Established | 1994 |
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Type | Nonprofit |
Location | |
Coordinates | 39°45′14″N 82°39′52″W / 39.7540°N 82.6644°W |
President | Eric Meister[1] |
Curator | Don Bell[1] |
Website | www |
The Historical Aircraft Squadron is a non-profit organization located at the Fairfield County Airport in Carroll, Ohio focused on aviation history.
The organization was founded in 1994.[2] The following year, the organization considered building a museum with the promise that they might receive an airplane from Dave Tallichet.[3] This came to pass in May 1998 when it was lent a Douglas A-26 Invader from his Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation.[4][5] Eventually, it was joined by another A-26 and a North American B-25 Mitchell that were also placed on loan to the museum.[6][7] The restoration of the first A-26 was completed in September 2009 and two years later left the museum for the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum.[8][5]
In the meantime, the organization built a new hangar at the airport in 2000, which it signed a 10-year lease for the next year.[9][10] A Grumman S2F-1 Tracker was based with the squadron for a time in 2002.[11] A plan for a church to build a new hangar at the airport in 2006 caused the museum to express concerns that it might lose some of its ramp space.[12]
The organization held an annual Wings of Victory Airshow until 2009. It was replaced by a fly-in and pancake breakfast.[2]