Collings Foundation

Collings Foundation
Established 1979
Location Stow, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates 42°24′12″N 71°30′28″W / 42.403293°N 71.5078°W / 42.403293; -71.5078
Type Aviation Museum, Auto Museum
Director Robert Collings, Jr.
Website www.collingsfoundation.org

The Collings Foundation is a private non-profit educational foundation located in Stow, Massachusetts founded in 1979 by Robert F. Collings and Caroline Collings with a mission dedicated to the preservation and public display of transportation-related history, namely automobile and aviation history.[1] The Collings Foundation is headquartered from a small private airfield in Stow, Massachusetts that includes a small museum that opens for special events and pre-scheduled tour groups. The organization also has a satellite operations base in Houston, Texas located at Ellington Field primarily housing the Korean War and Vietnam War jet aircraft and helicopter collection. The Collings Foundation operates two touring collections of historic military aircraft: The Wings of Freedom Tour and The Vietnam Memorial Flight.

Collings Foundation's B-17G "Nine-O-Nine" just after take off at Marana, AZ in April 2012
Collings Foundation's B-24J "Witchcraft", TP-51C "Betty Jane" & B-17G "Nine-O-Nine" at Marana, AZ in April 2010
Me 262B at Marana, AZ in April 2013
Collings Foundation's B-24J "Witchcraft" at Marana, AZ on April 11, 2011
Collings Foundation's TP-51C "Betty Jane"

Collection

Aircraft Collection

Flyable Aircraft

Static Aircraft

Aircraft Under Restoration

Automobile Collection

Brass Era

Roaring 20's

Classic Era

Celebrity Cars

Indianapolis 500 Race Cars

Sports Race Cars

Sprint Cars: 1920's-WWII

Sprint Cars: Post WWII-1950's

Midget Racers: 1930's-1950's

Military Vehicles

Trucks and Farm Vehicles

References

  1. Collings Foundation (n.d.). "Collings Foundation Background". Retrieved 8 April 2012.

External links

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