Ken Jernstedt Airfield 4S2

1600 Air Museum Road

Hood River, OR 97031

541-308-1600

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Open Daily 9 - 5

Closed: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Years Day

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541-308-1600

 

Welcome to WAAAM!

Where antiques still fly & drive!

Don't miss it. WAAAM has one of the largest collections of still-flying antique aeroplanes and still-driving antique automobiles in the country.

The items on display at this museum are not only full of history... they're full of LIFE!

Aircraft, automobiles, motorcycles, tractors, military jeeps and engines all get their day in the sun again at WAAAM.

Interview with Ben

Interview with Ben

Click here to listen to the full interview and pictures of Ben's Interview with Gorge News Center.

Second Saturday

—Monthly Event—

Join Us
As We Get our Engines Running

Watch our planes take off and land, and hitch a ride in one of our antique cars. 

Every Saturday is different ... so be sure to come often!

"A visit to WAAAM on a Second Saturday is bound to make you realize just how easy life is these days. People don't even give it a thought, but in 1917, it could have taken a half an hour just to get the oil warm enough to crank the car!" - Director to Museum Director

Our Vehicles PURRRR!

Visitors at WAAAM quickly realize that our vehicles are not just a collection of old, unusable stuff. Once restored by our amazingly gifted volunteers, all of our antique cars and planes can and do run. More than that, they purrrrrr!

Jack Graham

Our Antique Airplanes

All of our antique airplanes have been meticulously restored from the inside out. And, unlike the aircraft at most air museums, our aircraft still fly! Be clear on this ... it's not that they "can" fly, they DO fly.  We take our aircraft out as often as we can, and we give them the workout that they want and deserve.

Most of our aircraft were flown for the purposes of personal recreation, some were used as work horses, and others were flown for military reasons.

Our Antique Automobiles

Our antique automobiles vary in age from 1899 to the 1960's. But mostly, they're from the "Golden Age of Transportation," which took place around the 1920's, 30's, and 40's.  Here are some examples ...

  • Our oldest car is an 1899 Locomobile Steam Car, on loan from a collector. 
  • Another Locomobile is our 1923 Model 48 Sportif which was donated to WAAAM by Wes and Nancy Lematta of Columbia Helicopters. At a time when Ford was building thousands of cars every week Locomobile was building just four and each was a work of art.
  • Among our unusual cars are Franklins from 1909 and 1929. The Franklin engines are air cooled and extremely well designed. Last fall the 1929 was driven from Portland to WAAAM under its own power.

 ...and that's just scratching the surface!

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Events

April

April 14

Second Saturday


Join us on the Second Saturday of each month, when WAAAM gets the engines running.

Learn more: Second Saturday.

May

May 12

Second Saturday
Military: Jeeps, Planes
Boeing 40 Flys


Join us on the Second Saturday of each month, when WAAAM gets the engines running.

Learn more: Second Saturday.

May 19th & 20th

Wine & Pear Fest

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June

June 9

Second Saturday


Join us on the Second Saturday of each month, when WAAAM gets the engines running.

Learn more: Second Saturday.

June 23

Model T Driving School

June 25-28

WAAAM Aviation Camp (8 - 12 years)


Explore the world of flight, learn how airplanes fly, how they are built and what keeps them up in the sky.

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Class #: Y8083

July

July 14

Second Saturday


Join us on the Second Saturday of each month, when WAAAM gets the engines running.

Learn more: Second Saturday.

July 21

Jackson Ride


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July 28

Model T Driving School

August

April 14

Second Saturday
Motorcycles: Fall Ride In


Join us on the Second Saturday of each month, when WAAAM gets the engines running.

Learn more: Second Saturday.

August 13-16

WAAAM Summer Flight Camp
(13 - 16 years)


This camp is an introduction to flying; Do you want to be a pilot? Visit with pilots, mechanics and instructors.

Click here to register.
Class #: Y8084

August 28

Model T Driving School

September 2012

September 8th & 9th

Hood River Annual Fly - In Second Saturday


Join us on the Second Saturday of each month, when WAAAM gets the engines running.

October

October 12th & 13th

WAAAM Traffic Jam- The Car Event Second Saturday


Join us on the Second Saturday of each month, when WAAAM gets the engines running.

What Visitors Say ...

WAAAM Vehicles
  • WOW!  
  • It's amazing! 
  • I can't believe it!  
  • Why haven't I been here sooner!
  • We're going to tell everyone we know about this place!

Visit WAAAM!

Be sure to schedule enough time to see the whole thing... and be sure to check out all the other great stuff that there is to do throughout the Columbia River Gorge.