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    The museum's 3,168 sq ft (294.3 m2) building was dedicated on 11 November 1992. The restoration of the former base chapel, renamed the Lewellen Memorial Chapel, was completed in 1998. It opened a new exhibit called A Century of Flight in 2003 featuring a 1:4 scale replica of the Wright Flyer.
    The museum broke ground on the Bruce Dalton Media Center, the first half of a two part expansion, in July 2009. It began construction of a second, 3,700 sq ft (340 m2) addition in July 2013. The addition opened in April 2014 along with a new barracks exhibit. Then, in 2017, it announced plans for an 1,800 sq ft (170 m2) expansion to store artifacts and serve as a restoration shop. The Thomas Vickers/John C. Walter Artifacts & Restoration Center was dedicated in June 2018.
    The museum acquired a C-119 from Greybull, Wyoming and began disassembling it in 2019. The last parts arrived in July of the following year and it was placed on display in May 2021.


    Exhibits


    Exhibits at the museum include an airport beacon, a reproduction barracks, a CG-4A glider nose section. Local manufacturers such as Cosco Housewares, Cummins Engine Company, and Noblitt Sparks are also represented with displays of some of their products. Other objects include a motorized cutaway of an R-3350 engine. A collection of five 1:8 scale aircraft models hang from the ceiling.


    Collection




    References




    Further reading


    East, Andy (26 July 2021). "Parts Added to 'Flying Boxcar'". The Republic. pp. A1, A4. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
    Kent, Matthew (14 January 2019). "History Through Letters". The Republic. pp. A1, A7. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
    McCawley, Harry (9 May 2002). "Air Museum Will Celebrate 10 Years of Reaching Public". The Republic. p. A4. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
    McCawley, Harry (12 September 2013). "Flying Lesson". The Republic. p. A7. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
    McCawley, Harry (27 December 2013). "Operation: Finding a Hero's Family". p. A8. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
    Wiersema, Jana (21 October 2021). "Flying Boxcar Gets a Makeover". The Republic. pp. A1, A4. Retrieved 4 December 2023.


    External links



    Official website

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