{"id":5871,"date":"2016-08-23T21:13:20","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T19:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?page_id=5871"},"modified":"2025-01-19T14:51:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T12:51:15","slug":"atterbury-bakalar-air-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/atterbury-bakalar-air-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Atterbury Bakalar Air Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum<\/strong>, located at <strong>Columbus<\/strong>, <strong>Indiana<\/strong>, is dedicated to preserving the history of the former Atterbury Army Air Field and Bakalar Air Force Base. The museum showcases a variety of exhibits, including a <strong>Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar<\/strong>, a <strong>McDonnell F-4C Phantom II<\/strong>, a reproduction barracks, a <strong>CG-4A<\/strong> glider nose section, and displays highlighting local manufacturers&#8217; contributions during wartime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"widget-pane-section-info-text\">4742 Ray Boll Blvd<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"widget-pane-section-info-text\">Columbus<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"widget-pane-section-info-text\">Indiana 47203<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/north-america-2\/\">USA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atterburybakalarairmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.atterburybakalarairmuseum.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:434abmuseum@gmail.com\">434abmuseum@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>+1 (812) 372-4356<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of January 19, 2025, the museum is temporarily closed for winter upgrades and is scheduled to reopen on March 5, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday &#8211; Saturday 10:00 &#8211; 16:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Closed Sunday &amp; Monday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Free admission<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/atterburybakalarairmuseum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-922 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/facebook.jpg\" alt=\"facebook\" class=\"wp-image-922\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Museum is a quick drive from I-65, Exit #68 if coming north from Louisville or Exit #76 if coming south from Indianapolis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum is located near the control tower across the street from the F4C Phantom Jet Fighter static display at the Columbus Indiana Municipal Airport, the former location of the Atterbury Army Air Field and Bakalar Air Force Base<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d790909.3774437837!2d-86.45326633117476!3d39.254453!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0xa32fcf83c2da767a!2sAtterbury+Bakalar+Museum!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1471979207777\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aircraft collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/atterbury-bakalar-air-museum\/mcdonnell-f-4c-phantom-ii-64-0844\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5872\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/McDonnell-F-4C-Phantom-II-64-0844-728x546.jpg\" alt=\"McDonnell F-4C Phantom II 64-0844, Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum\" class=\"wp-image-5872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/McDonnell-F-4C-Phantom-II-64-0844-728x546.jpg 728w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/McDonnell-F-4C-Phantom-II-64-0844-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/McDonnell-F-4C-Phantom-II-64-0844-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/McDonnell-F-4C-Phantom-II-64-0844-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/McDonnell-F-4C-Phantom-II-64-0844.jpg 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>McDonnell F-4C Phantom II 64-0844 USAF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>N3003<p><\/p>\n<p>64-0844<\/p>\n<p>N47903<\/p>\n<p>50<\/p><\/td><td>Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar<p><\/p>\n<p>McDonnell F-4C Phantom II<\/p>\n<p>Schweizer TG-2<\/p>\n<p>Waco CG-4A Hadrian (front)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum, located at Columbus, Indiana, is dedicated to preserving the history of the former Atterbury Army Air Field and Bakalar Air Force&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5871","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5871"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32203,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5871\/revisions\/32203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}