Aviation Museum Blueprints, Concept Art, and Renderings

Noha307 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:06 pm

The New England Air Museum recently unveiled a new Tuskegee Airmen exhibit:

New England Air Museum

Rendering

phil65 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:30 pm

Nice, I am planning on being at NEAM on Aug 20th for your local EAA meeting.

Thanks for the info..
Phil

Noha307 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 07, 2023 7:42 pm

The Palm Springs Air Museum intends to build a "new 2,500 square foot multi-purpose classroom" called the Ronald M. Auen Learning Center:

Palm Springs Air Museum

(Source: Palm Springs Air Museum)

Exterior 3

(Source: Palm Springs Life)

(Source: Facebook)

EDIT (23-10-09): Added 4 additional renderings.

Noha307 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 15, 2023 4:54 pm

The Grissom Air Museum is fundraising to build the Captain Rocky Cervantes Memorial Hustler Hangar (aka the "Hustler Hut") to enclose their B-58:[1]

Grissom Air Museum

Interior

(Source: Kokomo Tribune)

Noha307 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 13, 2023 12:30 am

The Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum was mentioned in two previous posts (1, 2), but they have recently released a whole slew of new renderings:

Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum (Cont.)

(Source: Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum)

[Multiple Exterior Views] (Document)

(Source: Issuu)

The Southern Museum of Flight, also mentioned in a previous post, also provided a few renderings to a local news station for use in a report:

Southern Museum of Flight (Cont.)

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Noha307 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 09, 2023 3:28 pm

Although it is not exactly an aviation museum, the Evansville Wartime Museum has a significant aviation component. Back when it was still called the Freedom Heritage Museum, plans for the eventual facility looked a little bit different. A few renderings are still available on an archived version of their website:

Freedom Heritage Museum

(Source: Freedom Heritage Museum)

Noha307 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 09, 2023 3:50 pm

The Hangar Flight Museum, previously the Aero Space Museum of Calgary, has plans for a 60,000-square-foot expansion to replace their "Tent Hangar" which is not climate controlled and was damaged twice in storms in the past couple years:

Hangar Flight Museum

Exterior

(Source: The Hangar Flight Museum)

(Source: Calgary Herald)

Noha307 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2023 4:38 pm

The Hill Aerospace Museum is nearing completion of its 80,000 square foot L. S. Skaggs Gallery, which will house the aircraft in its outdoor air park:

Hill Aerospace Museum

(Source: Facebook)

Noha307 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2023 4:44 pm

A 2014 rendering of the National Air and Space Museum:

National Air and Space Museum

Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall

(Source: AZCentral)

Noha307 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:47 pm

The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force is in the middle of a capital campaign called "Maximum Effort" that is intended to, in part, support the expansion of the museum. The expansion will include an expanded gallery space and improved collections storage facility. (Hooray!) Interestingly, the renderings - and even the text of the pamphlet itself - suggest that the museum will be receiving a B-24. (It doesn't say where this airframe will come from, but if I had to guess/suggest one it would be 44-48781 at the Barksdale Global Power Museum.)

Unfortunately, aside from a single still from a news report, there do not appear to be any images to which to directly link. However, this single image, which is from 2022, is still very interesting as it suggests the museum was (and maybe still is) planning on a larger expansion. While the brochure only shows a reconfigured existing gallery in a proposed floorplan on page 7, the 2022 image shows more space being constructed to the south (left when facing the entrance from the parking lot) of the existing building. (It is worth noting that the filename of the PDF is "Updated_2023_capital_campaign_collateral" as if it has been changed.) A later elevation rendering on page 14 does seem to support the idea that this addition is still in the works as it depicts an expanded façade:

National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force

Video

(Source: Vimeo)

Pamphlet (PDF)

(Source: Adobe)

Floorplan

(Source: WSAV.com)

Noha307 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 14, 2023 6:09 pm

The James Rogers McConnell Air Museum at Gilliam-McConnell Airfield in Carthage, North Carolina opened to the public in a new hangar on September 23rd:[1]

James Rogers McConnell Air Museum

(Source: James Rogers McConnell Air Museum)

Noha307 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 26, 2023 4:07 pm

The Kelch Aviation Museum, which was mentioned in a previous post, announced plans for their Phase III expansion, the Dick and Bobbie Wagner Atrium, on 24 January 2022:

Kelch Aviation Museum

(Source: Kelch Aviation Museum)

Noha307 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 29, 2023 1:11 am

The Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum acquired the 33,000 square foot former Rooms To Go furniture store from the City of Gulfport, Mississippi in September 2016 and has been hard at work renovating it ever since. In 2021, they posted a December 2017 rendering by the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio of the College of Architecture, Art and Design at Mississippi State University showing what it could look like:

Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum

Exterior

(Source: Facebook)

However, before they ever got that far, there were plans for a two floor, 52,000 square foot "John C. Robinson Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum" at the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport. Some of these plans are still available on an archived version of their website:

John C. Robinson Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum

(Source: Brown Condor Association)

The Deutsches Technikmuseum in Berlin (not to be confused with the Deutsches Museum in Munich mentioned in a previous post) worked with Gerkan, Marg and Partners to develop a plan to turn Hangar 6 at the former Templehof Airport into an 8,000 square meter exhibition hall:

Deutsches Technikmuseum

(Source: Flughafen Tempelhof)

