"Rebirth of the Yankee Air Museum" ground breaking

[Todd Hackbarth]

I recently received the following message from Michigan Aerospace Foundation President Dennis Norton:

"The official, public groundbreaking which we are titling "The Rebirth of the Yankee Air Museum" will take place on Monday, April 16 in the mid-afternoon. This will be a major event with loads of media, TV, public officials and celebrities. Part of that program is the flight of all three (or four) Yankee planes."

The first building in the museum campus will be a former schoolhouse that was built shortly before World War II and used as an Officer's Club during the war. It will be used to house the new Yankee Air Museum Library. The building must be moved from the west side of Willow Run Airport to the east side near Beck Road. The new foundation has already been poured and photos can be found at:
http://public.fotki.com/Kos/members_pho ... um-campus/

The Yankee Air Museum web site is located at:
www.yankeeairmuseum.org

The Michigan Aerospace Foundation web site can be found at:
www.michiganaerospacefoundation.org

The contact person is Michigan Aerospace Foundation President Dennis Norton who can be contacted at: dennisnorton@comcast.net

Many historic photos of Willow Run during WWII can be found at:
http://public.fotki.com/Kos/members_pho ... un_bomber/

Todd Hackbarth
Yankee Air Force member since 1982

[mrhenniger]

Great news Todd! It is good to hear that you guys will have four walls to call home. It is a sign of bigger things to come.

Mike

[CorsairFreak]

"Part of that program is the flight of all three (or four) Yankee planes"

I know the B-17, B-25 and C-47, but what is the fourth?

[mustangdriver]

They also have a Stinson SR-9.

[Kos]

The guys like to call it a V-77. This is how it looked a couple of years ago.