Warplanes preserved in the USA: Ohio: North Canton, MAPS Air Museum
North Canton, MAPS Air Museum, Akron-Canton Regional Airport, 2260 International Parkway, 44720.
MAPS Air Museum is a “working” Museum. What does that mean? Many of the aircraft that MAPS receives are dilapidated and need a lot of restoration work. Due to that, this means many volunteer hours are not just going toward general maintenance/upkeep on aircraft, but also on continuous work to refurbish these aircraft to museum status.
The aircraft under refurbishment at MAPS are at varying stages of repair or maintenance. Anywhere from a completed aircraft that needs basic general maintenance, all the way down to extremely deteriorated aircraft that are dismantled to its base fuselage for work to be done. When one is complete, MAPS finds more aircraft to refurbish before they deteriorate too much. Many are rare to find and/or heavily deteriorated.
As an example, our B-26 Marauder of the WWII era required more than 13,500 volunteer worker-hours to repair. This aircraft crash landed in early 1942, in British Columbia, Canada and stayed there for a long time before anyone attempted to revive this rare aircraft. This aircraft at MAPS is only 1 of 4 fully refurbished aircraft on display in the world (only 1 of which is flyable) and another 3 at various degrees of repair.
Here you will find a listing of the types of aircraft, mostly military, that are in various stages of refurbishment or maintenance. A few aircraft are in our restricted Restoration building for heavy repairs. While many others are awaiting their turn to be fully restored, you can still see many of these aircraft on display at MAPS.
MAPS Air Museum attains their aircraft through purchases, but also through indefinite loan agreements from many entities, such as: private collections, the M.A.R.C group, McKinley Museum and the United States Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force. (MAPS).
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Aero Vodochody L-29 Delphin (Serial No. 892-828).
Aero S-106.
Becker RB-1 Snowbird Amphibian (Serial No. 05611C1).
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Beechcraft SNB-5 Expeditor (Serial No. 43-33316), Reg. No. N200KU. Built at the Beechcraft Aircraft facility in Wichita, Kansas and delivered to the US Army Air Force as a Beech AT-7 on 26 Oct 1943.
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Bell P-39 Airacobra (Serial No.), in storage.
(USAAC Photo)
Bell P-39Q Airacobra (Serial No. 42-19995), in storage.
Bell AH-1G Cobra Helicopter (Serial No. 70-16084).
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Bell OH-58A Kiowa Helicopter (Serial No. 69-16153).
(Alan Wilson Photo)
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress (Serial No. 124485) Memphis Belle (Movie Version).
Cessna O-2A Skymaster (Serial No. 69-7656).
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Cessna T-37B Tweet (Serial No. 54-2732), previously with the Florida Military Aviation Museum.
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Cessna GT-37B Tweet (Serial No. 60-0188).
(MAPS Air Museum Photos)
CGS Aviation Hawk Arrow II, built by the original designer, Chuck Slusarczyk. The Hawk Arrow II or its variants were not in the military. The MAPS example is displayed with US Army colours. She is painted with the roundel markings used by the US Army Air Service and the US Army Air Corps from August 1919 through May 1942.
(Aaron Headley Photo)
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Convair F-102A Delta Dagger (Serial No. 56-0986). This aircraft was previously located at the Florida Military Aviation Museum, Clearwater, Florida. On loan from the NMUSAF.
(USAAF Photo)
Crocker Wheel Gun Turret.
(USAAF Photo)
Curtiss P-40K-10-CU Warhawk, USAAF (Serial No. 42-9985).
Curtiss P-40N Warhawk (Serial No. 42-104818) (Storage).
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Douglas C-47D Skytrain, (Serial No. 45-0928), Reg. No. N54599.
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Douglas A-24B Banshee (Serial No. 42-54654), being restored for display at the Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona.
Douglas A-24B Dauntless (Serial No. 42-54654). Under restoration.
Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless (Serial No.), in storage.
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Douglas A-26C Invader (Serial No. 43-22602), c/n 18749, built in 1944, Reg. No. N9990Z.
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Douglas A-4A Skyhawk (BuNo. 139947), c/n 11312, Blue Angels 6, moved from the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, Illinois.
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Fairchild PT-19 Cornell (Serial No. 43-31365), 25.
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Funk Model B-75-L (Serial No. 205). On display in CAK airport terminal.
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon (Serial No. 80-0513), built in 1981. This aircraft was previously with the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. It has been repainted to represent F-16D (Serial No. 89-2082), 112th Fighter Squadron, as flown by LCol Kevin Sonnenberg, an Ohio Air National Guard pilot killed in Iraq on 15 June 2007.
