1984 - 2024
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First 10 Years: 1984 – 1993
Organizational Meeting to Establish Prairie Aviation Museum – 1982
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First Patch for PAM
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Our First Aircraft – Miss Mossback
Miss Mossback 1984:
Notice the Green Moss
In Texas Making It Airworthy
Homecoming to Bloomington Illinois November 19,1984
First Sighting
Crossing the runway.
Greeting at the gate.
Transitioning from Plain Ole Miss Mossback to Grand Old Lady
Ozark Airlines repainted the plane during their 35th anniversary in 1985.
Before
Why
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After
Our 2nd aircraft – 1987
Tern II
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Our 3rd aircraft – 1987
Laizar Ultralight – October 24, 1987
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Our 4th aircraft – 1991
A-7 Corsair
Preparation
Memphis Tennessee
Topside Work – Disconnecting everything
Underbelly work
At Home in Bloomington
The Painting Crew
Our 5th aircraft
T-33A Shooting Star May17,1993
In the beginning.
Checking things out.
Final update – 2023.
Our 6th aircraft
Cessna – 310B June 1993
Preparing the Cessna
How did it get from the maintenance hanger to PAM’s airpark?
The Cessna has landed!
Our 7th aircraft
T-38 Talon June 1993
