Hagerstown Aviation Museum
Aviation museum in Hagerstown, Maryland
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The Hagerstown Aviation Museum is an aviation museum at the Hagerstown Regional Airport in Hagerstown, Maryland. It is focused on the history of the Fairchild Aircraft Corporation.
 Location within Maryland  Location within the United States | |
| Established | 14 July 2005 |
|---|---|
| Location | Hagerstown, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.706566°N 77.726246°W |
| Type | Aviation museum |
| President | John Seburn[1] |
| Curator | Kurtis Meyers |
| Website | hagerstownaviationmuseum |
History
The idea for an aviation museum in Hagerstown began in 1995 with a group of individuals that included Richard Henson, Kent Mitchell, John Seburn, and Kurtis Meyers. After a decade of delays, the museum opened to the public at the Discovery Station in downtown Hagerstown, Maryland on 14 July 2005.[2][failed verification] The following year, the museum led a community fundraising effort and purchased a Fairchild C-82 Packet, the first of a series of cargo airplanes produced by Fairchild in Hagerstown. This airplane was purchased at the liquidation auction of Hawkins and Powers in Greybull, Wyoming.[1][failed verification][3][failed verification][4][failed verification]
The museum purchased a C-123 and trucked it to the airport in 2019.[5][6]
After originally considering building a new hangar, the museum moved to the former Fairchild Aircraft Flight Test Hangar in 2020 and purchased the building three years later.[1][7][8][9]
The museum held a grand opening on 14 September 2024.[10]
Collection
Aircraft on display
- Bellanca CE – Original fuselage[13][14]
- Fairchild 22 C7D 922[15][16]
- Fairchild 24R-9 R9-405[17]
- Fairchild 24R-46 R46-129[18][19]
- Fairchild C-82A Packet 45-57814[20][21]
- Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar 22111[22][23]
- Fairchild C-123K Provider 54-0681[24][25][26]
- Fairchild PT-19A 42-65485[27][28]
- Fairchild PT-19A 42-83447[29][30]
- Fairchild PT-19A 44-33689[31][32]
- Fairchild PT-23[33]
- Fairchild PT-26[34]
- Fairchild UC-61C 42-70862[35]
- Fairchild XNQ 75726[36]
- Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II 79-0087[12][11]
- Kreider-Reisner KR-31[37]
- North American T-6G Texan 49-3390[38][39]
Aircraft in storage
- Bell UH-1V Iroquois[10]
- Fairchild C-123K Provider 54-0592[40][41]
- Fairchild F-27F 33[42][43][44]
- Fairchild RC-26B[45]
