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The Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum has one of a kind scale aircraft displayed in the museum gallery handcrafted by Joe and Glenn Grube and painted by Charles Abbott. These skilled craftsmen fabricated the classic aircraft in their shop called the "Possum Works" in Columbus Indiana.
Glenn, Charles and Joe Thousands of hours of work and meticulous attention to detail is invested in these one of a kind 1/8th scale aircraft. Each aircraft represents a period of time at the former air base or an aircraft flown by one of the museum volunteer staff. The 1/4th scale Wright Flyer was constructed to represent the beginning of powered aviation and is displayed in the museum lobby.
Wright Flyer, L-4 Grasshopper, B-24J Liberator Bomber, CG-4A Glider, P-51D Mustang Fighter and P-47D Thunderbolt Fighter
B-25 Mitchell Bomber, B-17G Flying Fortress Bomber, C-119G Flying Boxcar Transport, C-47 Gooney Bird Transport and C-46 Commando Transport
A full size McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II Jet Fighter on permanent display by the control tower on Bakalar Green.
The 1941 TG-2 World War II Training Glider is not on gallery display. Until the museum expansion project is funded it will only be shown fully assembled on special occasions. This is an original manufacture full size aircraft with a wing span of over fifty feet and only one of 57 built for the Army Air Corps. According to the Department of the Air Force Historical Research Agency at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama this TG-2 s/n 42-53018 was Manufactured by Schweizer, Elmira NY. This glider was built starting November 10, 1941 and left the factory on December 26, 1941 at 12:44PM. It was impressed into the USAAF on 14 June 1942. During June 1942 it was at the Arizona Gliding Academy, Wickenburg, AZ, September 1942 at Glendale, AZ and then returned to Wickenburg during December 1942. In April 1943 it was at Roswell Army Air Force Base, New Mexico in the AAF Flying Training Command and then in August 1944 declared excess. In September of 1944 was disposed as surplus by Reconstruction Finance Corporation. This information per the Air Force's interpretation of the record. Hours flown: Wickenburg, AZ, 269 hours, Glendale, AZ, 105 hours, Wickenburg, AZ, 152 hours, Roswell, NM no data. Flying Training Command total time 527 hours. According to the last logbook entry there are 1047.65 hours of flight time on the aircraft. Some of the display scale aircraft have wingspans up to 15-feet. These are not the run of the mill model aircraft, but are to scale replicas with amazing detail to aircraft type, paint schemes, lettering and numbering to squadron and group. Without a doubt, one of the best collections of this type in the United States. |
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