Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum
(and more)
This motorized highwheel trike is an example of the "more".
88-year-old Mrs. Blackburn takes the trike she donated for a spin.
The members of this unique museum love to fly and drive and ride these antiques, so on the second Saturday of each month, they open the hanger doors, pull out the exhibits and fire them up.
1910 Brush Runabout
and 1910 Curtiss Pusher
WAAAM has one of the largest collections of still-flying antique airplanes and still-driving antique cars in the nation. And there is much more--old motorcycles, trikes and bikes, wagons, and other artifacts contemporary with the wings and wheels.
1912 Curtiss in the 2.5 acres of indoor hanger space and outside in the neighborhood
Front axle steering, like a wagon
Trikes as cars--1961 HMV Freeway
Studebaker Wagons in Two Sizes
In the 1840s, Studebaker enabled large scale migration west on the Oregon Trail. The $450 cost on a covered wagon prevented many people from making the journey, but Studebaker devised a way to mass produce them and drop the price to $150.
1930 Fleet Model 7, one of the more than a hundred antique airplanes in the collection
1916 Overland, one of 130 antique cars in the museum.
World War II drone, used for target practice by Navy gunners
(Doreen's stepfather repaired these between flights to make the airworthy again.)
Museum planes fly on the second Saturday of each month, and at WAAAM's annual airshow.