(USMC Photo)
Goodyear FG-1D Corsair, No. 159, parked at a base in Majuro, Marshall Islands, in 1945.
Goodyear FG-1D Corsair (BuNo. 76671), “Sweet Velda”, being restored. Built in 1944.
Goodyear FG-1D Corsair cockpit. This display was previously located with the Goodyear World of Rubber, 1144 E. Market St., 44316.
Goodyear F2G Corsair, project.
(Anthropic42 Photo)
Goodyear GA-22A Drake seaplane (Serial No. 4040), Reg. No. N5516M.
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Goodyear GZ-22 Blimp (Serial No. 4120), Reg. No. N4A, “Spirit of Akron”. Control car and parts.
(Mark Knapp Photo)
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Grumman F9F-8P Cougar (BuNo. 144402), AP, 962, VFP 62.
(Mark Knapp Photo)
(Kenneth Katz Photo)
Grumman F-11F Tiger (BuNo. 141783), 1783. On loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation.
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Grumman F-14B Tomcat (BuNo. 162694), AD-100, C/N 520, 115.
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Grumman S-2F-1 Tracker (BuNo. 136464), Reg. No. N4225F, 464.
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Grumman OV-1A Mohawk (Serial No. 63-13128), Reg. No. N2036P.
Hawker Sea Fury (Serial No.).
Link Trainer (2).
(Mark Knapp Photo)
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (Serial No. 53-5250).
Lockheed F-104D Starfighter (Serial No. 57-1322).
(Kenneth Katz Photo)
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Lockheed C-130H Hercules (Serial No. 88-4401).
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
LTV A-7E Corsair II (BuNo. 159268), 401. On loan from the NNAM.
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Martin Glider, 1908.
(Jdmessner Photo)
Martin B-26 Marauder, (Serial No. 40-1459), Reg. No. N4299K. This aircraft crash-landed in British Columbia on 16 Jan 1942.
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
McDonnell F-101F Voodoo (Serial No. 57-0342), C/N 520. On loan from the NMUSAF. This aircraft flew with the Texas ANG in the 1960s. Previously on display at the Florida Aviation Museum.
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
McDonnell Douglas F-4S Phantom II (BuNo. 155764).
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
McDonnell Douglas AV-8B-3-MC Harrier II (BuNo. 161581), painted as AV-8BR-23-MC Harrier II (BuNo. 165306).
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15UTI, Polish PZL-Mielec SB Lim-2 (SB) “Midget” (Serial No. 526-116).
(Wilson44691 Photo)
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17F Fresco (Serial No. 1J-04-19), 419, Polish LIM-6bis.
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21F-13 Fishbed C, Aero Vodochody S-106 (Serial No. 506301).
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
North American P-51D Mustang mockup set up as a monument on a pylon in front of the museum.
North American B-25 Mitchell (Serial No.).
North American T-28A Trojan, Reg. No. N8522Z, (Serial No. 51-3565). Under restoration.
North American T-28S Trojan (Serial No. 51-3622).
(MAPS Air Museum Photos)
North American F-86A Sabre (Serial No. 48-0263).
North American F-86D Sabre (Serial No. 52-3927), cockpit only.
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
North American F-86D/L (Serial No. 53-0658), FU-658, 496th FIS. On loan from the NMUSAF.
(Rob Schleiffert Photo)
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
North American F-100D Super Sabre (Serial No. 66-3081), 339, C/N 235-179, VP.
North American F-100D Super Sabre (Wild Weasel) (Serial No. 56-3899).
(Tomas Del Coro Photo)
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler (BuNo. 163047).
Piper J3L Cub (Serial No. 3026).
Piper U-11A (PA-23-150) Aztec (Apache) (Serial No. 23-894).
(MAPS Air Museum Photos)
Pitts S1 Special, homebuilt, 149-H.
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (Serial No. 52-6524).
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Republic F-105B Thunderchief (Serial No. 57-5820), HI.
Ryan L-17B Navion, (Serial No. 45-1073), WASH NG, Reg. No. NG81075.
(Kenneth Katz Photo)
Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw (Serial No. 54-1412), built in 1954, this aircraft flew with the US Army’s 123rd Medical Company, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Sopwith Triplane, homebuilt replica, “Tripehound“.
Taylorcraft L-2 (Serial No. 43-26326).
US Aircraft A-67 Dragon, prototype.
(USN Photo)
Vought F7U-3 Cutlass (BuNo. 129685). Awaiting significant renovation.
(MAPS Air Museum Photo)
Vultee BT-13A Valiant (Serial No. 41-21271).