Who owns evergreen aviation museum

The official new owner, McMinnville Properties LLC, is taking control at the end of a two-year, tangled process that included multiple federal court hearings, negotiations with Yamhill County tax authorities and deals with lienholders. The museum, built by Evergreen Aviation founder Del Smith in and remains an icon for the region. Stoller, who grew up in Dayton, primarily resides in Oklahoma but maintains a home in Dayton and remains active in the county, where several of his siblings and adult children still live.

Rasmussen says he looks forward to peace and stability. The museum acquired the famous plane when its previous owners in Long Beach, California, lost funding for its maintenance and display. There is also a replica of the Wright Brothers Flyer and stunt planes that were popular during the s. Each year, the museum selects Oregonians who have been important in aviation history for inclusion in the Oregon Aviation Hall of Honor.

The museum has an archive and library, and donations of items from service members and aviation enthusiasts are protected and displayed. The airplanes are kept as close as possible to their original specifications, and some are still capable of flying.

A restoration and preservation crew works to match the previous conditions of old and damaged planes. The museum focuses on education, and hands-on flight and engine simulators allow visitors to better understand the science of flying.

The museum also has on-site classes for local high school students interested in aviation. But the campus had been on unsteady ground since the bankruptcy of Evergreen International Aviation Inc. Smith died in The big wooden airplane is our biggest draw, and that's great, but we need to evolve, whether that's bring in traveling exhibits, speakers, things that capture the whole new commercial concept of space.

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