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Lauridsen Aviation Museum ^[1]
Buckeye Municipal Airport
Buckeye, Arizona

The Lauridsen Aviation Museum, is in the process of being established at the Buckeye Municipal Airport. Hans Lauridsen, the museum founder, is relocating his aircraft collection to the Buckeye Municipal Airport. The aircraft in his collection are being moved from Arizona airports in Casa Grande, Falcon Field, Glendale, Wickenburg and also Chino, California where many have been stored while during the the process of choosing a facility. Buckeye Municipal Airport was selected because it offers room to display existing aircraft and also has space available for future growth. FAA records show that the following aircraft are registered to Mr. Lauridsen. At this time we do not know which aircraft are to be relocated to Buckeye Municipal Airport.

Buckeye is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States and is the westernmost suburb in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The population of the town as of Census 2010 was 50,876, a 678% increase from the 2000 population of 6,537. Downtown Buckeye is located approximately 30 miles (48 km) west of Phoenix, Arizona and 350 miles (560 km) east of Los Angeles, California. According to the Town of Buckeye Development Services Department, the Municipal Planning Area (MPA) is 591 square miles (1,530 km²). Approximately 400 square miles (1,000 km²) has been annexed into the town limits.

1. Beech C-45H “Expeditor” (N6365T, ex AF 52-10687, c/n AF.617)
2. Boeing-Stearman A75N1(PT17) “Kaydet” (N56805, c/n 75-828)
3. Boeing-Stearman A75N1(PT17) “Kaydet” (N53131, c/n 75-4307)
4. Canadian Vickers (Consolidated) PBY-5A “Catalina” (N413PB, c/n CV343)
5. Cessna 206H “Turbo Stationair” (N928HL, s/n T20608066)
6. Cessna L-19A “Bird Dog” (305A, N10444, c/n 23188, 1951)
7. Convair C-131D-CO “Samaritan” (N131CW, AF 54-2809, c/n 205)
8. Douglas A-26B-61-DL “Invader” (N4819E, AF 44-34609, c/n 27888)
9. Douglas A-26B-61-DL “Invader (LuLu)” (N126HP, AF 44-34520, c/n 27799)
10. Douglas C-47A-15-DL “Skytrain” (N243DC, DC-3C, AF 42-23385, c/n 9247)
11. Fairchild C-119G-3E “Flying Boxcar” (N15501, c/n 10955, 1951)
12. Forney F-1A “AirCoupe” (N3023G, s/n 5716, 1960)
13. General Motors TBM-3E “Eastern” (N7001C, BuNo 85794, c/n 2613)
14. Grumman C-1A “Trader” (N71456, TF-1, BuNo 136752, c/n 5)
15. Grumman HU-16 “Albatross” (N216HU, UH-1, BuNo 131904, c/n G-333*)
16. North American SNJ-5 “Texan (Rascal V)&rdqauo; (N8151, BuNo 43639, ex AT-6D AF 41-34374 to USN, c/n 88-15304)
17. North American TB-25J-30/32-NC “Mitchell (Ol Gray Mare)” (N3438G, AF 44-86797, c/n 108-47551)
18. North American T-28C “Trojan&rdquo, (N40980, BuNo 140564, c/n 226-141)
19. Piper J3C-65 “Cub” (N6210H, c/n 19488, 1946)
20. Ryan “Navion B” (N5340K, s/n, c/n NAV-4-2240B)
21. Waco UIC (N13434, s/n 3786)

A very special thanks to AFIA (A Friend in Arizona) for providing us with photos of the aircraft at this location.

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2. Google Earth, Satellite Image
3. Wikipedia, Buckeye, Arizona
4. AFIA (A Friend in Arizona), Aircraft Photos
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