The Heritage Flight Museum is an aviation museum located at Skagit Regional Airport just west of Burlington, Washington.
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  Location within Washington (state) | |
| Established | 1996 |
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| Location | Burlington, Washington |
| Coordinates | 48°27′51″N 122°25′14″W / 48.4642°N 122.4206°W |
| Type | Aviation museum |
| Founder | Major General William Anders |
| Website | heritageflight |
History
editThe museum was founded by the family of Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders in 1996 and was originally located at Bellingham International Airport.[1][2] The museum moved to Skagit Regional Airport in 2013.[3][4]
The museum announced plans for an expansion in 2018.[5] Ground was broken on 22 March 2021.[6]
Collection
edit- Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan[7]
- Beechcraft T-34 Mentor[8]
- Beechcraft T-34 Mentor[8]
- Beechcraft T-34 Mentor[8]
- Bell H-13 Sioux[9]
- Bell UH-1B Iroquois[10]
- Boeing-Stearman PT-13 Kaydet[11]
- Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard IV – converted to resemble a Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero[12]
- Cessna O-1 Bird Dog[13]
- Cessna O-2 Skymaster[14]
- de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver[15]
- Douglas A-1 Skyraider[16]
- Fairchild PT-19[17]
- Interstate Cadet[18][19]
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21PFM[20]
- North American AT-6D Texan[21]
- North American AT-6F Texan[22]
- North American P-51D Mustang[23]
- Northrop F-89J Scorpion[24]
- Stinson L-13[25]
See also
editReferences
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Heritage Flight Museum.
- ^ "Our History". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ "Location & Hours". Heritage Flight Museum. Archived from the original on December 26, 2010. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ Stark, John (October 13, 2013). "Heritage Flight Museum moving from Bellingham to Skagit". The Bellingham Herald. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ^ Stayton, Mark (November 1, 2013). "Heritage Flight Museum will move to Burlington". GoSkagit.com. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ Dunning, Lara (April 1, 2020). "Building a Legacy in Skagit Valley". Bellingham Alive!. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ "Heritage Flight Museum Breaks Ground on Expansion". Port of Skagit. March 23, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ "AT-11 Kansan "BUFF BAby"". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Beechcraft T-34's". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ "H13 Sioux". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ "Bell UH-1B". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ "PT-13 Stearman". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ "A6M2 TORA Zero". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ "O-1/L-19 Birddog". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ "O-2 Skymaster". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ "DHC-2 (L20) Beaver". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ "A-1 Skyraider – "The Proud American"". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ "PT-19 Cornell". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ "Interstate Cadet "The Pearl"". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ Wanielista, Kera (December 4, 2016). "Plane shrouded in mystery comes to Skagit County". GoSkagit.com. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ "MiG-21 PFM". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ "T6D Texan "Hog Wild Gunner"". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ "T6F Texan". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ "P-51 Mustang "VAL-HALLA"". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ "F-89 Scorpion". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ "L-13 Grasshopper". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.