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Iowa Aviation Heritage Museum

Iowa Aviation Heritage Museum
Iowa Aviation and Military Heritage WWI and more. WWII Aircraft Iowa history during WWII and RC Controlled aircraft from the Aviation Expo based out of Ida Grove and Ankeny.

Museum with historical Artifacts and aircraft.

Mission: Preservation of History and Aircraft and Artifacts from Pre-WWI and to currrent day.

06/19/2019

Midwest Simulations

Guess what it is?

Something really big in the works. Stay tuned!

06/17/2019

Central Iowa Airshow | Draft

New Central Iowa Airshow Promotional Video!!!! This will be an Airshow like you have never seen before!!!!

06/08/2019

Red Bull Motorsports

This is one of the Airshow Acts coming to the Central Iowa Airshow August 23-25 at the Ankeny Regional Airport!!!😎😎😎

We're pretty sure you've never seen this before 🤯

06/07/2019

The Sullivan Brothers

The five Sullivan brothers (Albert, Francis, George, Joseph, and Madison) served together as shipmates aboard the cruiser USS Juneau after requesting special...

05/26/2019

Corvette Club of Iowa Ankeny Regional Airport Autocross!!! Memorial Day Weekend!!! Still running Sunday and Monday!!! Come on out and see all the fun!!!😎😎😎

05/08/2019

Cowl pretty well done! Oil door installed!!!😁😁😁😎😎😎

04/25/2019

Looking for Sponsors for Airshow Acts for the Central Iowa Airshow! This Airshow is going to be one of the best Airshows in the nation! August 23rd Night Show includes Aircraft shooting off Fireworks while flying! 3 live Bands! Friday Night STEAK Fry by the Lions Club and Iowa Military Aviation Heritage Museum! August 24th & 25th Flight Breakfast 7 to 11 am. Morning and afternoon Remote Control Aircraft including Mini Jets. @ 200 mph and down at the old Aviation Expo Grounds Military and other RC Aircraft Flying! Afternoon Full Scale Airshows with 7 of the Top 10 Acts in the Nation! See The Central Iowa Airshow posts on Facebook and website!

04/17/2019

Central Iowa Airshow

04/17/2019

Central Iowa Airshow

04/17/2019

Central Iowa Airshow

04/17/2019

Central Iowa Airshow

04/17/2019

Central Iowa Airshow

04/17/2019

Central Iowa Airshow

04/17/2019

Central Iowa Airshow

04/17/2019

Fly Ottumwa

Join us at the Central Iowa Airshow this year!

When: Aug 23rd thru 25th, 2019
Where: Ankeny Regional Airport

04/17/2019

Central Iowa Airshow

Friday night concert at the Airshow are Awesome!!!

We have one of these at the museum!!! Would like to get it running!!!😁😁😁😎😎😎

04/01/2019

B-29 APU Engine Roars To Life For First Time In 30 Years – Hold On For This One!

We have one of these at the museum!!! Would like to get it running!!!😁😁😁😎😎😎

Rev It Up! The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was one of the biggest planes used during World War II. With a full payload, it weighed a little over 66 tons, so it took some considerable hauling power to keep this massive bomber airborne. One of the factors that helped keep the B-29 was its auxiliary powe

03/02/2019

Mickey laying down on the job again!!! Wood getting nailed today!!!😎😎😎😁😁😁

02/25/2019

Cowling work on the Fisher Younster is coming along!!!😁😁😁😎😎😎

02/20/2019

Completing a little more work on the Fisher Youngster cowling!!! Starting to look pretty good!!!😁😁😁😎😎😎

02/19/2019

A couple of much needed welds to straighten out the wing fit problem on the 1946 Chief project!!!😁😁😁

02/19/2019

B25 says It's cold out side!!!😨😨😨

12/14/2018

The History Pictures

James Doohan was shot six times, lost his middle finger in combat, and once flew a plane between two telephone poles just to prove that he could.

12/05/2018

Little more work on the Fisher Youngster cowling!!!😁😁😁

12/02/2018

Civil Air Patrol

#TBT Aircrews from Coastal Patrol Base No. 21, Beaufort, NC located survivors of the Panamanian motor tanker Panam, torpedoed by U-129 on the morning of 4 May 1943. CAP aircrews spotted the tanker's survivors, and relayed this information to the U.S. Navy. Seen here in this photo, the CAP coastal patrol members in their Stinson Voyager 10A circle above as the subchaser USS SC-664 picks up the survivors. A Navy ZP-14 blimp photographed the rescue. Photo courtesy of the National Archives. Info provided by Col Frank Blazich, Jr. CAP Chief Historian #civilairpatrol

12/02/2018

Civil Air Patrol

12/02/2018

Working on the mock up for the cowling on the Fisher Youngster!!!😁😁😁😎😎😎

11/25/2018

Had another Biplane Donated to the Iowa Aviation Heritage Museum!!! Kelly D built in the 1980's.

11/18/2018

New nose cowling bug for our Fisher Youngster Biplane project!!!

10/26/2018

CAF Red Tail Squadron

Happy birthday to the North American P-51 Mustang, which made its first flight on this day in 1940!

📷 Greg Moorehead

09/24/2018

Photo Shoot!!!😁😁😁😎😎😎

09/23/2018

We had a great day at the Iowa Aviation Heritage Museum with photographers and Pin Up Girls!!!

08/20/2018

Corvette Autocross at the Ankeny Regional Airport!!! Being fed by the Iowa Aviation Heritage Museum!!!

08/14/2018

We have been operating since 1999!!!! We have a lot of very cool things to see!!! We are struggling financially but have always been in the Black!!!! We owe nothing but rent on our building + Utilities. Our problem is our out go is less then our income! We would like everyone to help us by donating a little! We are s 501(c) 3 Non Profit all donation all Volunteer Organization!!! All donations are Tax Deductible!!!! Thank you for your interest!!!

07/15/2018

Vintage Flying Club

Our beloved Stinson L5 getting new axles for its new wheels with disc brakes!!!😁😁😁😁

07/15/2018

We thought we were ready for the Ankeny Fest Grand Parade but our Club Cadet let us down after 200 feet we broke down!!!

07/03/2018

EAA Aviation Museum

On this day in 1943, 1st Lieutenant Charles B Hall became the first of the Tuskegee Airmen to officially shoot down an enemy aircraft.

07/01/2018

Museum has been busy working on pull behinds for the F16 that was donated by the Iowa Air Guard!!!!

07/01/2018

Mickey has been busy!!!!

06/03/2018

1942 Sperry Searchlight with Generator donated to the Museum today!!!😁😁😁😁

06/14/2017

monthly general meeting june 19th 7:00 pm. everyone welcome

01/01/2017

Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.

Eddie Rickenbacker

Address

3704 SE Convenience Blvd
Ankeny, IA
50021

General information

Museum is based at the Ankeny Regional Airport in Ankeny, Iowa.

Opening Hours

Tuesday	09:00 - 17:00
Saturday	09:00 - 16:00

Telephone

(515) 964-4515

Website

http://www.cityseekr.com/ankeny/tourist-attractions-sightseeing/poi-iowa-aviation-heritage-museum-906285.html

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Videos

Drone Pilots...Modern Warfare

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