The Hagerstown Aviation Museum, Inc.
A Brief Chronology

                     Aviation Heritage”, indicating strong public interest

Jan., 2005 – The Hagerstown Aviation Museum is organized

May, 2005 - The Hagerstown Aviation Museum is incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit                   

                      corporation  in the state of Maryland

July, 2005 - The museum opens its public exhibit which tells the story of  Hagerstown’s    

                     seventy-year history of aircraft design and manufacture

                     Maryland Public Television airs the documentary, “Hagerstown,

                     Remembering Our Aviation Heritage”

                     The museum participates in the Hagerstown Fly-In and Fairchild Aircraft

                     Family Reunion

Aug., 2005 - Four generations of the Stonebraker family gather at the museum to honor 

                      their  ancestor, Hagerstown native aviation pioneer Wm. Paul Stonebraker

Oct., 2005 – The museum builds and enters a float depicting Hagerstown’s aviation

                     history in the Alsatia Halloween Mummers Parade

Nov., 2005 – A unique Hagerstown built 1939 Fairchild F-24/UC-61 aircraft is

                      discovered in Georgia and plans are made for its recovery

Dec., 2005 – The rescue of the Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company’s original                  

                      “Little Green Shed” factory building begins

Jan., 2006 – A former Fairchild employee donates funds for the purchase of the Fairchild

                    F-24/UC-61C and it is returned  to Hagerstown for restoration

Mar., 2006 – The Kreider-Reisner “Little Green Shed” is dismantled, moved and safely

                      stored in Fairchild’s Plant 1 building

Apr., 2006 - The first issue of the museum’s magazine, The New Pegasus, is published

                      and widely distributed

May, 2006 – The museum is given a Gulfstream II on permanent loan and future

                      donation

June, 2006 – The museum website, www.HagerstownAviationMuseum, is initiated

                     A comprehensive Strategic Plan and an Organizational Guide are completed

                     for the museum

July, 2006 – The last flyable Fairchild C-82 Packet/Flying Boxcar is available for 

                     purchase from Hawkins and Powers in Wyoming and fundraising begins

                    All the aircraft at Hawkins and Powers will now be auctioned off in

                     August, and the museum begins an intense five week fundraising effort

Aug.23, 2006   By the auction date, 100 donors contribute $140,000, all of which is needed

                     for the museum’s successful bid to aquire the C-82 for Hagerstown

                     A flight simulator and additional media are acquired by a grant from the

                     Wash. Co. Gaming Comm. and placed in the museum’s exhibit area

Sept., 2006 – B&G Industries in Wyoming spend six busy weeks repairing and

                      refurbishing the C-82 for its flight to Hagerstown in October

Oct., 2006 – The museum participates in the Hagerstown Fly-In and Fairchild Aircraft

                     Family Reunion   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                     The C-82 completes its journey home when it lands at the Hagerstown

                     Regional Airport on Oct.15

                     The museum office is established at 14235 Oak Springs Rd., Hagerstown, in

                     space donated by Hagerstown Aircraft Services President Tracey Potter

Nov., 2006 – A C-82 open house held on Veterans’ Day is attended by several hundred 

                      people

                     The Fall, 2006, issue of the museum’s magazine, The New Pegasus, is

                      printed and distributed

Dec., 2006 – Bob Stanford, Pres. of Zenith Aviation, Fredericksburg, Va., purchases,

                      then donates, a Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar to the museum

                     Stan Crippen, a resident of Fort Pierce, Florida, donates his restored PT-19

                     Fairchild primary trainer to the museum

Jan., 2007 – A child-friendly, hands-on Cessna 150 airplane is refurbished by

                    Hagerstown Aircraft Services and placed in the museum’s exhibit area

                    A number of restored aircraft engines donated by Bob Stanford and historic

                    electronic equipment are added to the exhibits

Feb., 2007 – Genevieve Booth of Whitehall, Montana, donates her late husband’s

                     North American T-6 Texan advanced trainer to the museum

Mar., 2007 – Museum hosts thank-you reception for donors to the C-82 fundraising effort

June, 2007 _ Museum participates in an open house at the Rider Jet Center

Aug., 2007 – Museum hosts a bus tour to National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy

                      Center

                      Ward Wilkins donates his restored PT-19 trainer to the museum and flies it

                       from his home in Indiana to Hagerstown

Oct., 2007 – The museum participates in the Hagerstown Fly-In and Fairchild Aircraft

                     Family Reunion

                     The museum hosts a 1940’s Hangar Dance in conjunction with the annual

                     Fly-In

Nov., 2007 – The “Flying Horse Charity Auction” is held with proceeds to benefit the

                      museum