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Ken Jernstedt Airfield 4S2
1600 Air Museum Road
Hood River, OR 97031
541-308-1600
Open Daily 9 - 5
Closed: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Years Day
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541-308-1600
Second Saturdays
Please join us! Ride in antique cars, watch the antique planes take off and land, eat ... drink ... be merry!
Join us the of each month Second Saturday, when WAAAM gets the engines running.
Second Saturday through the winter will be held Indoors. Weather permitting cars and airplanes would be taken outside. Otherwise, there will be indoor events including demonstrations, special exhibits & hands on experiences for the visitors.
Our antique aircraft, automobiles, motorcycles, tractors, military jeeps and engines all get their day in the sun when museum volunteers get to show visitors that this is not just a bunch of old stuff ... that life goes on for our artifacts!
Scroll down to see video of just how much fun Second Saturdays can be!
What Our Director Has to Say
"A visit to WAAAM on a Second Saturday is bound to make you realize just how easy life is today. Take for instance, the process of starting a car. People don't even give it a thought these days, but in 1917, it may have taken a half an hour just to get the oil warm enough to crank a Model T's engine to life!
"Life was certainly slower in those days, and knowing about how life was then helps us appreciate so much more, what we have today.
"Please join us on a Second Saturday of the month ... or on any day ... and take a step back in time with us."
—Judy Newman, Museum Director
NEW STUFF ... Check it out!
Our collection changes often. Airplanes, automobiles, motorcycles, and other antique items of interest are regularly added to the museum's collection.
If you haven't visited in a while, come by, because you're bound to see something new!
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The Second Saturday of each Month
View Recent WAAAM Videos
Take a look at some of the most recent fun and exciting events taking place at WAAAM...
WAAAM's Second
"Second Saturday"
More fun than what should be legal! Join us next time.
It's hard to imagine that people attending this second "Second Saturday" could have as much fun as they had at the first Second Saturday... but they did!
Visitors got to see mechanical things being started, airplanes being flown, antique cars being driven.
Best of all, visitors got to see flights by the oldest flying Boeing aircraft, a 1928 Boeing Model 40C. On May 8 owner Addison Pemberton made a joint photo flight with the newest Boeing, the 787 Dreamliner. Click to learn more about this historic aircraft
Ring Kings Car Club Visits WAAAM
Fundraiser for
Hospice of The Gorge and Relay for Life
A Hood River automobile club by the name of Ring Kings visited WAAAM on Saturday morning, July 17. More than a car show, the 80-plus cars that showed up were there to raise money for two worthy causes—Hospice of The Gorge and Relay for Life.
Vice president of Ring Kings Dennis Bailey said he's been organizing the car show for the past three years because he's both an avid car fan and an ardent supporter of the two non-profits.
Watch for more information about Ring Kings to be posted soon to this website.
New Stuff at WAAAM
WOW! More planes, autos and MOTORCYCLES too!
Airplanes include a Stearman C3B, a Beech Staggerwing, Melba Beard's Bird CK, a 1929 Waco CSO ... and more!
Automobiles include a 1910 White Model O steam car, a 1929 Graham-Paige roadster, a 1941 Packard Model 120 which is a recently retired rally car ... and more!
Motorcycles include a 1912 Indian, a 1923 Douglas, a 1926 Sunbeam Model 5, a 1964 Royal Enfield Interceptor 750 ... and more!
Check out the video. Better yet, visit WAAAM again soon!
1928 Stearman C3B Arrives at WAAAM
Old beauty finds a new and permanent home.
4/11/2010
The 1928 Stearman biplane that R.J. McWhorter lovingly restored and took to fly-ins throughout the Pacific Northwest until his death two years ago, made a historic flight to its new permanent home in Hood River.
The rare open-cockpit aircraft that was built as a mail plane is the newest addition to the Western Airplane and Automobile Museum.
Learn more: Biplane flies to new home at Hood River museum.
See More Videos
To see videos of more WAAAM events, check out the WAAAM Video Channel on YouTube: View WAAAM Videos.