The Piper Aviation Museum is an aviation museum at the William T. Piper Memorial Airport in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. It is focused on the history of the Piper Aircraft Corporation.
History Efforts to establish a museum dedicated to Piper aircraft began in 1984, following the company's decision to close the Lock Haven factory in March. Later that year, at a dinner with Piper distributors, Cal Arter, a company test pilot, announced plans to acquire a tractor trailer to create a mobile display. A trailer was donated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in 1986 and for ten years it existed as a branch of the Lock Haven Heisey Museum. Then, in late 1996, the museum purchased the former Piper Aircraft engineering building.
One of the two first light aircraft to circumnavigate the globe, a PA-12 named The City of Angels, was donated in mid-2006 by the museum's historian, Harry P. Mutter.
The museum opened additional exhibit space in 2022. The museum acquired a J3C and PA-23 in 2024 and the sole PA-47 in 2025. It announced plans for a expansion in 2026.
Exhibits Exhibits at the museum include a display about the former Piper head of styling, Dick Clark and a flight simulator made from a PA-38. A historical marker is also located in front of the museum.
Aircraft on display
Piper J2 Cub Piper J3C-65 Cub Piper J3C-65 Cub Piper J3C-65 Cub Piper J3C-65 Cub Piper J4A Cub Coupe Piper PA-8 Skycycle – replica Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser Piper PA-15 Vagabond Piper PA-16 Clipper Piper PA-22-108 Colt Piper PA-22-135 Tri-Pacer Piper PA-22-150 Tri-Pacer Piper PA-22-160 Tri-Pacer Piper PA-23-235 Apache Piper PA-23-250 Aztec Piper PA-24 Comanche Piper PA-25 Pawnee Piper PA-29 Papoose Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche Piper PA-31P-350 Mojave – In storage Piper PA-31T Cheyenne – In storage Piper PA-38 Tomahawk Piper PA-41P Aztec Piper PA-47 PiperJet Piper PT-1
References
External links
Official Website