Former name | Staggerwing Museum |
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Established | October 1973 |
Location | Tullahoma, Tennessee |
Coordinates | 35°22′20″N 86°14′40″W / 35.372180°N 86.244569°W |
Type | Aviation museum |
Founder |
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President | Charles Parish |
Curator | Kirby Totty |
Website | beechcrafthm |
The Beechcraft Heritage Museum is an aviation museum at the Tullahoma Regional Airport in Tullahoma, Tennessee. It is focused on the history of the Beech Aircraft Corporation.
The museum was founded by Carolyn and Richard Perry, Louise Thaden, W. C. Yarbrough, and John Parrish in October 1973 as the Staggerwing Museum Foundation.[1][2][3] The museum opened to the public in June 1975.[4] It became the Beechcraft Heritage Museum in 2007.[5]
The museum holds an annual fly-in called the "Beech Party".[6]