The WACO Air Museum is an aviation museum located in
Troy, Ohio
Troy is a city in and the county seat of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The population was 26,305 at the 2020 census, making it Miami County's largest city and Ohio's 55th-largest. Troy lies along the Great Miami River about north of Da ...
focused on the history of the
Waco Aircraft Company
The Waco Aircraft Company (WACO) was an aircraft manufacturer located in Troy, Ohio, United States. Between 1920 and 1947, the company produced a wide range of civilian biplanes.
The company initially started under the name Weaver Aircraft Co ...
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History
In 1997, WACO Field opened and a historic barn was raised on the property. A second building was completed in 2009.
The museum received two airplanes, two land vehicles and other objects on loan from the
Ohio Historical Society
Ohio History Connection, formerly The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and Ohio Historical Society, is a nonprofit organization incorporated in 1885. Headquartered at the Ohio History Center in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio History Connect ...
in 2009.
A theater made from a replica
CG-4A glider was completed in 2015.
The museum broke ground on a new Learning Center in September 2017.
The museum acquired the prototype RPT in 2018.
The museum restarted work to complete the interior of the learning center in 2024.
Facilities
The museum is located on Waco Field Airport , which features a grass runway.
Collection
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Waco 4 – replica
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Waco 9
The Waco 9 is an American-built three-seat biplane design that first flew in 1925.
Development
The Waco 9 was the first of the steel-tubed fuselage aircraft designs to be built by the Advance Aircraft Company, which became the Waco Aircraft Com ...
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Waco ATO
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Waco Cootie – replica
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Waco GXE
The Waco 10/GXE/Waco O series was a range of three-seat open-cockpit biplanes built by the Waco Aircraft Company, Advance Aircraft Company, later the Waco Aircraft Company.
Design and development
The Waco 10 was a larger span development of th ...
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Waco RPT
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Waco UMF
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Waco YKS-6
The Waco S Series is a family of American cabin biplanes produced by the Waco Aircraft Company starting in 1935.
Development and designations
The Waco closed cabin biplanes, initially known as the C (for Cabin) series were all unequal span, sta ...
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Waco YMF-5C
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.wacoairmuseum.org
Aerospace museums in Ohio
Museums in Miami County, Ohio