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The Night Class

The Aircraft

The Aircraft

the airframes the museum kept in its hangar, from the Mini 500 to the Great Lakes rebuild

every lesson on the board

3
  1. The nose and polished propeller of a silver 1970s single-engine monoplane under a dim hangar light, aluminium skin reflecting a warm bulb, concrete floor.

    lesson 3The Aircraft

    The Navion at the Rail

    Reads the Navion on the museum's list of static displays, and what an all-metal tourer taught beside the fabric ships.

  2. A cream and red fabric-covered high-wing taildragger aircraft of the 1950s parked inside a quiet hangar, soft window light on the wing, dope-and-fabric texture visible.

    lesson 2The Aircraft

    The Tri-Pacer, Fabric and Patience

    Reads the 1956 Tri-Pacer among the museum's static displays, and what a cloth-covered aeroplane teaches about how aircraft used to be built.

  3. A small single-seat kit helicopter parked beside the uncovered steel-tube frame of a biplane under restoration in a workshop corner, trestles and tools around.

    lesson 1The Aircraft

    The Mini 500 and the Biplane on the Bench

    Reads the Mini 500 helicopter and the Great Lakes rebuild, the museum's two proofs that aircraft are made by hands.