Heritage Flight Museum

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Heritage Flight Museum
Heritage Flight Museum Logo.jpg
Established1996
LocationSkagit Regional Airport
Coordinates48°28′15″N 122°25′15″W / 48.47083°N 122.42083°W / 48.47083; -122.42083
TypeAviation museum
FounderMajor General William Anders
Websitehttp://www.heritageflight.org

The Heritage Flight Museum is a non-profit organization located at Skagit Regional Airport just west of Burlington, Washington. It was founded by the family of Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders in 1996 and was originally located at Bellingham International Airport. The museum moved to Skagit County in 2013.

The purpose of the museum is "to help educate the public to understand and appreciate the contribution military aircraft, and the people that flew them, have made to our heritage, national security and freedom."[1][2]

Collection[]

The museum has the following aircraft in its collection:[3]

See also[]

  • List of aerospace museums

References[]

  1. ^ "Heritage Flight Museum". Heritageflight.org. 2014-04-26. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  2. ^ Stark, John (2013-10-31). "Heritage Flight Museum moving from Bellingham to Skagit | Local News". The Bellingham Herald. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  3. ^ Heritage Flight Museum (2019). "Aircraft". Retrieved 4 November 2019.

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