Piper Aviation Museum Explained

Piper Aviation Museum
Map Type:	Pennsylvania
Established:	1980s
Location:	Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Type:	Aviation museum
President:	John Bryerton^[1]
Curator:	Dr. Ira Masemore^[2]

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.

History

Originally 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.^[3] The museum purchased the former Piper Aircraft engineering building in late 1996.^[4]

One of the two first light aircraft to circumnavigate the globe, a PA-12 named The City of Angels, was donated in mid-2006 by the museum's historian, Harry P. Mutter.

The museum opened additional exhibit space in 2022.^[5]

Aircraft on display

• Piper J2 Cub^[6]
• Piper J3C-65 Cub^[7]
• Piper J3C-65 Cub^[8]
• Piper J4A Cub Coupe^[9]
• Piper PA-8 Skycycle – replica^[10]
• Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser^[11]
• Piper PA-15 Vagabond^{[12] [13]}
• Piper PA-16 Clipper^[14]
• Piper PA-22-135 Tri-Pacer^[15]
• Piper PA-22-108 Colt^[16]
• Piper PA-22-150 Tri-Pacer^[17]
• Piper PA-22-160 Tri-Pacer^[18]
• Piper PA-23-250 Aztec^[19]
• Piper PA-24 Comanche^{[20] [21]}
• Piper PA-25 Pawnee
• Piper PA-29 Papoose^[22]
• Piper PA-31P-350 Mojave – In storage^[23]
• Piper PA-31T Cheyenne – In storage^[24]
• Piper PA-38 Tomahawk^[25]
• Piper PA-41P Aztec^[26]
• Piper PT-1^[27]

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Piper Aviation Museum Foundation Board of Directors . Piper Aviation Museum . 22 June 2020.
2. Web site: Piper Museum Archives . Piper Aviation Museum . 22 June 2020.
3. Web site: Piper Aviation Museum History and 20th Celebration . Piper Aviation Museum . 22 June 2020.
4. News: Piper Museum Foundation Acquires Building, Prepares for Opening . 22 November 2024 . 11 November 1996.
5. News: The John Bryerton Room dedicated at Piper Aviation Museum . 15 September 2022 . The Express . 27 August 2022.
6. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Taylorcraft J-2 Cub, c/n 1755, c/r N19555 . Aerial Visuals . 22 June 2020.
7. Web site: FAA REGISTRY [N2038M] ]. Federal Aviation Administration . U.S. Department of Transportation . 22 June 2020.
8. Web site: FAA REGISTRY [N33523] ]. Federal Aviation Administration . U.S. Department of Transportation . 22 June 2020.
9. Web site: FAA REGISTRY [N22881] ]. Federal Aviation Administration . U.S. Department of Transportation . 22 June 2020.
10. News: Piper Aviation Museum Receives Rare Hand Built Donation . 6 October 2023 . The Record Online . 29 July 2020.
11. Web site: FAA REGISTRY [N8671M] ]. Federal Aviation Administration . U.S. Department of Transportation . 22 June 2020.
12. Web site: Vagabond Donation To Piper Aviation Museum . Piper Aviation Museum . 22 June 2020.
13. Web site: FAA REGISTRY [N4355H] ]. Federal Aviation Administration . U.S. Department of Transportation . 22 June 2020.
14. News: Piper Aviation Museum gains two new planes, expands exhibit space for future airplane donations . 6 October 2023 . The Record Online . 2 August 2023.
15. Web site: FAA REGISTRY [N1301C] ]. Federal Aviation Administration . U.S. Department of Transportation . 22 June 2020.
16. News: Bottorf . Chase . Piper Colt returns to factory, decades after first being built . 4 June 2024 . The Express . 14 May 2022.
17. Web site: FAA REGISTRY [N3840P] ]. Federal Aviation Administration . U.S. Department of Transportation . 22 June 2020.
18. Web site: FAA REGISTRY [N9243D] ]. Federal Aviation Administration . U.S. Department of Transportation . 22 June 2020.
19. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-23-250 Aztec, c/n 27-4788, c/r N14230 . Aerial Visuals . 22 June 2020.
20. Web site: Piper Aviation Museum receives historic gift of rare Comanche 400 . Piper Aviation Museum . 22 June 2020.
21. Web site: FAA REGISTRY [N8400P] ]. Federal Aviation Administration . U.S. Department of Transportation . 22 June 2020.
22. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-29 Papoose, c/n 29-01, c/r N2900M . Aerial Visuals . 22 June 2020.
23. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-31P-350 Mojave, c/n 31P8414002, c/r N9198Y . Aerial Visuals . 22 June 2020.
24. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-31T3, c/n 31T-1, c/r N7500L . Aerial Visuals . 22 June 2020.
25. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk, c/n 38-79A0328, c/r N2476D . Aerial Visuals . 22 June 2020.
26. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-41P Pressurized Aztec, c/n 41P-1, c/r N9941P . Aerial Visuals . 22 June 2020.
27. Web site: FAA REGISTRY [N4300] ]. Federal Aviation Administration . U.S. Department of Transportation . 22 June 2020.