Mid Atlantic Air Museum (MAAM)
Spaatz Field, Reading, Pennsylvania
October 2025
Founded in 1980 by aviators Gene and Russ Strine, the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum (MAAM) is located at Reading Regional Airport. The museum began with the recovery of a rare Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter from a 7,000 foot mountain in New Guinea, an ambitious project with the goal of returning it to flying condition.
Today, MAAM has a collection of 125 aircraft, memorabilia displays, archives, as well as a membership base of more than a thousand people. The museum has a passionate team of volunteers who assist with aircraft restoration, museum operations, and special events. Their dedication also brings to life MAAM's annual World War II Weekend, held each June, the largest World War II reenactment in North America. MAAM actively restores historic warbirds, classic airliners, and rare civilian and military aircraft, many of which appear at airshows across the country.
Having written this, my visit was somewhat disappointing. In 2014 the museum acquired ten t-hangars and along with an adjacent hangar they were all closed to the public. To make matters worse, about half of the restored, airworthy aircraft had been moved to the far side of the airfield for an event. What remained was only a small selection in the main hangar and a scattered, weathered group of aircraft outside on the ramp.
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Left to right: Piaseki/Vertol CH-21B Shawnee (53-4367 registered N4361M) from 1953 ex US Army.
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Left to right: Republic F-84B Thunderjet (46-666 'FS-666') ex USAF.
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Left to right: Ryan PT-22 Recruit (41-15553 '553' registered N9049).
Northrop P-61B Black Widow (42-39445 registered N550NF) ex USAAF, under restoration.
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Left to right: Douglas R-4D-6 Skytrain (50819 registered N229GB) ex US Navy.
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Left to right: Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard (1394) ex USCG.
Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse (145712 '118', with tail marked '4897 5Z' registered N46922) ex US Navy.
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Left to right: Lockheed SP-2H Neptune (145915 'PL-9' registered N45309) from 1957 ex US Navy.
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Left to right: Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar (131677 registered N175ML) ex US Navy.
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Left to right: ERCO-Sanders 415-G Ercoupe (N3430H) from 1950.
Beechcraft G18S Super (N404H) from 1961.
Corbin Baby Ace D (N4259T) homebuilt from 1983.
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Left to right: Zuck Plane-Mobile (N30031) from 1946.
Mignet HM162 Flyin Flea (N1841) from 1967.
Spratt 108 Control Wing (N49888) from 1977.
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Left to right: Custer CCW-5 Channel Wing (N5855V).
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Left to right: Vickers Armstrong V745D Viscount (N7471).
Martin 404 Silver Falcon (N450A).
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Left to right: Camair 480B (N214N) from 1955.
Camair 480B (N243) from 1957.
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Left to right: de Havilland DH.104 5A Dove (N557JC) from 1952.