Aero L-29 Delphin - Erickson Aircraft Collection - Madras, OR - Static Aircraft Displays on Waymarking.com

The Erickson Aircraft Collection relocated approximately 20 aircraft to the Madras Airport in 2014. This collection of mostly WWII vintage planes were previously housed in a military hanger at the Tillamook Air Museum (NW coastal town in Oregon).

The following verbiage is taken from the Erickson Aircraft Collection website to describe its history:

Aero L-29 Delphin

NARRATIVE

The L-29 Delphin was Chosen as the standard trainer for all Iron Curtain air forces during the 1960s. Once qualified in the L-29, pilots would progress into the MiG-15 and MiG-21. Manufactured by the Aero Vodochody National Corporation in Czechoslovakia between 1961 and 1964, about 3,600 were built, most going to the Soviet Union. The Collection's airworthy Delphin is one of several brought to the United States from Indonesia in 1988.

I wasn't able to locate an inventory page for this plane but was able to locate the serial number from a book titled Oregon Aircraft Survivors 2003.

Each aircraft contains its own interpretive display and I've included a picture of it which contains additional info on this aircraft.

This collection is definitely worth the visit for any aircraft enthusiast.

Type of Aircraft: (make/model): Aero L-29 Delphin Tail Number: (S/N): 591328 Construction:: original aircraft Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Erickson Aircraft Collection - Madras Airport inside / outside: inside Other Information:: Admission GENERAL: $9.00 SENIOR: $8.00 VETERAN: $7.00 YOUTH (6-17): $5.00 CHILD (5 and under): FREE Access restrictions: The Erickson Aircraft Collection is open to the public this summer daily from 10am to 5pm, except Monday. The Collection will be closed to the public Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.

Visit Instructions:
Photo of aircraft (required - will be interesting to see if the aircraft is ever repainted or progress if being restored)
Photo of serial number (required unless there is not one or it is a replica)
Photo(s) of any artwork on the aircraft (optional but interesting)

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