Hangar B Gets a Work Party and a $50,000 Match Before Tillamook Reopens

The Tillamook Air Museum is asking for two things before it reopens: people to work, and money that a donor will match. A volunteer work party is set for October 9. A $50,000 matching challenge is running at the same time, with the money going toward restoring Hangar B, the museum's historic hangar. Matched dollars go further than most gifts to a building like this, and a $50,000 ceiling means every eligible contribution up to that figure counts twice. Owners who pay hangar rent, or who have paid to keep a hangar door working, already know that keeping a large aviation building usable is a matter of steady maintenance. The reopening gives the work a deadline. For readers who want to put in labor rather than write a check, October 9 is the date to keep open.

With reporting from Flying.