Calling all Mooneys!

On this Wings & Wheels day we pay tribute to these well-proven airplanes. We will feature local Mooney Ambassadors and their aircraft from the Mooney Aircrafts Pilots Assocation. They will be on hand to answer your questions! MAPA is devoted to “to support Mooney Airplane Company, to Promote General Aviation, and to have Someplace Wonderful to fly.”

Chopper day means helicopters & motorcycles!  We will be welcoming helicopters and motorcycles to the museum for a day of fun for the whole family! Past guests have included the LifeFlight air ambulance, the SkyFox News Helicopter, a Vietnam-Era UH-1 Huey, a US Coast Guard Dauphine, and many more!

For the second year in a row, we will hold a conference to help chart our Museum’s course for the year and welcome new and potential volunteers to our Museum family.  We will hold this year’s annual planning conference on the afternoon of Sunday, January 30 at the Museum.  Here is what we have planned:

1:00-1:45

Intro:  Where we have been and where we are going

2:00-2:45

2011 Strategic Planning: Museum Goals & Implementation

What do we want to accomplish in 2011 and how will we accomplish it?

Museum Operations

Monthly Museum Workdays

Museum Funding/Budget

Collections management

Volunteer recruitment

Exhibit & Facility Development

3:00-3:45

New volunteer orientation/veteran volunteer recurrent training

Our philosophy regarding volunteers

The volunteer/public interface

This is your museum

Special Events:

4:00-4:45

Q&A & Discussion

If you are a volunteer, or are interested in becoming one, we invite you to come participate in this museum-wide brainstorming session.

Join us as we celebrate the role that aviation has played in business over the past century.

Business aviation day will feature aircraft that were or are used for corporate travel, such as the museum’s own Lockheed Lodestar.