Reading Regional~PA Mid Atlantic Air Museum 11th October 2022 (John Tomlinson)

An excellent and friendly museum

Again, no pre arranged tour, but all can be viewed with an interesting and helpful commentary by the volunteers

Photo’s at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlt_egcc74/albums/72177720303412976

Regards

John

Inside

N86FF Monnett Sonerai I C/n 37
Unmarked American Aerolights Eagle C/n Unknown 949AA on wing tip
N109K Grumman TBM-3S Avenger C/n 3700 Coded 53638/4


N4105G Briegleb BG-12 B-GT C/n GET 004
N49049 Ryan PT-22 Recruit C/n 1582 Coded 553 Ex Cedar Rapids~IA
Unmarked FSM of Davinci Fly Machine C/n Unknown Unmarked
N49888 Spratt 108 Controlwing C/n 1
Unmarked Curtiss-Wright Dehmel Flight Trainer C/n Unknown The world’s first electronic Flight trainer designed by Richard Drehmel and built by Curtiss-Wright from 1950
N404H Beech G.18S C/n BA-590
N4991C Taylor JT.1 Monoplane C/n JT1/89 Coded R-AF
N4322G McCulloch J-2 C/n 032 CARE C/n info board says C/n 033 Ex Private Address~PA
3 Link Trainer C/n Unknown
N5959F Beech H.18 C/n BA-721
N3430H Erco Ercoupe 415-C C/n 4055 Unmarked
N449PS Pitts S-1 Special C/n 12449 Ex Private Manassas-Regional~VA
N119EC Fairchild PT-19 Cornell C/n T40-308 Did not see the marks 151563 as it was under restoration & partially covered.
This aircraft, one of the first 270 to be produced, was delivered to the USAF on 5th November 1940.
This particular aircraft was donated to the museum in 1985 and is the oldest flying PT-19 on the FAA register

N95E Rutan Vari Eze C/n 107 Wrong museum name
N550NF Northrop P-61 B Black Widow C/n 964 Unmarked
N749AA American Aerolights Eagle/Double Eagle C/n 400164 Unmarked……Strange as not on FAA register
N9456Z North American TB-25 N Mitchell C/n 108-33214 Marked 327638/9D
N30031 US Home Built. Registered as a Plane-Mobile C/n 01 Marked NX30031
N1841 Mignet HM.162 Pou-du-Ciel C/n 1 Ex Okeechobee County~FL
N39563 Aeronca 65-TAF Defender C/n F-5664TA Ex Private York~PA
N50084 Piper L-21B 135 Super Cub C/n 18-3320 Unmarked
N24554 North American SNJ-4 Texan C/n 88-12281 Coded 27753/43
Unmarked Dormoy Bathtub Racer Replica C/n Unknown Coded 14
N2AH Pitts S-1 Special C/n 12449 Ex Private Manassas-Regional~VA
N15J Bushby-Long Midget Mustang M-IV C/n 55-1 Private Should be under museum ownership

Outside
N557JC de Havilland DH-104 Dove 5BA C/n 04380


N234 Cameron Iron Works Camair 480B C/n 1-070 Ex Private New Hudson~MI
N91528 North American Navion C/n NAV-4-124 Ex Private Morristown Municipal~NJ
N175ML Fairchild C-119 F Boxcar C/n 10844 Unmarked
N229GB Douglas DC-3 R4D-6S C/n 15429/26874 Marked 50819
N46922 Sikorsky UH-34J Seabat C/n 58-1069 Marked 145712/5Z
N117GA Boeing C-97 G Stratofreighter C/n 16749 Marked 559595 Ex Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation New York-Floyd Bennett Field~NY


46-0666 Republic F-84 B Thunderjet C/n 46-0666 Coded FS-666
N45309 Lockheed SP-2H Neptune C/n 726-7180 Marked 145915/PL9
N7471 Vickers Viscount 798D C/n 233 Capitol Airlines colours
N4367M Piasecki CH-21 B Work Horse C/n B.117 Unmarked
N450A Martin 4-0-4 C/n 14141 Eastern Air Lines colours
N1394 Sikorsky HH-52 A Seaguard C/n 62075 Marked 1394
N5855V Custer Channel Wing CCW-5 C/n 1 Unmarked

Compound 1. Next to museum
N1740 Reid RFS-1 Flying Submarine Unmarked
Advised that Ercoupe parts were used

Compound 2. Between offices & hangar
N3707C Stinson L-5E C/n 76-3858 Preserved
N3709C Stinson L-5E C/n 76-4302 Preserved