MAPS Air Museum explained

MAPS Air Museum
Map Type:Ohio
Established:1990
Location:Green, Ohio
Type:Aviation museum
Executive Director:Kim Kovesci
Curator:Jim Cameron

The MAPS Air Museum is an aviation museum in Green, Ohio, United States. Run by the Military Aviation Preservation Society, it is located off SR241 on the west side of the Akron-Canton Regional Airport.[1]

The museum holds more than 50 aircraft,[2] most on loan from the U.S. Air Force or Navy for restoration. It also has two aircraft from the Goodyear Rubber Company. The aircraft are displayed in a former U.S. Air National Guard hangar and on an adjacent tarmac.

Its collection of rare artifacts includes the gondola from the "Spirit of Akron", a Goodyear blimp.

The museum's Gallery of Heroes room holds detailed models and period items from wars. Various displays highlight Pearl Harbor (artifacts include a piece of the battleship Arizona), The Tuskegee Airmen, Rosie the Riveter, and include items on loan from members of the museum and community who fought in wars.

The museum's library maintains and preserves institutional records and collects, preserves, and makes available images, literature, manuscripts, memoirs, diaries, books, and oral histories relating to military history. The library collection is open to the public with admission to the museum. Members may check books out.

History

The museum was founded in 1990 in partnership with warbird collector David Tallichet and his Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation. In 1995, the museum opened to the public, housed in the National Guard Maintenance Building on the west side of the airport. In 2000, the first air show was held at the museum. In 2001, the museum moved to the nearby former Chautauqua Airlines hangar.[3]

In October 2018, thieves stole helmets, goggles, oxygen masks, helicopter controls and other items from the museum. Two 17-year-olds were arrested on theft charges two weeks later.[4]

In 2020, the museum opened the hangar's newly renovated second floor, whose rental spaces include a conference room, a banquet hall, and a full-sized commercial kitchen.[5]

Exhibits

A tent called the "Medic's Corner" outside the hangar displays a collection of Vietnam War-era medical equipment.[6]

Aircraft in collection

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: MAPS Air Museum . visitcantonstark.com, Canton Stark County, USA . August 8, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111006033728/http://www.visitcantonstark.com/Venues/MAPS-Air-Museum.php . October 6, 2011 .
  2. News: MAPS Air Museum Museum Day Smithsonian . Smithsonian . 2018-11-14 . en.
  3. Web site: History of the Military Aviation Preservation Society . MAPS Air Museum . 10 December 2018.
  4. News: Two males arrested, accused of stealing 'irreplaceable' items from MAPS Air Museum. Armon. Rick. Akron Beacon Journal. 2018-11-14. en.
  5. Web site: Public/Private Rental Information.
  6. News: Price . Mark J. . 'It's not a story. It's real.' Vietnam veteran recalls medic's life with museum exhibit . 8 December 2023 . Akron Beacon Journal . 11 November 2023.
  7. Web site: Schultz . Ronald . MAPS AIR MUSEUM AIRCRAFT INVENTORY . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 16 November 2018.
  8. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Mikoyan Gurevich-Aero S-106 Fishbed-C (NATO), s/n 0301 CVL, c/n 560301 . Aerial Visuals . 10 December 2018.
  9. Web site: Elliott . Dave . BEECHCRAFT SNB-5 "EXPEDITOR" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  10. Web site: Elliott . Dave . BELL AH-1G "COBRA" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  11. Web site: Elliott . Dave . BELL OH-58A "KIOWA" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  12. Web site: Elliott . Dave . CESSNA T-37A "TWEET" (WHITE) . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  13. Web site: Elliott . Dave . CESSNA T-37B "TWEET" (WHITE/BLUE) . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  14. Web site: Elliott . Dave . CONVAIR F-102A "DELTA DAGGER" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  15. Web site: Elliott . Dave . DOUGLAS A-4A "SKYHAWK" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  16. Web site: Elliott . Dave . DOUGLAS A-26C "INVADER" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  17. Web site: Elliott . Dave . DOUGLAS C-47B "SKYTRAIN" OR "GOONEY BIRD" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  18. Web site: Elliott . Dave . FAIRCHILD PT-19 "CORNELL" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  19. Web site: Elliott . Dave . GOODYEAR GA-22A "DRAKE" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  20. Web site: Baugher . Joe . US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos Third Series (70188 to 80258) . JoeBaugher.com . 10 December 2018 . 21 June 2018.
  21. Web site: Elliott . Dave . GRUMMAN F-9F "COUGAR" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  22. Web site: F9F-8P Cougar Restoration . VFP62.com . 9 December 2018 . 29 January 2014.
  23. Web site: Elliott . Dave . GRUMMAN F-11F "TIGER" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  24. Web site: Elliott . Dave . GRUMMAN F-14B "TOMCAT" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  25. Web site: Elliott . Dave . GRUMMAN S-2F "TRACKER" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  26. Web site: Elliott . Dave . LOCKHEED T-33 "SHOOTING STAR" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  27. Web site: Elliott . Dave . LTV A-7E "CORSAIR II" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  28. Web site: Elliott . Dave . MARTIN B-26 "MARAUDER" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  29. Web site: Elliot . Dave . MARTIN GLIDER . MAPS Air Museum . 10 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  30. Web site: Elliott . Dave . MCDONNELL DOUGLAS F-4S "PHANTOM" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  31. Web site: Elliott . Dave . MCDONNELL F-101F "VOODOO" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  32. Web site: Elliott . Dave . NORTH AMERICAN F-86A "SABRE" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  33. Web site: Elliott . Dave . NORTH AMERICAN F-86D/L "SABREDOG" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  34. Web site: Elliott . Dave . NORTH AMERICAN F-100D "SUPER SABRE" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  35. Web site: Elliott . Dave . NORTH AMERICAN T-28 "TROJAN" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  36. Web site: Elliott . Dave . MIKOYAN-GUREVICH MIG-17 "FRESCO" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  37. Web site: LIM-6 (Polish-build Mig-17) . 9 December 2018.
  38. Web site: Elliott . Dave . REPUBLIC F-84F "THUNDERSTREAK" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  39. Web site: Elliott . Dave . REPUBLIC F-105 "THUNDERCHIEF" OR "THUD" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  40. Web site: Elliott . Dave . RYAN L-17B "NAVION" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.
  41. News: Folkerth . Kathleen . Bath man's WW I-era airplane on display at MAPS Air Museum . 10 December 2018 . Akron.com . Leader Publications . 3 April 2008.
  42. Web site: Elliott . Dave . VULTEE BT-13 "VALIANT" . MAPS Air Museum . 9 December 2018 . 10 January 2018.

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