About Us...Our Roots

Current Mailing Address

21 Clearview Drive
Stafford Springs, CT  06076

Phone: 860-208-3095

Welcome: We would like to announce our new name & location. The American Museum of Aviation, an Organization Dedicated to Preserving Aviation History, is now moving to Fabulous Las Vegas, NV. We feel this location is an ideal spot for displaying American Aviation History. The amount of travelers and tourists through Las Vegas will bring more visitors of all ages. The move will be completed by late summer of 2011. For more information please save our new web address.

www.americanmuseumofaviation.org

Prop-Liners of America is now a Division of the American Museum of Aviation, Inc.
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American Museum of Aviation, Inc.
is a 501 ( c ) 3 non-profit organization
Tax ID # 31-1627202

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In The Begining
At the time we found Convair 240 serial #147 it had been in storage for two years without engines or props. It was vandalized in 1996, the damage sustained was due to smoke, heat and fire. The extent of the damage included the aft lavatory, lower rear cargo compartment, some seat cushions, head liner, carpeting and extensive smoke damage.

The remainder of the restoration would be as follows. The exterior will be completely stripped down to the aluminum finish and painted in the original paint scheme and trim of 1949 as delivered.

The interior of the Convair will be as follows, new dark blue carpeting, the head liner will be replaced, aft lavatory will be completely rebuilt, forward galley moved aft to original area, damaged seat cushions replaced as necessary, seat coverings to match the original 1949 interior, crew seats need recovering, and reconditioning of  avionics and cockpit area.

Upon completion, the Convair 240 will be rededicated the Flagship Scranton as it was originally delivered on 27 Feb 49. The original tail number will also be retained as delivered, N94270.

This Convair 240 will be the only flying Convair 240 in passenger configuration, all other Convair 240's still flying are hauling freight. The total number of Convair 240's flying in the world today is just seven! 

Hats off to Trans-Florida Airlines for all their hard work in helping us to bring this Convair back to flying condition. She has been saved from the chopping block! Thanks again to Bob, Dan and Tom Willman. We still have a lot of work yet to go but we are well on our way to gracing our skys with another Convair!

1999
Wing Spar inspected and found to still be in good condition. Corrosion control and replacement of rivets & panels has been completed. All other smoke & fire damaged areas have been cleaned & inspected. Lower aft cargo compartment stripped, cleaned, inspected and zinc cromated.

2000
Aft lavatory was stripped of all panels, inspected and zinc cromated. New lower aft cargo compartment liner installed. Cleaning of the interior continues. The exterior has received its first bath in 4 years. Starboard side #2 prop and hub assembly have been installed.

2001
Port side #1 prop and hub assembly have been installed. Electrical & mechanical connections in the aircraft are continuing at this time.Waiver received for extended operation of both Props without overhaul provided that all SB's and AD's are current.

2002
Waiver has been pulled on extended Prop operation on one Prop and the other only a limited time waiver issued.Decision to overhaul both Prop & Hub assembilies has been made, this will cost the organization about $11,000, however we will have two zero time assembilies when finished. We are currently waiting on Grant and or Donation monies for this.Electrical power through the use of a GPU has been applied to the Convair for the first time since 1996. Good News; Wing Flaps and Cowl Flaps operated normal and there were no blown breakers! SWAT training was conducted in the Convair by local Law Enforcement Officals.Avionics work is continuing to get the old radios back in operational use.

2003
Interior work continues, Cockpit is receiving much needed TLC and the Passenger Cabin seats have been cleaned & ArmorAll has been applied. Up-Dated Pictures on this Link

Cleaning and painting in the Cockpit area is continuing and much progress is being made. Please follow the link to see our progress. Cockpit Photos. The overhead bin areas have been taken apart and cleaned and reassembled. This was a much needed job!!

2004
The carpeting has been steam & spot cleaned Avionics being evaluated & tested for proper operation Aircraft has been powered washed

2005
We continue to apply for Grants and monatary support.
2006
We continue to struggle in the fundraising department. Concern over the condition of our Convair 240 in a corrosive enviroment as opposed to a dry climate is very high!
2007
We have performed an inspection and found the Convair to have extensive corrosion in the wing spar area due to long term storage in a corrosive enviorment and aircraft not being flown. Many wing panels and rivets have popped open and significate corrosion on the fuselage can now be seen. A decision to sell the Convair 240 has been made.

2008
The sale of our Convair 240 to the U.S.Airline Industry Museum Foundation was completed in April. We received in trade from the USAIMF a Douglas DC-7B N4889C which is located at the Memorial Airport, Chandler, AZ on the GRIC Reservation.
2009
We are currently in negociations with the GRIC to enter the reservation to start work on the DC-7B for removal. We continue to receive equipment & items donated for our collections.

2010
Our museum in Hartford, CT has been moved into storage in Las Vegas, NV where we will set-up our new home in the coming year. We continue to negociate with the GRIC for enterance onto the airport. We have aquired a DC-7C fusealage nose for our static collection and continue to add to our current collections through the donations program.

2011
We have been granted enterance onto the GRIC Memorial Airport, Chandler, AZ for the removal of our DC-7B aircraft & our DC-7C cockpit nose section.

February: We removed the DC-7C cockpit nose from Memorial Airport.

March: We performed the inspection of the DC-7B to determine our plan of attack for removal from the airport.

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