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41 POTTSVILLE (PA.) REPUBLICAN EVENING HERALD SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JUNE 29-30, 2002 Spotlight onORWIGSBURG Father son's interest "(rltrTTin' CfNTKC souahs nets meseum my A i i 6th annual aeroplane show planned for July BY MARCUS SCHNECK Photos, flying gear and had grown to i t-, seven planes, three in flying condition and four under way. It has since grown to 14, half of which are Northern Berks JOLENE BOTTORSpecial Photo Remember when This postcard depicts Market Street in the ear- Is shown at Market and Warren streets, upper ty 1920s. Schuylkill County's first courthouse left. It is now the Bank parking lot memorabilia from the days of the mobile flying circuses have also found their way to museum, along with some personal items from the Doughertys and others connected with the museum. A plastic model of a P51 American Apache, still in the box, harkened by to the youthful fascination with planes of Paul Sr.

It was bought for him when he was 14 years old in a shop on the boardwalk in Wild- wood, N.J., in 1945. "I drove my father crazy to buy that, and that's as far as it ever got," he chuckled. The collection continues in the hangar that houses the antique aircraft. Walls are lined with propellers, wing frames, wheels and more. Bare-frame fuselages hang from the rafters.

"A lot of the items hanging on the walls have a home in a project somewhere," noted Paul Sr. It just never stops with the Doughertys, who have nearly outgrown the existing structures at the airfield. They're already planning a new hangar maybe a steel structure that could also support planes hanging from the ceiling. (Northern Berks Correspondent Schneck can be reached at 610-562-1884 or mschneck republicanherald.com) uHiiiiiHKiKiiniiin: "Stick With The Pros!" RELIGIOUS Gins Paul Dougherty Sr. and Paul Dougherty Jr.

lost control of their hobby somewhere near the start of their fourth antique airplane restoration project. They had finished their first plane, a 1949 Cessna 195 Businessliner they bought in 1985, and "had a lot of fun with it," according to Paul who pilots 767 jetliners for American Airlines. They had moved on, through restorations of a 1932 Taylor E2 Cub, which was the predecessor to the famous Piper Cub, and a Great Lakes biplane they located in Virginia; And, they were out of space in the vicinity of the now-closed Warrington Airport, a Bucks County facility that bordered their backyard. Rather than give up their hobby, the Doughertys began shopping around for new digs, which they found in the 50-year-old Grimes Airfield at 371 Airport Road, Bethel. The result is the Golden Age Air Museum, a constantly expanding collection of antique airplanes, equipment and memorabilia housed in a growing array of hangars and other buildings, open to the public from 10 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 11 am. to 5 p.m. Sundays. "The museum idea sort of started out as a joke," said Paul Jr.

"When we got our fourth plane, our family asked, 'What are you going to do with all the We said, 'Start a museum'." Even when they bought the airfield in 1996, the Doughertys were simply looking for a home for their collection and home sites for themselves. They've subdivided about 10 acres from the original 62, where Paul Sr. already lives in a new home and Paul Jr. is in the process of building. By- then, their collection Berger's Trinity Peace BiblesBooks RosariesStatues Church Supplies MedalsMusic NOTARY TRI-GEN SERVICES, INC 411 Long Ave.

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