Hoosier Air Museum

The Hoosier Air Museum was an aviation museum located at the DeKalb County Airport in Auburn, Indiana.

Background
The Hoosier Warbirds were founded by a group of aviation enthusiasts who met in October 1991 following the publication of a classified advertisement in a local newspaper.

Establishment
The group raised money to build a hangar, which opened in October 2000. It acquired a Cadillac Fleetwood and an AH-1 in 2002.

The museum acquired two airplanes, four engines and an exhibit about the 434th Fighter Squadron from the Wings of Freedom Museum in Huntington, Indiana in 2006.

Closure
Due to a lack of volunteers and difficulty accessing the site, the museum closed on 3 December 2019. Most of its exhibits were donated to Kruse Plaza, which opened the Hoosier Air Experience. However, the museum's WR-3 was donated to the National Air and Space Museum in 2020.

Facilities
The museum was composed of a 10,000 sqft hangar and a 6,375 sqft event hall. The latter included a library.

Exhibits
The museum included exhibits about the Tuskegee Airmen, the Women Airforce Service Pilots, the Flying Tigers the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, memorabilia belonging to Robin Olds and a control tower cab.

Collection

 * Bell AH-1F Cobra
 * Brunner-Winkle Speedbird
 * Cessna T-50
 * Fokker D.VII – replica
 * Loving-Wayne WR-3
 * Model RHC1 Helicopter
 * Nieuport XI – 7/10 scale replica
 * Nieuport XXIV – 3/4 scale replica
 * Piper J3C Cub
 * Pitts S-1 Special
 * Pratt-Read LNE-1
 * Stewart S-51D Mustang
 * Vultee V-77