Golden Wings Flying Museum
The Golden Wings Flying Museum was an aviation museum located in Blaine, Minnesota.
History
The museum was founded in 1996 by Greg Herrick in a former University of Minnesota hangar.In 1997, Herrick began a campaign to force the Federal Aviation Administration to make the blueprints of historic aircraft available to the public. This led to a lawsuit in 1999 that eventually resulted in the "Herrick Amendment" being passed as part of the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act in 2012.
Herrick organized a re-creation of the National Air Tour in 2003. Five of his aircraft took part.
The collection was put up for sale in 2015.
Collection
Aircraft formerly on display
- Aerocar
- Aeronca C-3
- Alliance A-1 Argo
- Arrow Sport M
- Avro Avian
- Boeing Stearman
- Buhl Sport Airsedan
- Bushmaster 2000
- Cunningham-Hall PT-6
- Fairchild FC-2W-2
- Fairchild PT-19A
- Fairchild PT-23
- Fairchild PT-26
- Fairchild PT-26
- Fleetwings Seabird
- Ford 4-AT-A Trimotor
- Interstate S-1A Cadet
- Kreutzer K-5 Air Coach
- Paramount Cabinaire
- Stearman C3B
- Stearman Model 6 Cloudboy
- Stinson SM-6000-A Airliner
- Stinson SM-6000-B Airliner
- Travel Air 6000-A
- Waco CUC-1