| Yankee Air Museum | |
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| Established | 1981 |
| Location | Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, United States |
| Type | Aviation museum |
The Yankee Air Museum is an aviation museum located near Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan. The museum has a small fleet of flying aircraft and a collection of static display aircraft outdoors.
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The Yankee Air Force Inc. was founded in 1981 to pursue these goals:[1]
On the night of October 9, 2004, the Yankee Air Museum's hangar on the northeast side of Willow Run (KYIP) burned down.[2] The B-17, B-25 and C-47 were saved through heroic efforts by museum volunteers. The Stinson was at another hangar. Everything else inside the hangar was destroyed, including the original prototype North American YOV-10A Bronco, Waco CG-4A Glider, a former Thunderbirds Republic F-105, Aero L-39, Link Trainer, artifacts, spare parts, tools, and the Museum's library.
There are plans in place to rebuild.[3] The first building was dedicated on April 16, 2007, and the objective of the Michigan Aerospace Foundation, Inc. is to build a greatly expanded, state-of-the-art aviation museum and aerospace facility to replace the lost facility. The museum reopened to the public on October 10, 2010.[4][5]
From 2007 until August 2011 the Yankee Air Museum's flyable aircraft were hangared at the Township Airport at Grosse Ile, Michigan.[6]
The Museum's flyable aircraft include:[7]
The Museum Airpark also contains a number of retired aircraft. These aircraft include:[11]
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