Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum

Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum
Established 2007
Location Hood River, Oregon, United States
Type Aviation and automobile museum
Director Judy (Brandt)
Website http://www.waaamuseum.org

The Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum (WAAAM) is located in Hood River, Oregon, United States, adjacent to the Ken Jernstedt Memorial Airport. WAAAM is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization committed to the preservation of, and education about aviation, automobile, and other historic transportation related relics.

WAAAM is open to the public every day 9:00-5:00 except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. WAAAM has special activities the second Saturday of every month. The museum features flying demonstrations, auto demonstrations, and restoration demonstrations, though events vary month to month. The museum's biggest event is the annual Hood River Fly-In held the first weekend after Labor Day every year, and features antique aircraft and automobiles from throughout North America. As of May 2011, the museum is second-highest rated attraction in Hood River according to Trip Adviser.[1]

WAAAM Fly-In morning

History

The museum was formed as a 501(c) organization in 2006 by collector Terry Brandt and opened in 2007 in a 95,000-square-foot (8,800 m2) building.[2] The museum was started with 42 airplanes donated by Brandt and 20 automobiles.[2] As of September 2010, the museum totaled 75 airplanes and in excess of 100 automobiles.[2] About 55 of the airplanes were still able to fly at that time.[2] In 2009 a second hangar was added to store the collection, and a third was built in 2013. The collection in 2014 totals 275 vehicles.[3]

Collections

Antique airplanes

WAAAM boasts a large flying collection of OX-5-powered airplanes, and the largest collection of three-cylinder, radial-powered airplanes. The collection is mainly focused on Golden Age of Aviation aircraft (1903–1941), but also includes many light World War II Army, Army Air Corps, and naval aircraft.

Aircraft include:[4]

Waaam is a living museum with several aircraft that are flown regularly, also a number of these aircraft are on loan and are frequently taken to fly-ins.

Here are a few of the aircraft that winter at the museum after the fly-in season has ended.

Other Aircraft not on display.

Antique automobiles

Antique Autos WAAAM

WAAAM's antique cars were built between 1899 and the 1960s and are still in running condition. There are over 80 autos on display. Most are from the "Golden Age of Transportation" era, which took place around the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. The oldest car on display is an 1899 Locomobile Steam Car, on loan to the museum from a collector.

Automobiles include:[4]

Motorcycles

Motorcycles include:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Things to Do in Hood River". Attractions. TripAdvisor. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Stevenson, Roy (September 2010). "Rare Jenny Takes Wing". Aviation History: 16–17.
  3. ↑ Lauran Paine Jr. (January 2015). "A Living Museum". Sport Aviation: 43.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 WAAAM

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Coordinates: 45°40′37″N 121°32′28″W / 45.677°N 121.5412°W