Frank P. Lahm Aviation Museum opens Oct. 2 in Mansfield
A new aviation museum dedicated to the history of aviation in Mansfield is set to open Sunday, Oct. 2, in Mansfield.The Frank P. Lahm Aviation Muse...
A new aviation museum dedicated to the history of aviation in Mansfield is set to open Sunday, Oct. 2, in Mansfield.The Frank P. Lahm Aviation Museum is at the rear of the Mansfield Memorial Museum at 34 & 40 Park Avenue West.Did you know that on July 7, 1852 Professor John Wise inflated the Jupiter balloon in the city's square, the first lighter-than-air dirigible ever seen in Mansfield? The new museum displays a copy of the original photograph. Wise and his balloon several years later delivered the first Airmail in the United States.