The Erickson Aircraft Collection is an aviation museum located at the Madras Municipal Airport in Madras, Oregon.
History
Background
Jack Ericson, the founder of Erickson Air-Crane, purchased his first warbird, a P-51, in 1980. Three years later, he purchased a Corsair and a Spitfire and began his collection. In 1991, it was placed on loan to the Tillamook Air Museum. However, in April 2013, the collection announced it would not be renewing its lease on the museum. A few months later, the collection purchased a B-17 and reproduction Fw 190 from the Military Aviation Museum.
Move to Madras
The collection moved to a new facility at the Madras Municipal Airport in Madras, Oregon in May 2014.
The collection repainted its B-17 as Ye Olde Pub in 2019.
Shortly after being purchased by the Mid-America Flight Museum in 2020, a B-17G from the Lone Star Flight Museum was ferried to the museum for an inspection.
The collection's Corsair was used in the filming of the 2022 movie Devotion.
Collection
Aero L-29 Delfin
Bell P-39 Airacobra
Bellanca Aircruiser
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress
Boeing PT-17 Stearman
CAC CA-17 Mustang
Columbia J2F-6 Duck
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
Curtiss P-40E Warhawk
Douglas A-24A Banshee
Douglas A-26B Invader
Douglas AD-4W Skyraider
Douglas C-47B Skytrain
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 – reproduction
General Motors FM-2 Wildcat
General Motors TBM-3E Avenger
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat
Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat
Hispano HA-1112 – restored to resemble a Bf 109
Lockheed P-38L Lightning
Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune
Lockheed PV-2D Harpoon
Martin AM-1 Mauler
Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa – reproduction
North American TB-25N Mitchell
North American T-6G Texan
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
Vought F4U-7 Corsair
Events
The museum holds an airshow called the Airshow of the Cascades once a year.