Oregon Air & Space Museum...
Mon Aug 01, 2005 11:05 am
Does anyone in the Eugene, Oregon area know if the Oregon Air & Space Museum is still open? Their website has been gone for several months.
Eugene
Mon Aug 01, 2005 1:11 pm
Hi Pat,
As far has I know there still open. but they have had there troubles. First they have a poor location. The Eugene airport is far off the beaten path for driving, secondly it's not really a destination spot for weekend flyers with no restaurant and post 9/11 security for the airlines. They really want to sell their hangers and move to Salem here which would be a great location due to fly-in traffic and freeway access (3/4 mile). Their biggest problem is that Evergreen has been using their connections to get aircraft from them like the F-4 mig killer and now their after the F-86F for their museum which really sucks. Evergreen also took the x-Bill Reesman Yak Attack Yak-50 from them. Sorta like David vs Gollith except David's getting squashed here.
As far has I know there still open. but they have had there troubles. First they have a poor location. The Eugene airport is far off the beaten path for driving, secondly it's not really a destination spot for weekend flyers with no restaurant and post 9/11 security for the airlines. They really want to sell their hangers and move to Salem here which would be a great location due to fly-in traffic and freeway access (3/4 mile). Their biggest problem is that Evergreen has been using their connections to get aircraft from them like the F-4 mig killer and now their after the F-86F for their museum which really sucks. Evergreen also took the x-Bill Reesman Yak Attack Yak-50 from them. Sorta like David vs Gollith except David's getting squashed here.
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Mon Aug 01, 2005 3:03 pm
Yes, the museum is still there (I just drove by it a few minutes ago), and is open Wednesday-Sunday.
I took my first tour a few months ago, and the guys who run it are super nice and more than willing to spend time answering questions, etc.
The F-86 is still there, as is the half-burned MIG, and they have an A-6 Intruder in the back hanger.
Michael
I took my first tour a few months ago, and the guys who run it are super nice and more than willing to spend time answering questions, etc.
The F-86 is still there, as is the half-burned MIG, and they have an A-6 Intruder in the back hanger.
Michael
Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:14 pm
Here a photo of their F-86 from my web site. The caption gives some of its history. Use the link to see the caption.
http://www.ronsarchive.com/Mil-ORANG/pages/9-109-0931.htm
http://www.ronsarchive.com/Mil-ORANG/pages/9-109-0931.htm
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Wed Aug 03, 2005 10:19 am
Thanks for the info guys.