F-16 Crosses the Road

This is a picture of F-16A 80-0513 that was pulled across the road from 309 AMARG in Tucson, AZ to PIMA Air Museum. It is the F-16 that will be transported to MAPS Air Museum and added to our inventory. The target date of the pickup is the first week of March 2015. We have been looking […]

Friends of Super Sabre now part of MAPS

FSS is an organization created by the vision of Bob Dunham with the mission to “Preserve the Legacy of the F-100.” Bob passed away last Spring and Ken Ramsay has worked with FSS to transfer A full tractor trailer load of material from Texas to Ohio. The items transferred included; J-57 in canister, Tow Target […]

MAPS Receives Community Award

MAPS Air Museum has received the 2014 Community Award from the Green Chamber of Commerce. Green is growing and So is MAPS Air Museum. With record numbers of visitors each year, the museum not only provides a social venue for volunteer veterans but also shares the history and significant role of aviation in the development […]

T-28 Gets Her Wings

October 1, 2014 was a very proud day for the crew of the T-28. They have been working for the past year to prepare the aircraft for reassembly. Today they began the process by placing the fuselage on her wings. This aircraft will be beautiful once completed. Congratulations and great job.  

F9F Cougar runs in the Timken HOF Grand Parade

Thank you goes out to The Pro-Football HOF Committee for inviting MAPS to this year’s parade. A special thanks to the Jackson Police, North Canton Police and all of the MAPS Members who helped transport the airplane to the parade. Several MAPS Members walked in the parade along with Dr. Richard Maioriello’s family. Doc is […]

P-51 Mounted on Massillon Road

We mounted Jean Ann II on her pole on Saturday April 12 at 1:00pm. It took about 45 min to complete the activity. The crew still has to add the canopy, the air scoop panels, do some touch-up, and paint the pole before she is finished.  Bob Withee was able to watch the entire process. Congratulations […]

Projects Being Worked On

MAPS Projects Currently Being Worked On A7E Corsair II – Addition of the Wind Tunnel as an education tool. PTO Construction – Power Unit for the Wind Tunnel Main Hangar Renovation – Demolition of the second story. Thanks to Rick Willaman for creating these historical records

F9F-8P Cougar Restoration

If you haven’t been to MAPS in awhile, you haven’t seen the work done of the Cougar. Matt Olsterdorf has done a wonderful job of restoring this aircraft. Thanks Matt, great job. Go to Matt’s Website for More Information

MAPS Veteran Pilots Talk About WWII

Click the following link to read his article:  WWII vets among ‘greatest generation’ Click the following link to see the: Video of Ralph Lynn – B-24 Pilot Click the following link to see the :Video of Bob Withee – P-51 Pilot