The Hill Top Times from Hill Air Force Base, Utah • 15

15 June 29, 2000 Jill fclii -V I niaiiii v. V- A A h. vs iP'iiF ns v'sS myseum by Steven R. Ford Hilltop Times staff St! -I Visitors that havent seen the Hill Aero-' space Museum lately might be surprised at the changes. The museum is adding two historically significant displays in the main gallery, and theres a newly finished mezzanine and talk of a new building.

The pride of the collection these days is a 1911 Burgess-Wright Model a replica fzS -s Photos by Steven R. Ford V- A replica of the 1 911 Burgess-Wright Model a production aircraft sold by the Wright brothers and their, partner is among the new additions to the Aerospace Museum. Left, propellers and tires are the 'beginnings of a B-24 Liberator, now being restored for a future exhibit. The majority of the exhibits were worked on or supported at Hill, including the mis- siles and bdmbs, Oliver said. We have a lot of people come up to us and ask why we dont have this plane or that, and we reply that it didnt have anything to do with the base.

A B-24 Liberator, known for its work in the skies over German-occupied Europe during World War II, is beginning to take shape, in the Northeast', corner of the. gallery. Just four propellers and some tires at the present time, the bomber is being restored by California-based workman Ed Coletta, who also helped restore the museums P-40K Warhawk and P-38J For patrons to get a better look at the collection of aviatiori history contained in the main gallery, the museum has built' a mezzanine walkway on the hangars west side. Visitors will be able to see over' the top of the large B-25 and B-17 exhibits as well the other displayed aircraft. There has also been some talk of adding another building to the south of the main gallery to house many of the.

cargo air-r. craft and to provide space for the museum. to do its own Right now, its just talk, Oliver.said, but when they started talking about building the Lindquist-Stewart Fighter Gallery, in no time, theyd built it. So its -just a matter of finding the Oliver said that getting the outdoor, exhibits inside is necessary to help preserve the aircraft from the harshness of Utahs changing weather. Its not the winters that kill us in Utah, its the summers, Oliver noted.

It cracks -the canopies, wears out the tires and fades the paint. be much better. The Hill Heritage Aerospace Founda-- tion of Utah, the museums administrative arm, has a wish-list of approximately 12 other aircraft they would like to obtain J- for display, including a B-26, KC-135 and IJi r1' I ''1 I'5' 7. 1 ihgTV TVL pioneering Wright brothers and their -partner, Starling Burgess. More than 100 of the planes were produced and sold to 1 commercial interests as well as the Army and Navy.

On Dec. 17, 1903, the Wright brothera made the worlds first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C ushering in a new age of flight. Just eight years the Wright brothers entered into a partnership with Burgess a well-known boat builder, to build the Wright Flyer Model B. The replica was created by Air Tech of Limerick, Maine. It has a wing span of 38-feet, six inches, a total length of 29- feet, a take off weight of -1270 pounds.

and a top air speed of 42' mph. The orig-. inal Wright 4 cylinder engine will be replaced with a 90 horsepower Curtis OX5. Final assembly of the Burgess-Wright Model is expected soon. The engine will be displayed apart from the aircraft, and a wooden replica will take its place inside the airframe.

We like to set the engines on the ground so people can look at them, said museum director Rick Oliver. Not having it on the plane reduces stress on the airframe. The Burgess-Wright Flyer joins the MiG-21 as museum exhibits that have nothing to do with Hill AFB history. The museums goal is to depict the significant role that Hill AFB and the state of Utah have had in USAF Its not unusual for us to get people per day during the summer, more on the weekends, Oliver said. If we just got $1 per head donated theres no telling what we could do with the money.

First opened in 1986, the Hill museum averages visitors per year -walking its halls and galleries. The dis- plays are open to the public daily, from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. KC-97, but funding is always an issue. Restorations, building improvements and: new exhibits are entirely funded by private donations. One usual source of income would be admission payments, but, unlike other comparable museums, the Hill Aerospace Museum is free to the public.

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