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( R e d i r e c t e d f r o m G r e a t e r S a i n t L o u i s A i r & S p a c e M u s e u m )
The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum is a museum with the mission to preserve and display historic air and space craft and artifacts, and provide educational programs.
Architecture [ edit ]
The museum is housed in the Curtiss Wright Hangar number two at St. Louis Downtown Airport , Cahokia Heights, Illinois . The adjacent Hangar one and two are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
The Hangar was completed in March 1930 on the newly opened Curtiss-Stienburg airport. The brick structure featured a cast Curtiss Wright emblem across the doorway. The first occupant of Hangar 2 was St. Louis based Union Electric Company . Its Ford 4-AT-B was used for corporate transport and line patrols, and is now part of the National Naval Aviation Museum .[2] Civilian Pilot Training Program . Parks College used the hangar for flight operations until the mid-1990s.[3]
History [ edit ]
The Saint Louis Air & Space Museum was incorporated in July 1982.[3] Spirit of St. Louis Airport . The Museum relocated to Cahokia Illinois into the Curtiss-Wright Hangar number two.[4]
Directors [ edit ]
Mark Nankivil...President
Richard (Rick) Rehg...1st Vice President
Carmelo Turdo...2nd Vice President
Albert White...Board Member
Michael Burke...Curator/Board Member
Bob Crandell...Security System Contact/Board Member
Joe Gutknecht...Board Member
Keith Mueller...Board Member
Jean Murry...Treasurer/Board Member
Jack Abercrombie...Honorary Board Member
Tom Ahillen...Docent Coordinator/Board Member
John "Woody" Almind...Board Member
Mark Badasch...Museum Director/Board Member
Gallery of exhibits [ edit ]
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References [ edit ]
^ a b Jeremy R. C. Cox, St Louis Air and Space Museum. St. Louis Aviation .
^ "Greater Saint Louis Air and Space Museum" . Retrieved 15 September 2011 .
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