Piper Aviation Museum

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.

Piper Aviation Museum
Location within Pennsylvania
Established1980s
LocationLock Haven, Pennsylvania
Coordinates41.134030°N 77.426916°W / 41.134030; -77.426916
TypeAviation museum
Founder
  • Calvin Arter
  • Bob Edmonson
  • Genny Edmonson
  • William Piper, Jr.
PresidentJohn Bryerton[1]
CuratorDr. Ira Masemore[2]
Websitepipermuseum.com

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. The museum purchased the former Piper engineering building in 1997.[3]

Aircraft on display
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References
  1. "Piper Aviation Museum Foundation Board of Directors". Piper Aviation Museum. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. "Piper Museum Archives". Piper Aviation Museum. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. "Piper Aviation Museum History and 20th Anniversery [sic] Celebration". Piper Aviation Museum. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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  10. "FAA REGISTRY [N4355H]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  11. "FAA REGISTRY [N1301C]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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  13. "FAA REGISTRY [N9243D]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  14. "Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-23-250 Aztec, c/n 27-4788, c/r N14230". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  15. "Piper Aviation Museum receives historic gift of rare Comanche 400". Piper Aviation Museum. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  16. "FAA REGISTRY [N8400P]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  17. "Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-29 Papoose, c/n 29-01, c/r N2900M". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  18. "Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-31P-350 Mojave, c/n 31P8414002, c/r N9198Y". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  19. "Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-31T3, c/n 31T-1, c/r N7500L". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  20. "Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk, c/n 38-79A0328, c/r N2476D". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  21. "Airframe Dossier - Piper PA-41P Pressurized Aztec, c/n 41P-1, c/r N9941P". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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