Museum of Mountain Flying explained

Museum of Mountain Flying
Map Type:Montana
Coordinates:46.9175°N -114.078°W
Location:Missoula, Montana
Type:Aviation museum
Website:Official website (archived)

The Museum of Mountain Flying is an aviation museum located at the Missoula Montana Airport in Missoula, Montana focused on the history of Johnson Flying Service.

History

The museum was founded by Stan Cohen, Dick Komberec and Steve Smith in 1993 following the purchase of 2.8acres of land that was a boneyard of Johnson Flying Service aircraft and buildings.[1] [2] A hangar at the airport was borrowed for a temporary museum until a purpose build structure could be built.[3] In the meantime, the museum acquired a C-47 that had been used to drop 12 smokejumpers who were killed in the 1949 Mann Gulch fire.[4]

The museum moved into its 18500square feet R. Preston Nash Jr. Hangar in August 2002.[5] It opened to the public two months later, 19 October 2002, shortly after receiving a 1925 White bus.[6] [7] The museum acquired a Travel Air 6000 that had previously been owned by Johnson Flying Service in 2013.[8] The following May a Bell 47G that was built from parts was donated to the museum and a J-3 was added seven months after that.[9] [10]

In June 2018, the museum began preparing its C-47 for a flight to France as part of a flyover for the 75th anniversary of the Invasion of Normandy.[11] As the airplane was not yet airworthy, the museum purchased another DC-3 in March 2019 for flight training.[12]

In 2021, the museum announced it would open a new location at the Stevensville Airport and that it had acquired a Howard DGA-11.[13]

The museum's C-47 would be named the state plane of Montana in May 2023.[14]

Collection

Aircraft

Ground vehicles

See also

References

Notes

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: History . Museum of Mountain Flying . 29 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220518195114/http://www.museumofmountainflying.org/the-museum.html . 18 May 2022.
  2. News: Devlin . Sherry . Idea for Museum Honoring Pioneer Aviators Takes Off . 29 December 2023 . Missoulan . 23 January 1994 . C-4.
  3. News: Holien . Mick . Memories of Flight . 29 December 2023 . Missoulan . 29 January 1995 . E-1.
  4. News: Holien . Mick . Mann Gulch Plane to Return . 29 December 2023 . Montana Standard . 9 October 2001 . A5.
  5. News: Syvertson . Donna . Museum on Move . 29 December 2023 . Missoulan . 6 August 2002 . B1.
  6. News: Holien . Mick . Bus Buy . 29 December 2023 . Missoulan . 15 October 2002 . B1, B3.
  7. News: Holien . Mick . Flying Hall of Fame to Welcome Six . 29 December 2023 . Missoulan . 19 October 2002 . B2.
  8. News: Former Johnson Air Service Travel Air 6000 Lands at Missoula Museum . 29 December 2023 . Missoulan . 1 April 2013.
  9. News: Briggeman . Kim . Pilot Builds Bell 47 Helicopter for Missoula Aviation Museum . 29 December 2023 . Missoulan . 30 May 2014.
  10. News: Briggeman . Kim . WWII Training Plane with Long Montana History Headed for Flying Museum . 29 December 2023 . Missoulan . 6 December 2014.
  11. News: Briggeman . Kim . Flying Museum Prepares to Take Historic Mann Gulch Plane to Normandy in 2019 . 29 December 2023 . Missoulan . 3 June 2018.
  12. News: Briggeman . Kim . Missoula Flying Museum Adds Historic DC-3 . 29 December 2023 . Missoulan . 24 May 2019.
  13. News: Staples . Laurel . Museum of Mountain Flying to Expand to Stevensville . 29 December 2023 . NBC Montana . 12 May 2022.
  14. News: Christian . Peter . Governor Proclaims 'Miss Montana' the State's Official Plane . 29 December 2023 . KGVO . 5 May 2023.
  15. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Beech JRB-1 Expeditor, c/n 8449, c/r N8037H . Aerial Visuals . 29 December 2023.
  16. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Bell 47G-3B-1, c/n 6664, c/r N6257N . Aerial Visuals . 29 December 2023.
  17. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Bell HH-1H-BF Iroquois, s/n 70-2467 US, c/n 17111, c/r N444NB . Aerial Visuals . 29 December 2023.
  18. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Taylorcraft-Piper J-3C-65, c/r N21BJ . Aerial Visuals . 29 December 2023.
  19. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Douglas C-47A-90-DL, s/n 43-15731 USAAF, c/n 20197, c/r N24320 . Aerial Visuals . 29 December 2023.
  20. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Douglas DC-3A-197E, c/n 04123, c/r N33644 . Aerial Visuals . 29 December 2023.
  21. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Grumman-General Motors TBM-3 Avenger, s/n 53200 RCN, c/n 3262, c/r C-GLEL . Aerial Visuals . 29 December 2023.
  22. Web site: FAA Registry [N17Y] ]. Federal Aviation Administration . U.S. Department of Transportation . 29 December 2023.
  23. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Taylorcraft-Piper J-3C-65, c/n 7954, c/r N41300 . Aerial Visuals . 29 December 2023.
  24. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Stinson 108-1, c/n 108-1466, c/r N8466K . Aerial Visuals . 29 December 2023.
  25. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Travel Air S-6000B, c/n 0986, c/r N8865 . Aerial Visuals . 29 December 2023.
  26. Web site: Gallery . Museum of Mountain Flying . 29 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220518202249/http://www.museumofmountainflying.org/gallery.html . 18 May 2022.

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