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First 10 Years: 1984 – 1993
In the beginning.
Organizational Meeting to Establish Prairie Aviation Museum – 1982
Organizational Meeting 03First Patch for Prairie Aviation Museum
Patch Significance
Patch Significance 01Our 1st aircraft
DC-3 1984
Sold in 2009
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
After
Our 2nd aircraft – 1987
Tern II
Our 4th aircraft – 1991
A-7 Corsair
Preparation
Memphis Tennessee
Topside Work – Disconnecting everything
Underbelly work
At Home in Bloomington
The Painting Crew
Moving the A7 from Tennessee to Bloomington
Our 5th aircraft
T-33A Shooting Star May 17, 1993
In the beginning.
Checking things out.
Restoration – 2023.
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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
