Liberty Aviation Museum

The Liberty Aviation Museum is located in Port Clinton, Ohio, United States, adjacent to the Erie–Ottawa International Airport.^[2]

Liberty Aviation Museum

Museum entrance
Location within Ohio
Established	1991
Location	Port Clinton, Ohio, United States
Coordinates	41.5092°N 82.8646°W / 41.5092; -82.8646
Type	Aviation museum
Founder	Ed Patrick[1]
Website	libertyaviationmuseum.org

History

The Liberty Aviation Museum owns a 1928 Ford 5-AT Tri-motor, currently operating with the Experimental Aircraft Association for the Fly the Ford tour. The Tri-Motor Heritage Foundation is also based at the museum where some volunteers of the EAA Chapter 1247 are restoring an Island Airlines 1929 5-AT Ford Trimotor.^[3]

Also at the Liberty Aviation Museum, is the Tin Goose Diner. The diner is a vintage 1950s O'Mahoney diner, originally operating in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania under the name of Sunrise Diner. The Diner became a permanent addition to the Liberty Aviation Museum in 2012.^[4]

In 2015, the museum won a lawsuit against Treasure Cove Marina, arguing that they were overcharged for the restoration of their PT-boat-PT-728.^[5]

The museum announced it had received permission to build a new 12,000 sq ft (1,100 m²) hangar in July 2025.^[6]

Collection

Aircraft

• Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina 46662^[7][8][9]
• Ford 5-AT-B Trimotor 5-AT-8 "City of Port Clinton"/"City of Wichita"^[10][11]
• North American TB-25N Mitchell 44-86777 "Georgie's Gal" – It was previously known as "Martha Jean".^[10][12][13]
• Grumman TBM-3E Avenger 91436^[10][14]
• North American Harvard IV MM53844 – This aircraft was retired from the Italian Air Force in the 1970s, is painted in Royal Canadian Air Force colors, and is not owned by the museum.^[10][15]

Watercraft

• PT-728 MTB Vosper Torpedo Boat (under restoration)^[16]
• PT-724 MTB Vosper Torpedo Boat (awaiting restoration)^[17]

See also

• List of aerospace museums