{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox museum |name = Liberty Aviation Museum |image = File:Liberty Aviation Museum.jpg |image_size = |caption = Museum entrance |map_type = Ohio |map_caption = |coordinates = {{coord|41.5092|-82.8646|type:landmark|display=inline}} |established = 1991 |dissolved = |location = [[Port Clinton, Ohio]], United States |type = [[Aviation museum]] |visitors = |founder = Ed Patrick<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pfanner |first1=Patrick |title=Museum founder files complaint with OC court |url=http://www.sanduskyregister.com/story/201610240058 |accessdate=10 December 2018 |work=Sandusky Register |date=31 October 2016}}</ref> |director = |curator = |public_transit = |website = {{URL|libertyaviationmuseum.org}} }}
The '''Liberty Aviation Museum''' is located near [[Port Clinton, Ohio]], United States, adjacent to the [[Erie–Ottawa International Airport]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Peninsula News|title=Santa arrives via airplane|date=23 December 2014|author=Kathy Nagpotte}}</ref>
==History== The Liberty Aviation Museum owns a 1928 Ford 5-AT Tri-motor, currently operating with the [[Experimental Aircraft Association]] for the Fly the Ford tour. The Tri-Motor Heritage Foundation is also based at the museum where some volunteers of the EAA Chapter 1247 are restoring an Island Airlines 1929 5-AT Ford Trimotor.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Sport Aviation|date=January 2015|page=76}}</ref>
The museum opened on 20 July 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Proffitt |first1=James |title=More Than 300 Attend Ribbon-Cutting at Liberty Aviation Museum |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/294057560 |access-date=27 May 2026 |work=News Herald |date=21 July 2012 |pages=1A–2A}}</ref>
Also at the Liberty Aviation Museum, is the Tin Goose Diner. The diner is a vintage 1950s [[Jerry O'Mahony Diner Company|O'Mahoney diner]], originally operating in [[Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania]] under the name of Sunrise Diner. The Diner became a permanent addition to the Liberty Aviation Museum in 2012.<ref name="museumdiner">{{cite web|title=Museum & Diner|url=http://www.libertyaviationmuseum.org/collection/index.html|website=Liberty Aviation Museum|accessdate=5 September 2017}}</ref>
In 2015, the museum won a lawsuit against Treasure Cove Marina, arguing that they were overcharged for the restoration of their [[PT boat|PT-boat]]-PT-728.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pfanner |first1=Patrick |title=Port Clinton business ordered to pay $45k |url=http://www.sanduskyregister.com/story/201512220056 |accessdate=10 December 2018 |work=Sandusky Register |date=23 December 2015}}</ref>
The museum announced it had received permission to build a new {{convert|12,000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} hangar in July 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jackson |first1=Tom |title=Construction will start soon for new museum hangar |url=http://www.sanduskyregister.com/news/603968/construction-will-start-soon-for-new-museum-hangar |access-date=16 July 2025 |work=Sandusky Register |date=11 July 2025}}</ref>
==Collection==
===Aircraft=== * [[Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina]] ''46662''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Caldwell |first1=Erin |title=Rare aircraft joins museum's collection |url=http://sanduskyregister.com/news/378174/rare-aircraft-joins-museums-collection |access-date=2 April 2022 |work=Sandusky Register |date=30 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=FAA REGISTRY [N4NC] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N4NC |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina, s/n 46662 USN, c/n 2026, c/r N4NC |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=118011 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref> * [[Ford 5-AT-B Trimotor]] ''5-AT-8'' ''"City of Port Clinton"/"City of Wichita"''<ref name="aircraft">{{cite web|title=Aircraft|url=http://www.libertyaviationmuseum.org/collection/aircraft.html|website=Liberty Aviation Museum|accessdate=5 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FAA REGISTRY [N9645]|url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N9645|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|accessdate=5 September 2017}}</ref> * [[North American TB-25N Mitchell]] ''44-86777'' ''"Georgie's Gal"'' – It was previously known as "Martha Jean".<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier - North American TB-25N Mitchell, s/n 44-86777 USAAF, c/n 108-37571, c/r N345BG|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=23888|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|accessdate=5 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FAA REGISTRY [N345BG]|url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N345BG|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|accessdate=5 September 2017}}</ref> * [[Grumman TBF Avenger|Grumman TBM-3E Avenger]] ''91436''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web|title=FAA REGISTRY [N436GM]|url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N436GM|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|accessdate=5 September 2017}}</ref> * [[North American T-6 Texan|North American Harvard IV]] ''MM53844'' – This aircraft was retired from the [[Italian Air Force]] in the 1970s, is painted in [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] colors, and is not owned by the museum.<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier - North American-Canadian Car and Foundry T-6J Texan, s/n MM53844 AMI, c/n CCF-4-407, c/r N587CB|url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=28642|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|accessdate=5 September 2017}}</ref>
===Watercraft=== * PT-728 MTB Vosper Torpedo Boat (under restoration)<ref name="watercraft">{{cite web|title=Watercraft|url=http://www.libertyaviationmuseum.org/collection/watercraft.html|website=Liberty Aviation Museum|accessdate=5 September 2017}}</ref> * PT-724 MTB Vosper Torpedo Boat (awaiting restoration)<ref>[http://www.navsource.net/archives/12/05724.htm PT-724, ''NavSource'']</ref>
==See also== *[[List of aerospace museums]] {{commons category|Aircraft at the Liberty Aviation Museum}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCQgYY-c_74 YouTube video of museum] * [https://www.ohiomagazine.com/travel/article/winged-victory Winged Victory – Ohio Magazine]
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