December 2013 Newsletter

First Test Flight of the Pusher!

83 year old WAAAM Volunteer Takes to the Skies!

Video Parker Pusher First Test Hop

November 23rd was a cold, cold day and exciting here at the museum and the Hood River Airport. It was a regular museum day, visitors wandering about enjoying the displays , volunteers sharing stories and working on projects. Bill Avolio and Ben Davidson were here. They agreed that it would be a good day to see if the old Curtiss OX 5 engine on the Parker Pusher would start. Not much moisture was in the air so the threat of the carburetor icing up was slim. By time it was pushed out of the M1 hangar, Larry McCollum, Doug Davee, John Krecklow and Brian Brandt had showed up. With enough pushing, pulling, propping and tinkering the Pusher started! It was running just fine. Bill and Ben had decided that a short test flight was in order and to take it off for a low flight down the runway and see how it feels. Bill was to be the pilot today. After just a short run down the blacktop, this thing wanted to fly...and it did! At about 30 mph it jumped into the air then sagged back toward the tarmac then lumbered veering off to the right then our brave 83 year old test pilot landed back safely on the runway. All this in about 30 seconds! But fly it did!

To those who just happened to be here this day it felt like being there for the first flight of the Wright Brothers Flyer!

Exciting, thrilling and a bit nerve wracking!

We will be testing and proceeding with adjustments on the Parker Pusher and will soon be ready for a debut that would make Billy Parker proud! We will keep you posted.

"To the Volunteers who have put in over 3000 hours in this restoration; You made it fly again. You brought history to life! Thank you" Director Judy Newman

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Spreading Our Wings

and Things

People always ask "how do you moved all this stuff around?" Here is a glimpse into our crazy day of doing just that. Positioning displays in the new 27,000 square foot addition we call M3 (M is for museum, 3 is for the third display hangar) takes our army of volunteers so many hours...What is moving? What has to go first, Who is going to drive, push or pull? Who has the left wing, Who is watching the tail.... where is the sign that belongs to this motorcycle?

Grand Opening of the new M3 expansion

is the Second Saturday of February!

Celebrate WAAAMs accomplishments with us.

Our Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will start this Second Saturday of right! Cake and of course the engines around here will be purring as this is the Museums' Day of Action!

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SECOND SATURDAY

December 14th

WAAAM Presents :

Holiday Happenings and Horsepower!

The weather is turning cold and the snow is going to fall but that won't stop our Second Saturday fun at WAAAM. We now have 117,000 square feet of indoor displays that are ever changing. And you know that if the weather holds we will be out of doors around the fire pit watching and experiencing these wonderful old treasures as they roar to life

A great way to spend a Saturday!

Free Hot Cocoa, Cookies and Make a Unique Holiday Ornament

9-5 WAAAM is open

10-2 A Museum in Action - watch and learn.

Stop by and see what we get flying and driving.

10-2 BYOC- Bring Your Own Camera and we will take your

picture with the Grinch (or with out him) in our adorable Model A Roadster - It's decked out for the holidays and we just need you to make it the perfect picture!

10-2 The Grinch is here. He is a good guy after all...

11-2 Make & Take a cute little ornament

11-1 Lunch is served - A good hot meal in a cool museum!

12-2 Cookies, Hot Chocolate & Marshmallows too!

12:30 IT FLEW!!! The Parker Pusher's first test flight.

Hear our pilots' first hand

experience on being a test pilot on this newly
restored early aircraft!
How exciting!

5 Museum closes - See you again soon!

As each "Second Saturday" comes around we are excited to share our transportation history with you. Come out and see what takes flight and what takes a spin around the yard!

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** Jan 11th **

Second Saturday : Stars and their Cars (and planes)

with Sonny Starr.

Hollywood Producer, Speaker, and columnist, Sonny Starr will be our guest speaker. Sonny is host of the nations #1 Classic Hollywood program, Starr Talk, heard live around the world. ( www.sunstarstudios.com )

2 New Plymouths

Donated by Charles and Marge Babcock

The beautifully restored

1939 Plymouth Coupe and still original 1956 Plymouth Sport Suburban Stationwagon

Making our current count

of autos on display #142

"I bought the Stationwagon new in 1956 from Hahn Motor Co. of Yakima, WA. I put 100K miles on it and then my kids put another 20K going to college before I retired it... The '39 was a thirty year restoration......"

We love the stories of these operating treasures.

Keep them coming our way.

End of the year TAX Planning:

Its tax time again and donations to WAAAM are tax deductible!

If you are a Oregon Resident then the The Oregon Cultural Trust is our state's thank you gift for your generous support of WAAAM. Donors who contribute to Oregon cultural nonprofits, including ours, then make a matching donation to the Trust, can receive a 100% state tax credit on the Cultural Trust donation, up to $500 per individual, $1,000 per household and $2,500 per Class-C Corporation. The more donations Oregonians make this year, the more dance and theatre productions, museum exhibitions, preservation projects, in-school writing programs, summer arts and philosophy camps, community concerts and festivals our state will be able to fund next fall.

Thank you for your support.

Please Consider a gift to the Cultural Trust!

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Issue 12 2013

The

CALENDAR

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Dec 6th

See the WAAAM spirit in the Hood River Holiday of Lights Parade

Dec 14

Second Saturday
Holiday Hot Chocolate ...and Horsepower

Dec 25th

Merry Christmas
WAAAM is closed today.

2014

Jan 1

Happy New Year
WAAAM is Closed Today

Jan 11

Second Saturday

Sonny Starr presents :

Stars & their Cars

(& planes)

About Sonny Starr

Feb 14

Second Saturday

Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting for M3

March 8th

Second Saturday

Author David Childs shares his story of WWII

Wings and Tracks

Second Saturday will happen all year long. Stay tuned for more info

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Just as I was ready to publish the newsletter, news of three more cars came in.

Two arrived for display today. A 1909 Model T Speedster and a 1937 Terraplane on loan from Steve Maier.

A 1913 Rio will arrive on Friday. This has been donated by the late Thomas Engel

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