Sikorsky UH-34D Installation Client: National Museum of the Marine CorpsTriangle, VA The National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle Virginia is in the process of completing the last phase of the construction of the new museum and as part of the process there were several changes to the Leatherneck Gallery at the main entry into …
Douglas SBD Dauntless – Load Test and Install Client: National Museum of the Marine CorpsTriangle, VA Following the restoration work we performed for the NMMC ‘s Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber restoration we were contracted to suspend the airframe within the museum’s Leatherneck Gallery. Once again, we teamed up with iWeiss Theatrical Solutions and Pacific …
White Knight – SS1 Client: Flying Heritage CollectionPaine Field in Everett, WA The radically-designed high-altitude research aircraft and launch vehicle was designed by Burt Rutan and manufactured by Scaled Composites Inc. At the beginning of each of SpaceShipOne’s record-breaking flights, White Knight lifted the nearly 8,000-pound craft to a launch altitude of 8.7 miles. This …
1941 Junkers Ju-87R-2 Tropical Stuka Client: Museum of Science and IndustryChicago, IL We were contracted by Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago to lower their 1941 Junkers Ju-87R-2 Tropical Stuka from the ceiling where it is displayed as part of an assessment and cleaning project at the museum. The plane, is one of only …
Crawford Auto Aviation Collection Western Reserve Historical Society Client: Western Reserve Historical SocietyCleveland, OH We were contracted to re-install four of the aircraft that we removed the previous year in preparation for the remodel of the museum. The work included moving both the P-51 and Weddell Williams racers from the warehouse that they were stored …
Evergreen Aviation Museum Client: Evergreen Aviation MuseumMcMinnville, OR At the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, OR we performed 2 installation projects. The first project was to hang a Pitts S2-B, a Piper J-3 Cub and a Schweitzer glider. We were contracted to lower the Pitts S2B to the floor, move it across the museum and …
Crawford Auto Aviation Collection Client: Western Reserve Historical SocietyCrawford Auto Aviation CollectionCleveland, OH The Western Reserve Historical Society, Crawford Auto Aviation Collection in Cleveland, Ohio, has an incredible collection of cars and a classic collection of aircraft. In preparation for a remodeling project in the Auto Aviation area of the museum, our assignment was to disassemble …
Hang Global Hawk & Firebee As part of an ongoing reorganization of the exhibits we have been contracted to hang or rehang upward of 20 aircraft and satellites on display at the museum. We began with the Global Hawk and Firebee. Before we could hang the two unmanned surveillance aircraft we had to make room …
Cessna L-19 ‘Bird Dog’ This project was completed in two phases. The first phase was design and engineering of the rigging system that attached to the building structure and the aircraft. Included in this was to work with the building engineers: Review the steel provided for suspending the L-19 to confirm that it was sufficient …
Hang P-51 Mustang Seymour Johnson AFB Support Facility North Carolina We started with opening up and disassembling the airframe, which was located in a hangar near the base flight line, in preparation for the move to the new display facility. Wing fairings, small components and engine top cowls, horizontal and vertical stabilizers were removed. When …