Sarah Thompson | Mid-America Air Museum Future Home of the Liberal STEM Jet Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:09:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.2 /wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-MAAM-Black-No-Background-600-1-32x32.png Sarah Thompson | Mid-America Air Museum 32 32 Mid-America Air Museum Joins Smithsonian Magazine’s 14th Annual Museum Day /mid-america-air-museum-joins-smithsonian-magazines-14th-annual-museum-day/ /mid-america-air-museum-joins-smithsonian-magazines-14th-annual-museum-day/#respond Tue, 11 Sep 2018 23:06:20 +0000 /?p=816 Free Admission on Saturday, September 22, 2018 with a downloadable Museum Day ticket. The Mid-America Air Museum will open its doors, Saturday, September 22nd, free of charge as part of Smithsonian Magazine’s 14th annual Museum Day, a national celebration of boundless curiosity. Museum Day represents a nationwide commitment to access, equity, inclusion.  Over 250,000 people […]

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]]> /mid-america-air-museum-joins-smithsonian-magazines-14th-annual-museum-day/feed/ 0 Preparing for the Liberal Air Fair /preparing-for-the-liberal-air-fair/ /preparing-for-the-liberal-air-fair/#respond Sun, 02 Sep 2018 19:47:13 +0000 /?p=807 September 8, 2018 – Don’t miss out on an exciting day full of fun for the entire family! We’ve been busy moving planes, updating exhibits, and stocking up the gift shop.  The museum opens at 9am, gates open at 10am, and the afternoon show is from 1pm-4pm.  The evening show will begin at 8pm.  There […]

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]]> /preparing-for-the-liberal-air-fair/feed/ 0 Bringing a piece of WWII history back to Liberal /bringing-a-piece-of-history-back-to-liberal/ /bringing-a-piece-of-history-back-to-liberal/#respond Fri, 17 Aug 2018 17:04:43 +0000 /?p=800 Another special delivery just arrived: a B-24 Liberator turbo charger! All the way to us from England. It’s first public appearance will be at the Antique Tractor Show, Saturday August 25th, at Keating Tractor & Equipment. Why? The turbo charger was made by the Allis-Chalmers manufacturing company, most recognized for their orange tractors!  Like many manufacturing companies during […]

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]]> /bringing-a-piece-of-history-back-to-liberal/feed/ 0 Lunch and Learn with Lidia Hook-Gray /lunch-and-learn-with-lidia-hook-gray/ /lunch-and-learn-with-lidia-hook-gray/#respond Sat, 11 Aug 2018 15:40:11 +0000 /?p=796 The Mid-America Air Museum invites the public to the quarterly Lunch and Learn, Thursday, August 16th, with guest speaker Lidia Hook-Gray. Lidia will be speaking about the History of Flight in Liberal, with photos from the Liberal Army Air Base, early balloons, early air shows, Glenn L Martin, and Beechcraft. A local business owner, Lidia, […]

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]]> /lunch-and-learn-with-lidia-hook-gray/feed/ 0 Movie at the Museum /movie-at-the-museum/ /movie-at-the-museum/#respond Sat, 11 Aug 2018 15:37:45 +0000 /?p=793 Our next Movie at the Museum, Sunday, August 12th at 2pm, is a kids show: PLANES! “A crop duster dreams of becoming a great air racer, and competes against the fastest plane around with the help of a veteran aviator.” As always, this event is free and we will have plenty of popcorn and bottled […]

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]]> /movie-at-the-museum/feed/ 0 Special Delivery /special-delivery/ /special-delivery/#respond Sat, 28 Jul 2018 18:58:15 +0000 /?p=777 We have officially added a new Mooney M-22 Mustang to our collection at the Mid-America Air Museum. The Mooney M-22 is unique as it was the first single-engine aircraft with a pressurized cabin. They were produced from 1965-1970 and only 36 were built.  The Mooney will temporarily be in storage while we move aircraft around to […]

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]]> /special-delivery/feed/ 0 New ADA Ramp Construction Begins /new-ada-ramp-construction-begins/ /new-ada-ramp-construction-begins/#respond Tue, 17 Jul 2018 13:48:12 +0000 /?p=773 Big things are happening at the Mid-America Air Museum!  New and updated exhibits, new paint in the lobby, a new roof, and construction begins this week to make our entrance ADA compliant.  You probably recall, our current ramp is quite a mountain.  It is being removed so the new handicap accessible entrance can be put in. […]

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]]> /new-ada-ramp-construction-begins/feed/ 0 Everyone Loves a Good Makeover! /everyone-loves-a-good-makeover/ /everyone-loves-a-good-makeover/#respond Wed, 11 Jul 2018 20:24:28 +0000 /?p=765 Thank you to all of our patrons for being patient with our current updates.  The new Liberal Army Air Field exhibit has been primed and local artist and MAAM board member, Sandra Koochel, will begin painting the B-24 mural in the couple of weeks. In the meantime, we are also beginning to work on a […]

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]]> /everyone-loves-a-good-makeover/feed/ 0 “Flying Between” Exhibit /flying-between-exhibit/ /flying-between-exhibit/#respond Mon, 02 Jul 2018 22:09:28 +0000 /?p=760 “Flying Between”, a collection of aviation inspired quilt blocks and stained glass pieces opens July 6th and runs through September 29, 2018. The exhibit features quilt blocks made mostly by women in the Liberal, KS area. These blocks were a project put together in 1993 by quilter Ragi Marino.  Some of the blocks in this exhibit […]

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]]> /flying-between-exhibit/feed/ 0 American Red Cross Blood Drive /american-red-cross-blood-drive/ /american-red-cross-blood-drive/#respond Mon, 02 Jul 2018 16:32:02 +0000 /?p=753 1 donation can potentially save THREE lives! Every 2 seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. Blood and platelets cannot be manufactured; they can only come from volunteer donors. Nearly 21 million blood products are transfused each year. Tuesday, July 3rd, we are hosting an American Red Cross blood drive in our theater, 10am-4pm. They are in critical […]

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