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Historic Aircraft Restoration Project

The Historic Aircraft Restoration Project is an aviation museum located in Hangar B at Floyd Bennett Field in New York, New York.

Historic Aircraft Restoration Project
Historic Aircraft Restoration Project is located in New York
Historic Aircraft Restoration Project
Location within New York
Established1998 (1998)
LocationNew York, New York
Coordinates40°35′42″N 73°52′59″W / 40.595°N 73.883°W / 40.595; -73.883
TypeAviation museum
FounderArnie Migliaccio
Websitewww.nps.gov/gate/learn/historyculture/historic-aircraft-at-hangar-b.htm

History

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In 1996, Arnie Migliaccio suggested the creation of a group of volunteers, working as part of the National Park Service's Volunteers-In-Parks program, to restore aircraft on Floyd Bennett Field. The project began two years later in Hangar B on the east side of the airport and the volunteers eventually became known as "angels".[1][2][3]

A number of the project's aircraft were previously on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.[4][5][6]

In May 2002, the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation's KC-97 arrived at the project's hangar.[7] The project provided space to the foundation as they restored the aircraft. After 15 years of work, the airplane departed the airport in November 2017.[8]

The project's volunteers were locked out of the hangar in 2019, allegedly due to a dispute over racial discrimination by another volunteer.[9]

Collection

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Grumman JRF-5 Goose

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Patel, Samir S. (14 May 2006). "Rebuilding the Planes That Took the City Aloft". New York Times. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Grade 6: Reading" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. May 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "The Angels of HARP: Preserving, Researching and Restoring Aviation History". National Park Service. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Airframe Dossier - Lockheed SP-2E Neptune, s/n 131542 USN, c/n 426-5423". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Airframe Dossier - Grumman S-2E Tracker, s/n 151664 USN, c/n G-121-197C". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Airframe Dossier - Grumman UF-1G Albatross, s/n 7216 USCG, c/n G-292". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  7. ^ Kearney, Kevin (10 May 2002). "News". Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation. Archived from the original on 7 June 2002. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  8. ^ Morehead, Greg; Allnutt, Richard Mallory (7 November 2017). "Exodus: Getting Boeing C-97G 'Angel of Deliverance' Out of New York!". Warbirds News. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  9. ^ Parks, Jessica (13 October 2021). "Volunteers restoring aircraft at Floyd Bennett Field shut out due to suspected retaliation". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Beech JRB-4 Expeditor, s/n 90536 USN, c/n 6999, c/r N9659". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, s/n 46456 FABo, c/r N4582T". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, s/n 144992 USN, c/n 12238". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Douglas C-47D, s/n 44-76457 USAF, c/n 16041/32789". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  14. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Fairchild Cornell, s/n 10781 RCAF, c/r N1321V". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  15. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Grumman JRF-5 Goose, s/n 87736 USN, c/n B-130, c/r N644R". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  16. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Sikorsky HH-3F Pelican, s/n 1434 USCG, c/n 61-599". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
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