The American Museum of Aviation, project of Hollywood aircraft mockup supplier Doug Scroggins, posted a few simple drawings of a proposed 45,000 square foot museum, 70,000 square foot restoration maintenance hangar and site on Facebook back in 2015. The museum building would include a Bowling Sports Museum complete with bowling alley, a Classic Route 66 Hot Rod Museum and a Tumble Weed snack bar:

American Museum of Aviation

(Source: Facebook)

The Yankee Air Museum was mentioned in a previous post, but, like the Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum, they had plans for a new hangar before they acquired a portion of the former Willow Run plant:

Yankee Air Museum

New Hangar

(Source: Yankee Air Museum)

EDIT (24-03-03): Another plan for Tempelhof would see the Boeing 737-230C Landshut, which was the subject of the Lufthansa Flight 181 hijacking and was rescued from in Brazil, placed in one of the bays at the terminal:

Museum of the German Autumn

Rendering

(Source: Welt)

Noha307 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:00 pm

The Commemorative Air Force's Airbase Georgia has plans for an annex to exhibit their non-aircraft collection:

Airbase Georgia

Exterior Rendering

(Source: Airbase Georgia)

Aviation Cadet World, the personal project of Errol Severe, once had plans for a whole facility:

Aviation Cadet World

Silver Wings Field

(Source: Aviation Cadet World)

The Aviation Welcome Center & Education Facility, now the Aviation Heritage Center of Wisconsin, was built at Sheboygan County Memorial Airport:

Aviation Welcome Center & Education Facility

North Elevation (with Text)

(Source: Sheboygan County Aviation Corporation)

(Source: Sheboygan County Aviation Corporation)

The 32,000 square foot B-29 Doc Hangar, Education and Visitors Center was opened in January 2019:

B-29 Doc Hangar, Education and Visitors Center

Plaza

(Source: Doc's Friends)

Hangar Floorplan

(Source: Doc's Friends)

The Chennault Aviation and Military Museum is building an aviation park and pavilion. It will be at least partially funded by the sale of plaques mounted on brick fenceposts surrounding the area:

Chennault Aviation and Military Museum

Aviation Park and Pavilion Overview

(Source: Chennault Aviation and Military Museum)

(Source: Chennault Aviation and Military Museum)

The McAllister Museum of Aviation completed a new hangar in 2017:

McAllister Museum of Aviation

Artist Rendition of Hangar

(Source: McAllister Museum of Aviation)

The Museum of Aviation included a few renderings of exhibits in old blog posts:

Museum of Aviation (Cont.)

Firetruck Rendering

(Source: Museum of Aviation)

Tuskegee Exhibit Phase 1

(Source: Museum of Aviation)

Hangar One Rendering

(Source: Museum of Aviation)

An apparently abortive project called "Wings Over Salina" generated some renderings of a potential museum:

Wings Over Salina

(Source: JGR Architects)

(Source: Exline Design & Architecture)

The Mid America Museum of Aviation & Transportation showed plans for new Flight 232 exhibit in 2014:

Mid America Museum of Aviation & Transportation

(Source: Facebook)

Previously, before the museum was still in the planning stages, it published a number of depictions in the local newspaper. Notable is the repeated inclusion of the former base chapel and the museum's name changes:

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File comment: Maurice Topf, chairman of the Siouxland Aviation Historical Association, points out one of the features of the museum plans. (Staff photo by Mark Fageol)

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(Source: Newspapers.com)

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File comment: Above is an artist's drawing of the proposed Mid America Transportation & Aviation Museum.

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(Source: Newspapers.com)

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File comment: This drawing depicts what the new Warner Museum of Aviation & Transporation will look like when the four phases are completed. The complex will include from left, a storage building, a "Cover-All Fabric Building" indoor aircraft exhibit structure, the 40,000-square foot museum building and a relocated Air Force Chapel. (Drawing by Corey A Vondrak, graphic designer)

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(Source: Newspapers.com)

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File comment: Above is a submitted illustration of the new Warner Museum of Aviation and Transportation.

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(Source: Newspapers.com)

EDIT (24-04-12): Add 5 additional renderings, 2 floor plans and an image to Wings Over Salina.

The museum seems be an outgrowth of both the Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus of Kansas State University and the National Aerobatic Championships, which has also been called "Wings Over Salina", if the title of an article is any indication. According to an article, the "Wings Over Salina Aviation Experience" was to have been 27,000 square feet and, based on a video, would have been located at the end of Beechcraft Road, at the southern end of the college campus and just west of the five "nose docks" left over from Schilling Air Force Base.

Noha307 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:41 am

The Air Victory Museum had some very grand plans for a 400,000 sq ft museum that didn't pan out due to the death of the founder, Steve Snyder, while flying his F-86 in 1999:

Air Victory Museum

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File comment: An architectural drawing of the aviation museum that will be built adjacent to the South Jersey Regional Airport, in Lumberton.

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(Source: Newspapers.com)

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File comment: Snyder shows off a model of the museum, whose main part is under construction at the South Jersey Regional Airport in Medford.

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(Source: Newspapers.com)

The Commemorative Air Force showcased a proposed rendering and a site plan for their headquarters in Midland in one of their history videos:

Confederate Air Force Headquarters (Midland)

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File comment: "That was a second layout that was planned. That building 16 down there on the far left that's the building that we had at Midland for the museum. The rest of that was all built on there. "

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