Oregon Air and Space Museum, Transport museum in Eugene, United States.
The Oregon Air and Space Museum is a transport museum in Eugene displaying restored aircraft and space-related artifacts across different exhibition areas. The collection features planes and equipment from various periods of aviation history.
The Oregon Air and Space Museum opened in 1991 on the grounds of Eugene Airport. In 1999 it added a 6,300-square-foot (585 m2) expansion to its facilities. Its collection concentrates on Oregon's aerospace history, from a Nieuport 17 to a Grumman A-6E Intruder and a MiG-17.
The collection is built around Oregon's aerospace history, and the aircraft on show span early flight to the jet age: a Nieuport 17, a Globe Swift, a Rutan Quickie, a Grumman A-6E Intruder, a McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, a Mitchell Wing B-10, a MiG-17 and a Smith Termite. A Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major engine runs as a working display, and more than 1,000 aircraft models at 1:72 scale fill a separate exhibit.
The museum sits near the airport and is straightforward to locate if you look for its street address. Visitors should check opening hours beforehand since the facility only opens on certain days.
Among the exhibits is a working cutaway display of a Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major, the 28-cylinder radial engine, alongside a display of more than 1,000 model aircraft at 1:72 scale. The collection also includes a Nieuport 17, a MiG-17 and a Smith Termite.
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