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Tillamook Air Museum Seeks Volunteers, Matching Funds Ahead of Reopening

Work party set for October 9 as $50,000 matching challenge aims to help restore historic Hangar B.

Meg Godlewski
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Edited By: Travis Tingle
Tillamook Air Museum [Credit: Tillamook Air Museum]
Tillamook Air Museum [Credit: Tillamook Air Museum]
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Key Takeaways:

  • The Tillamook Air Museum, closed since December due to severe windstorm damage to Hangar B's roof, is seeking volunteers for a work party on Friday, October 9, to help prepare the facility for reopening.
  • The museum, recently sold to the Vintage Aviation Museum, is undertaking extensive roof repairs estimated between $2.5 million and $5 million.
  • Volunteers are needed to clean aircraft, exhibits, remove tarps, reposition items, and inventory gift shop merchandise.
  • To support the significant repair costs, the Friends of Tillamook Air Museum has initiated a $50,000 matching donation challenge.
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The Tillamook Air Museum in Oregon is looking for volunteers to join a work party on Friday, October 9, to help prepare the facility located in Hangar B for reopening.

The museum has been closed since December after a powerful windstorm tore a 200-foot-by-30-foot hole in the roof of the 83-year-old Hangar B at Tillamook Municipal Airport (KTMK) approximately 75 miles southwest of Portland. The hangar is 1,072 feet long, 192 feet tall, and 296 feet wide.

Meg Godlewski

Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.

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