Museum Begins To Move Historic Airplane Collection To Central Oregon

Madras, OR — The Tillamook Air Museum is in the process of moving roughly 25 World War II-era planes to the site of a yet-to-be completed museum at the Madras airport. 

 

The collection belongs to aviation entrepreneur, Jack Erickson who announced last year plans to move the planes to Madras.

 

They’ll be housed in a nearly 70,000 square foot hangar near the headquarters of Erickson Aero Tanker, a company that converts commercial airliners into planes that can be used to fight wildfires.  

 

One planes already in Madras is “Chuckie” – the museum’s B-17 Flying Fortress.

 

But museum manager Mike Oliver says the aircraft will soon be renamed – “The Madras Maiden”. 

 

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