Butler County Warbirds
  Location within Ohio | |
| Established | 2000 |
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| Founders |
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| Type | Nonprofit |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 39°32′01″N 84°23′06″W / 39.5335°N 84.3850°W |
| Website | www |
The Butler County Warbirds is a non-profit organization located at the Middletown Regional Airport in Middletown, Ohio focused on military aviation history.
History
[edit]The Butler County Warbirds was founded in 2000 by Sandra Arany, Timothy Epperhart, Jean Lail, Roger Palmer and William Palmer. Originally based at the Butler County Regional Airport, after 11 years, the group moved to and opened a museum in the 1938 City Hangar at the Middletown Regional Airport in Middletown, Ohio.[1][2] The organization's facility is located in the National Aviation Heritage Area and is adjacent to the site of the Aeronca Aircraft factory. Butler County Warbirds is also part of the Aviation Trail.[3]
AT-6 Acquisition & Women's Aviation Scholarship
[edit]The organization began raising funds to purchase a North American AT-6 Texan in October 2022.[4] Plans call for the profits from rides sold in the airplane to go to an aviation scholarship for women.[5]
Artifact Display
[edit]Their facility inside the 1938 City Hangar includes a 2,100 square foot artifact display which houses over 1800 artifacts from the American Civil War to present day, with a bulk of the collection being from World War II. The display includes an interior recreation of a Nissen hut complete with an officer's bar. [6]
Aircraft Collection
[edit]Programs
[edit]→ Sight-seeing rides in three of its aircraft.[11]
→ A Vintage Cadet Experience, in which participants take part in a recreation of World War II flight training.[12]
→ Vintage Photoshoot Services.[13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Carter, Lori (21 March 2022). "Warbirds Museum Will Educate and Entertain All Ages". Warren County Post. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Museum". Butler County Warbirds. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "ATI Trail Sites". Aviation Trail Inc. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Mission". Butler County Warbirds. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Scholarship Details". Butler County Warbirds. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Museum". Butler County Warbirds. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Aeronca L-3E". Butler County Warbirds. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Fairchild PT-19". Butler County Warbirds. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Fairchild XUC-86A". Butler County Warbirds. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Grumman AA-5". Butler County Warbirds. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Airplane Rides". Butler County Warbirds. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Aviation Cadet Experience". Butler County Warbirds. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Aviation Cadet Experience". Butler County Warbirds. Retrieved 18 December 2024.