Museum of Flight (Georgia)

Not to be confused with Museum of Flight.

The Museum of Flight is an aviation museum located at the Paulding County Airport in Dallas, Georgia.

Museum of Flight

Location within Georgia
Former name	Hixon Museum of Flight
Established	25 May 2010 (2010-05-25)
Location	Dallas, Georgia
Coordinates	33.9162°N 84.9423°W / 33.9162; -84.9423
Type	Aviation museum
Founder	Peter Eric "Wheeler" O'Hare[1]
Website	www.mofts.org

History

The Hixson Museum of Flight opened at the Dallas Bay Skypark in Hixson, Tennessee on 25 May 2010.^[2][3] After outgrowing its facility, it moved to the Richard B. Russell Regional Airport in Rome, Georgia where it reopened on 26 March 2016.^[4][5] After signing a two-year lease for its existing hangar, the museum opened an outdoor display at the Paulding County Airport in Dallas, Georgia in 2020.^[6] The following year, it announced fundraising had resumed for the construction of a 12,000 sq ft (1,100 m²) hangar at the airport.^[7]

Collection

Aircraft

Douglas BTD Destroyer

• Beechcraft C-45H Expeditor^[8]
• Beechcraft T-34C Turbo-Mentor^[9]
• Douglas BTD-1 Destroyer^[10]
• Grumman F-14 Tomcat^[11]
• North American T-28A Trojan^[12]
• North American T-28B Trojan^[13]

Ground vehicles

• 1978 Chevrolet Corvette^[14]
• M35^[15]
• M38A1^[16]
• M274^[17]
• Pettibone Mercury A-55 GT^[18]