Monday, July 31, 2006

OREGON - Western Antique Aeroplane





Northwest Vintage Car & Motorcycle Museum
On the grounds of Antique Powerland
P.O. Box 15
Salem, OR 97308-0015
(503) 399-0647
Features: This museum is under construction. Its mission is "to promote the life-long education of our community, by interpreting the heritage, history, and evolution of automobiles and motorcycles over 25 years old." It is being built around a restored Texaco gas station.

Pacific Northwest Trucking Museum
On the grounds of Antique Powerland
P.O. Box 9087
Brooks, OR 97305-0281
(503) 463-8701
Features: More than 75 restored antique trucks, plus parts and memorabilia. Models include GMC, Freightliner, International, Kenworth, Mack, and Peterbilt, long-gone Autocar, Moreland, Samson, White, and Yellow-Knight.

Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum
Ken Jernstedt Airfield 4S2
1600 Air Museum Road
Hood River, OR 97031
(541) 308-1600
Features: The flying fleet includes a 1917 Curtiss Jenny JN4D, along with aircraft from many manufactures of the early days of flying including Waco, Davis, Curtiss Wright, Travel Air, Piper, Taylorcraft, Spartan, Buhl, Ryan, American Eagle, Lincoln, Arrow, and so on. The car collection ranges from a 1914 Ford Model T Depot Hack to Model A's, early Dodges, Mercurys and Studebakers. Plus, the museum has a large display of military Jeeps, weapons, and other tools of war.

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