- Mid-Atlantic Air Museum
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The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum (MAAM) is membership supported museum and aircraft restoration facility located at the Carl A. Spaatz Field, the regional airport serving 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.
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. According to the editors of Military Vehicle Magazine the air show is “The largest and the best WWII reenactment in the nation — bar none”.
The museum offers rides in their vintage SNJ (Navy version of the AT-6 “Texan” WWII military trainer) and in a Stearman Biplane on the second Saturday of the month from May through October excluding the month of June,
It has also embarked on an ambitious project to restore its P-61B-1-NO Black Widow, recovered from New Guinea in 1989, to flying condition.
Mid Atlantic Air Museum also offers for sale very detailed aircraft for MS Flight Simulator of some of their restored Aircraft such as the B-25, C-47 and TBM Avenger.
Museum inventory
Year Manufacturer Model 1928 Elias EC1 Aerocoupe 1929 Brunner-Winkle Bird "A" 1931 American Eaglet 1933 Heath CNA-40 Midwing 1933 Pietenpol Air Camper 1935 Kellett KD-1 Autogiro 1936 Aeronca C3 Master 1936 Taylor (Piper) J2 Cub 1937 Aeronca Model "K" 1937 Arrow Sport F 1937 Fairchild 24-G Deluxe 1937 Taylor Young Model "A" 1939 Troyer VX 1940 Fairchild PT-19 Cornell
(M-62)1941 Naval Aircraft
FactoryN3N-3 Yellow Peril 1941 Piper NE-1 Cub 1942 Boeing N2S3 Kaydett
(B-75N)1942 Fairchild PT-26 Cornell
(M-62A)1942 Vultee BT-13A Valiant 1943 Cessna UC-75 Bobcat
(T-50)1943 North American B-25J Mitchell 1943 North American SNJ-4B Texan
(AT-6; T-6)1944 Northrop P-61B Black Widow 1945 Douglas R4D-6 Skytrain
(C-47)1945 Grumman TBM-3E Avenger
(TBF)1946 Auster MKV J/1 Autocrat 1946 Commonwealth 185 Skyranger 1946 Republic F-84B Thunderjet 1947 Republic RC-3 Seabee 1950 ERCO 415G Ercoupe 1950 Piper PA-22 Tripacer 1951 North American F-86F Saber 1952 Martin 4-0-4 Silver Falcon 1953 Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar 1953 Piasecki H-21B Shawnee 1953 Piper L-21B Grasshopper 1957 Vickers Armstrong 745D Viscount 1957 Lockheed SP-2-H Neptune
(P2V-7S)1958 Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse 1961 Beechcraft G-18S Super 1961 Piper PA-22-150 Caribbean 1962 Ried Flying Submarine
(Prototype)1962 Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard 1964 Custer CCW-5 Channelwing 1970 Rutan Varieze 1972 Piper PA-34-200 Seneca 1972 Piper PA-23-250 Aztec 1977 Cessna 150M Commander 1978 Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk 1983 American Aerolites Double Eagle External links
- Mid Atlantic Air Museum
- World War II Weekend Air Show Information
- Page detailing the Vinh Quang radio controlled model as it pertains to fundraising for the P-61 restoration
- Mid Atlantic Air Museum Photos of aircraft and other aviation exhibits at the Mid Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, PA
Coordinates: 40°22′54″N 75°58′00″W / 40.381728°N 75.966597°W
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- Museums in Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Reading, Pennsylvania
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