1920s biplane added to state air museum
Monday, June 14, 2010
The Arkansas Air Museum at Fayetteville Municipal Airport’s Drake Field has long been a regional attraction in Northwest Arkansas, but a new addition should boost statewide interest, museum Executive Director Warren Jones said.
The last functioning Command-Aire 3C3-T Biplanedropped onto the grass at Drake Field on Wednesday because a landing on concrete would possibly damage the plane. It will make the Hugh Brewer Exhibit Hangar its home for the foreseeable future.
The plane’s statewide interest stems from the fact it is one of 300 planes built by the Arkansas Aircraft Co., which later became Command-Aire.The Little Rock-based company was the first aircraft manufacturing company in Arkansas and rose in prominence throughout the country in the 1920s.
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 7 on 06/14/2010
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