GeorgiaThe Candler Field Museum was an aviation museum at Peach State Aerodrome outside Griffin, in Williamson, Georgia, conceived to recreate Atlanta's original Candler Field, forerunner of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, as it looked in the 1920s and 1930s. Retired pilot Ronald Alexander bought the airfield and established Candler Field Museum, Inc. as a nonprofit in 2004; the first period-style hangar, modeled on an American Airways building, was completed in 2008, and the museum opened to the public by around 2014. Its collection featured vintage aircraft including a Curtiss JN-4 'Jenny,' a 1928 Curtiss Robin, a Douglas DC-3, and several Stearman biplanes. The museum closed in early 2021, though the Peach State Aerodrome remains active as a grass airfield hosting fly-ins and the Barnstormer's Grill.
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Candler Field Museum is a museum in Griffin, Spalding County. It is one of 75 historic sites cataloged in Spalding County on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.2248, -84.2778 near Griffin. The nearest cataloged historic site is Westwood Gardens (cemetery), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Spalding Grays, The Fannin Avengers, and Confederate Camp Milner.
This record is drawn from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Candler Field Museum was an aviation museum at Peach State Aerodrome outside Griffin, in Williamson, Georgia, conceived to recreate Atlanta's original Candler Field, forerunner of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, as it looked in the 1920s and 1930s. Retired pilot Ronald Alexander bought the airfield and established Candler Field Museum, Inc. as a nonprofit in 2004; the first period-style hangar, modeled on an American Airways building, was completed in 2008, and the museum opened to the public by around 2014. Its collection featured vintage aircraft including a Curtiss JN-4 'Jenny,' a 1928 Curtiss Robin, a Douglas DC-3, and several Stearman biplanes. The museum closed in early 2021, though the Peach State Aerodrome remains active as a grass airfield hosting fly-ins and the Barnstormer's Grill.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgen.wikipedia.org
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