Heritage Flight Museum

Heritage Flight Museum Heritage Flight Museum is dedicated to honoring veterans and flying historic military aircraft. New Hours: Thursday through Saturday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
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The museum will reopen to the public starting Thursday, July 22, 2021.

Berry Dairy Days Parade will start with a flyover by Heritage Flight Museum; watch for our T-6 Texans around 10:00 am wh...
06/16/2026

Berry Dairy Days Parade will start with a flyover by Heritage Flight Museum; watch for our T-6 Texans around 10:00 am when the event kicks off.

Thank you to all of our June Fly Day attendees, including whoever flew in on this excellent bike. Thank you pilots, volu...
06/15/2026

Thank you to all of our June Fly Day attendees, including whoever flew in on this excellent bike. Thank you pilots, volunteers, Wandering Asian food truck, Red-Tailed Hawks Flying Club! See you on 18 July.

It’s a beautiful day for flying! HFM staff, volunteers and pilots are gearing up for our June Fly Day proudly hosting th...
06/13/2026

It’s a beautiful day for flying! HFM staff, volunteers and pilots are gearing up for our June Fly Day proudly hosting the Red-Tailed Hawks Flying Club. Doors open 10:00

Active Airspace: Please be advised our June Fly Day (Saturday, 13 June) will have a higher than usual number of aircraft...
06/09/2026

Active Airspace: Please be advised our June Fly Day (Saturday, 13 June) will have a higher than usual number of aircraft operating out of our tarmac and around the aiport. In addition to our Fly Day event, the Red-Tailed Hawks Flying Club and the EAA Young Eagles will be in the air. Thunder Run will be happening at the same time, plus the standard general aviation of a nice June weekend; in short, it is probably not the best occasion to arrive at HFM by air for the Fly Day. The ramp is likely to be full.

Your upcoming Saturday Forecast for June 13: sun, Asian food, and really awesome flying! Don't forget HFM's June Fly Day...
06/08/2026

Your upcoming Saturday Forecast for June 13: sun, Asian food, and really awesome flying! Don't forget HFM's June Fly Day is on the horizon, mark your calendars accordingly.

Bill Anders has been in my thoughts today. I learned recently that a poem was sent into outer space for the first time i...
06/08/2026

Bill Anders has been in my thoughts today. I learned recently that a poem was sent into outer space for the first time in 1961, etched on an aluminum panel of a US Navy satellite. It reminded me of Bill and here it is, on the second anniversary of his passing.

From Time's obscure beginning, the Olympians
Have, moved by pity, anger, sometimes mirth,
Poured an abundant store of missiles down
On the resigned, defenceless sons of Earth.
Hailstones and chiding thunderclaps of Jove,
Remote directives from the constellations:
Aye, the celestials have swooped down themselves,
Grim bent on miracles or incarnations.
Earth and her offspring patiently endured,
(Having no choice) and as the years rolled by
In trial and toil prepared their counterstroke
And now 'tis man who dares assault the sky.
Fear not, Immortals, we forgive your faults,
And as we come to claim our promised place
Aim only to repay the good you gave
And warm with human love the chill of space.

By Thomas G. Bergin

An old baseball cap rests quietly on display at Heritage Flight Museum. Many years ago, its color was deep navy blue; no...
06/04/2026

An old baseball cap rests quietly on display at Heritage Flight Museum. Many years ago, its color was deep navy blue; now it is a faded, murky grey. The cap’s bill is frayed; its crown has a ragged hole. This cap is a veteran not just of years, but of war. This is a brief story of its owner, Harry Ferrier.

On January 28, 1941, a few days after his 16th birthday, Harry Ferrier lied about his age to join the US Navy. It was a fib that nearly cost him his life when, in the following year, he participated in one of the most famous and decisive engagements in naval history, the Battle of Midway, 4-7 June 1942. At that famous battle, the Japanese attempted to seize the Midway Islands with the goal of luring the US Navy aircraft carriers to battle and destroying them.

Harry Ferrier was part of a three-man crew on a TBF Avenger torpedo bomber. His duties were in the plane’s tail, where, sporting a jaunty baseball cap, he operated the radio and manned a .30 caliber machine gun. The other members of his crew were Bert Earnest, pilot, and Jay Manning, turret gunner. They were one aircraft of a six-plane detachment from Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8) based on the Midway Islands.

On the day of battle, Ferrier’s squadron was the first to engage the Japanese carrier task force. As the TBF Avengers of VT-8 attacked, they were mauled by swarms of Japanese fighters. Almost instantly, bullets and shells ripped through Ferrier’s aircraft, wounding both he & pilot Earnest, and killing the gunner, Jay Manning. Despite his wound and the plane being shot to pieces, Harry kept firing back. Then, a bullet gouged through his scalp, and he was unconscious.

A short while later, Harry came to. He was sprawled over his machine gun, with blood everywhere. He examined the baseball cap he had been wearing: the bullet had clipped the bill, then ripped a hole through the hat. The bullet that had torn through his scalp had come only a fraction of an inch from killing him.

Harry was able to report to his pilot that he was still alive. Their aircraft was a flying wreck, all instruments shot out, radios dead. Nonetheless, pilot Bert Earnest found Midway and crash-landed on the island. He and Harry Ferrier were flying the only plane to return. They were the sole survivors of the 18 men of Midway’s Torpedo 8.
But their sacrifice was not in vain. Despite heavy initial losses like Ferrier’s squadron, the US went on to sink all four of the aircraft carriers Japan had sent against Midway.

That was June 4, 1942. On this June 4th, we at Heritage Flight Museum honor Harry Ferrier, Torpedo Squadron 8, and all the men who lost their lives during the Battle of Midway.

Thank you to our May Fly Day attendees, Queens of Fire Pizza, Cascade Warbirds, Whatcom County Porsche Owners Club, Ozzi...
05/27/2026

Thank you to our May Fly Day attendees, Queens of Fire Pizza, Cascade Warbirds, Whatcom County Porsche Owners Club, Ozzie, the Anders Family, John Sessions and all of our amazing volunteers. Thanks to Taylor Maxwell for the photos of two deliciously smoky Skyraider engine startups. See you in June!

05/25/2026

This Memorial Day, we pause to honor and remember the men and women who have given their lives in service to our country.

We remember them, and we stand with the families who live with that loss every day.

We will not forget them.

📸: U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser

Happy to Josh and Willie, the hardworking aircraft mechanics who keep our fleet flying. There would be no HFM without ...
05/24/2026

Happy to Josh and Willie, the hardworking aircraft mechanics who keep our fleet flying. There would be no HFM without an AMT. Thank you for everything you do!

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15053 Crosswind Drive
Burlington, WA
98233

Opening Hours

Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

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+13604245151

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