Heritage Flight Museum

American aviation museum

48°28′15″N 122°25′15″W / 48.47083°N 122.42083°W / 48.47083; -122.42083TypeAviation museumFounderMajor General William AndersWebsiteheritageflight.org

The Heritage Flight Museum is an aviation museum located at Skagit Regional Airport just west of Burlington, Washington.

History

The museum was founded by the family of Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders in 1996 and was originally located at Bellingham International Airport.^[1]^[2] The museum moved to Skagit Regional Airport in 2013.^[3]^[4]

The museum announced plans for an expansion in 2018.^[5] Ground was broken on 22 March 2021.^[6]

Collection

Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan^[7]
Beechcraft T-34 Mentor^[8]
Beechcraft T-34 Mentor^[8]
Beechcraft T-34 Mentor^[8]
Bell H-13 Sioux^[9]
Bell UH-1B Iroquois^[10]
Boeing-Stearman PT-13 Kaydet^[11]
Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard IV – converted to resemble a Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero^[12]
Cessna O-1 Bird Dog^[13]
Cessna O-2 Skymaster^[14]
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver^[15]
Douglas A-1 Skyraider^[16]
Fairchild PT-19^[17]
Interstate Cadet^[18]^[19]
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21PFM^[20]
North American AT-6D Texan^[21]
North American AT-6F Texan^[22]
North American P-51D Mustang^[23]
Northrop F-89J Scorpion^[24]
Stinson L-13^[25]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Heritage Flight Museum.

^ "Our History". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
^ "Location & Hours". Heritage Flight Museum. Archived from the original on December 26, 2010. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
^ Stark, John (October 13, 2013). "Heritage Flight Museum moving from Bellingham to Skagit". The Bellingham Herald. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
^ Stayton, Mark (November 1, 2013). "Heritage Flight Museum will move to Burlington". GoSkagit.com. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
^ Dunning, Lara (April 1, 2020). "Building a Legacy in Skagit Valley". Bellingham Alive!. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
^ "Heritage Flight Museum Breaks Ground on Expansion". Port of Skagit. March 23, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
^ "AT-11 Kansan "BUFF BAby"". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Beechcraft T-34's". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
^ "H13 Sioux". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
^ "Bell UH-1B". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
^ "PT-13 Stearman". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
^ "A6M2 TORA Zero". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
^ "O-1/L-19 Birddog". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
^ "O-2 Skymaster". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
^ "DHC-2 (L20) Beaver". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
^ "A-1 Skyraider – "The Proud American"". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
^ "PT-19 Cornell". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
^ "Interstate Cadet "The Pearl"". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
^ Wanielista, Kera (December 4, 2016). "Plane shrouded in mystery comes to Skagit County". GoSkagit.com. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
^ "MiG-21 PFM". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
^ "T6D Texan "Hog Wild Gunner"". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
^ "T6F Texan". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
^ "P-51 Mustang "VAL-HALLA"". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
^ "F-89 Scorpion". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
^ "L-13 Grasshopper". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved January 16, 2022.