Director's Update
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| Judy Newman Museum Director |
Happy Holiday Season to all of you! We have had such a great year here at the Air & Auto Museum. Many new, wonderful and operating artifacts have been donated, put on loan or fund raised for. We have gotten "Old Stuff" running again, a grant to get the Pusher Flying, and a new tradition started.. The Traffic Jam ... a car show. We completed our 5th year as a Museum already and are excited to see what 2013 brings.
If you have not been in for a while, remember to bring a friend and enjoy WAAAM again.
I am honored to announce...
Our 2012 Volunteer of the Year is Ken Olsson.
Ken showed up to help for the First Hood River Fly In at WAAAM in 2007 and has been a huge contributor ever since. Over this last year he logged more that 1200 hours to help further the mission of keeping this a "Living Museum" Ken is a pilot and motorcycle enthusiast. He is the museums tech guy, published the WAAAM Museum Guide for Aircraft, is a docent & the chairman of our Fly -In AND he works the museum front desk and floor every Sunday! When you stop in again.. Give him a big congratulations.
The Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum is lucky to have you Ken. Many thanks!
Receive a Tax Credit when you Donate.
The end of the year is near and while you are doing you tax planning remember the Oregon Cultural Trust can benefit you and WAAAM. A donation to WAAAM and then a matching donation to the Oregon Cultural Trust for a 100% Cultural Tax Credit!
"A donation to the Oregon Cultural Trust is both a gift and an investment. When you donate to the Cultural Trust by December 31, you may claim a 100%, dollar-for-dollar Oregon tax credit of up to $500 per individual, $1,000 for joint filers, or $2,500 for
Oregon C-Corporations -- as long as you also invest in any number of 1,300 cultural nonprofits with a matching gift, in the same, or greater, amount. For a list of eligible
cultural nonprofits: www.culturaltrust.org or call 503-986-0088."
Will you join us for the December Second Saturday?
See what we have GOING.
Clear skies to you all,
Judy Newman
1927 Swallow arrives at WAAAM. Richard Pingrey of Selah, WA has just donated this aircraft. It is on display in M2. where can see a few stages of the restoration project. the fuselage is complete and painted, one set of wing has been covered 
in cotton-- you can see how the fabric has been sewn on to the ribs. The other set of wings is still bare bones. The picture on the left is of the data plate. Note the small print of 'drain crankcase and check oil screen every 20 hours" 
This sweet little Roadster is out on the road again! The project was donated last year by Dave and Marilyn Elkins of Lyle, WA and a wonderful and dedicated team of volunteers gathered together weekly to reassemble, test, paint, poke prod and tweak it back into running order. 
