Golden Wings Flying Museum
Aviation museum in Blaine, Minnesota
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The Golden Wings Flying Museum was an aviation museum located in Blaine, Minnesota.
  Location within Minnesota | |
| Location | Blaine, Minnesota |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 45.129°N 93.214°W |
| Type | Aviation museum |
| Founder | Greg Herrick |
| Curator | Craig Schiller[1] |
| Website | www |
History
The museum was founded in 1996 by Greg Herrick in a former University of Minnesota hangar.[2][a]
In 1997, Herrick began a campaign to force the Federal Aviation Administration to make the blueprints of historic aircraft available to the public. This led to a lawsuit in 1999 that eventually resulted in the "Herrick Amendment" being passed as part of the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act in 2012.[4][5][6][b]
Herrick organized a re-creation of the National Air Tour in 2003.[7] Five of his aircraft took part.[8]
Collection
Aircraft formerly on display
- Aerocar[11]
- Aeronca C-3[12]
- Alliance A-1 Argo[13]
- Arrow Sport M[14]
- Avro Avian[15]
- Boeing Stearman[16]
- Buhl Sport Airsedan[17]
- Bushmaster 2000[18]
- Cunningham-Hall PT-6[19]
- Fairchild FC-2W-2[20]
- Fairchild PT-19A[21]
- Fairchild PT-23[22]
- Fairchild PT-26[23]
- Fairchild PT-26[24]
- Fleetwings Seabird[25]
- Ford 4-AT-A Trimotor[26]
- Interstate S-1A Cadet[27]
- Kreutzer K-5 Air Coach[28][29]
- Paramount Cabinaire[30]
- Stearman C3B[31]
- Stearman Model 6 Cloudboy[32]
- Stinson SM-6000-A Airliner[33][34]
- Stinson SM-6000-B Airliner[35]
- Travel Air 6000-A[36]
- Waco CUC-1[37]
