The Piper Aviation Museum is an aviation museum at the William T. Piper Memorial Airport in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. It is focused on the history of the Piper Aircraft Corporation.
![]() The museum in October 2009 | |
Established | 1980s |
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Location | Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Coordinates | 41°08′03″N 77°25′37″W / 41.134030°N 77.426916°W |
Type | Aviation museum |
Founder |
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President | John Bryerton[1] |
Curator | Dr. Ira Masemore[2] |
Website | pipermuseum |
History
editOriginally founded in the 1980s as a part of the Lock Haven Heisey Museum, for the first ten years the museum existed in the back of a tractor trailer. The museum purchased the former Piper Aircraft engineering building in 1997.[3]
The museum opened additional exhibit space in 2022.[4]
Aircraft on display
edit- Piper J2 Cub[5]
- Piper J3C-65 Cub[6]
- Piper J3C-65 Cub[7]
- Piper J4A Cub Coupe[8]
- Piper PA-8 Skycycle – replica[9]
- Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser[10]
- Piper PA-15 Vagabond[11][12]
- Piper PA-16 Clipper[13]
- Piper PA-22-135 Tri-Pacer[14]
- Piper PA-22-108 Colt[15]
- Piper PA-22-150 Tri-Pacer[16]
- Piper PA-22-160 Tri-Pacer[17]
- Piper PA-23-250 Aztec[18]
- Piper PA-24 Comanche[19][20]
- Piper PA-25 Pawnee[13]
- Piper PA-29 Papoose[21]
- Piper PA-31P-350 Mojave – In storage[22]
- Piper PA-31T Cheyenne – In storage[23]
- Piper PA-38 Tomahawk[24]
- Piper PA-41P Aztec[25]
- Piper PT-1[26]
References
edit- ^ "Piper Aviation Museum Foundation Board of Directors". Piper Aviation Museum. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Piper Museum Archives". Piper Aviation Museum. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Piper Aviation Museum History and 20th Anniversery [sic] Celebration". Piper Aviation Museum. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "The John Bryerton Room dedicated at Piper Aviation Museum". The Express. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ "Airframe Dossier - Taylorcraft J-2 Cub, c/n 1755, c/r N19555". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "FAA REGISTRY [N2038M]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "FAA REGISTRY [N33523]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "FAA REGISTRY [N22881]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Piper Aviation Museum Receives Rare Hand Built Donation". The Record Online. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "FAA REGISTRY [N8671M]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Vagabond Donation To Piper Aviation Museum". Piper Aviation Museum. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "FAA REGISTRY [N4355H]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Piper Aviation Museum gains two new planes, expands exhibit space for future airplane donations". The Record Online. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "FAA REGISTRY [N1301C]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Bottorf, Chase (14 May 2022). "Piper Colt returns to factory, decades after first being built". The Express. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "FAA REGISTRY [N3840P]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "FAA REGISTRY [N9243D]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-23-250 Aztec, c/n 27-4788, c/r N14230". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Piper Aviation Museum receives historic gift of rare Comanche 400". Piper Aviation Museum. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "FAA REGISTRY [N8400P]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-29 Papoose, c/n 29-01, c/r N2900M". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-31P-350 Mojave, c/n 31P8414002, c/r N9198Y". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-31T3, c/n 31T-1, c/r N7500L". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk, c/n 38-79A0328, c/r N2476D". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-41P Pressurized Aztec, c/n 41P-1, c/r N9941P". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "FAA REGISTRY [N4300]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
External links
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