Air Combat Museum Explained
The Air Combat Museum is an aviation museum located at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Illinois.
History
After learning about World War II aircraft as a child, Mike George, the son of George Alarm Company founder Donald J. George, bought his first warbird, a T-34 in the 1980s.[1] [2] He purchased another airplane, a P-51D, in 1989 and founded the museum together with his father the same year in a 10000square feet hangar.[3] [4] [5]
The museum built a 3000square feet addition around 2013. It expanded again circa 2021, adding another 20000square feet and allowing the museum to consolidate the collection from seven hangars to one.
Collection
Aircraft
Ground vehicles
Notes and References
- 1 December 2020 . Air Combat Museum: Home of the Worrybird . Flight Journal . 28 November 2023.
- Web site: About Our Co. . George Alarm Company . 28 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000613032109/http://www.georgealarm.com/about.htm . 13 June 2000.
- News: Recktenwald . William . Restoring Warplanes a Landmark Event for Dad, Son . 27 November 2023 . Chicago Tribune . 23 August 1998.
- News: Ball . A. Marie . Above the Battlefield . 28 November 2023 . State Journal Register . 7 June 2014.
- News: Ferguson . Vanessa . Honoring History at the Air Combat Museum . 27 November 2023 . NPR Illinois . 11 October 2021.
- Web site: Beech AT-11 Kansan . Air Combat Museum . 27 November 2023.
- Web site: T-34A Mentor . Air Combat Museum . 27 November 2023.
- Web site: FAA Registry [N1058M] ]. Federal Aviation Administration . U.S. Department of Transportation . 27 November 2023.
- Web site: 1939 Cessna 165 Airmaster . Air Combat Museum . 27 November 2023.
- Web site: P-40 Warhawk . Air Combat Museum . 27 November 2023.
- Web site: De Havilland Chipmunk . Air Combat Museum . 27 November 2023.
- Web site: Extra 300L . Air Combat Museum . 27 November 2023.
- Web site: Fairchild PT-19 . Air Combat Museum . 27 November 2023.
- Web site: Fleet Model 9 . Air Combat Museum . 27 November 2023.
- Web site: 1929 Kreutzer Air Coach . Air Combat Museum . 27 November 2023.
- Web site: North American P-51D . Air Combat Museum . 27 November 2023.
- Web site: Ryan PT-22 Recruit . Air Combat Museum . 27 November 2023.
- Web site: Soko Galeb G2 . Air Combat Museum . 27 November 2023.
- Web site: Sopwith Camel . Air Combat Museum . 27 November 2023.
- Web site: 1928 Stearman C3B . Air Combat Museum . 27 November 2023.
- News: Turdo . Carmelo . Air Combat Museum In Springfield, IL Receives Stearman, Embarks on Painting Projects . 28 November 2023 . The Aero Experience . 10 May 2012.
- Web site: 1929 Stinson SM2AA Detroiter Junior . Air Combat Museum . 27 November 2023.
- Web site: Taylorcraft L2M . Air Combat Museum . 27 November 2023.
- Web site: Vought F4U-5N Corsair . Air Combat Museum . 27 November 2023.
- Web site: Vehicles . Air Combat Museum . 27 November 2023.