Partner With Wings Over Miami Air Museum
About The Museum
Why We Exist
• Provides an open door into the world of aviation • Tribute to veterans and aviators • Educate and entertain • Highlight and preserve history • Fly to promote aviation • Satisfy curiosity
Two Types of Museums Static • Unflyable aircraft • Larger and more structured Active • Aircraft that is able to fly • Preserve and restore planes to ensure their flyability • Human component • Activates the senses
Wings as a Flying Museum • •
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Wings is a living and breathing museum Excites all of the senses • Smell aviation fuel • Feel what it’s like to be around working planes • Watch the planes come alive • Observe plane renovation activity Our collection of planes is always changing
Educa<onal & Communal Impact
Value to the Community • Fills a need for an active aviation museum in South Florida • Allows personal interaction with pilots • Provides opportunity for volunteers to bring their aviation expertise to the museum • Many volunteers are veterans or have active pilot licenses
Educa<onal Impact • Provides tours and learning activities for students consistent with curriculum • Teaches young kids of the elements of flight and aircraft history • Children’s activities are frequently held • Veterans speak to kids who act as role models for the children
Goals of the Museum
Build a Briefing Room •
A briefing room will give us space to do hands-on projects with children visiting us
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This will be beneficial in helping us build relationships with local high schools and colleges
Update Our Hangar The hangar is in need of an update, including: • Fresh paint • New and updated signage • Perfection of displays
Overhang Area • Enclose an overhang area • This would double the amount of air conditioned exhibit space
Enhance Collec<on Enrich visiting experience through enhancing: • Permanent collection of aircraft • Interactive exhibits • Memorabilia • Most important part of our museum = our collection of aircraft
Func<onal Benefit
Historical Avia<on Resource • Maintains displays, memorabilia, books, tapes and models of items of general aviation and military aviation history • Provides opportunities for veterans and aviators to come together to meet and reminisce about their experiences with the public • Pilots are available to the community for information or projects
Resource To Miami Execu<ve Airport • Exposes community to the businesses/services available on the airport in route to Wings • Offers a large meeting space to the airport community for special meetings • Works with local tower and regional FAA to provide space to have pilot meetings and trainings • Works hand-in-hand with Miami Dade College and other flight schools • Creates business for other tenants by referring the museum pilots or fly-ins to them for supplies or gas for their planes
Resource to the Community • Only flying museum south of Orlando • Allows educational opportunities to schools, camps and other groups to visit • Offers interaction with pilots and veterans through tours and talks • Provides the community with an aviation based venue for public and private events • Provides business to the surrounding community via purchase or referral
Community Resource • Brings in local tourists • Acts as liaison between community and aviation • Hosts fly-ins, aviation based art exhibits, special speakers and other activities of community interest • Exposes the community and the world to aviation related news which is often based on the airport
Public Safety Resource • Provides a home and support to the Tamiami Composite Civil Air Patrol • Provide military–style training to young people and adults • They provide air assistance
Important Rela<onships • • • • • •
Tamiami Composite of the Civil Air Patrol Miami Dade College Aviation Department FAA Experimental Aircraft Association Local radio control airplane clubs Other historical museums and non-profits
Important Rela<onships Cont. • • • • • •
The Scouts The 99s (Women's Pilots Association) Local schools The Greater Miami The Beaches Tourism Board And more…
Mission  Statement  Wings Over Miami Air Museum serves as a tribute to those aviators and veterans who pioneered civilian and military aviation. With this goal in mind, the Museum both displays and flies classic and military aircraft to share the rich history of flight. It provides an operating legacy of vintage aircraft historically important to aviation and the military.