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American Helicopter Museum in West Chester, PA
American Helicopter Museum
If you're into whirlybirds, this is the place for you. Welcome to the largest collection of helicopters in the nation. You'll find more than 35 civilian and military helicopters, autogiros and convertaplanes that showcase the history of rotary wing aircraft. The American Helicopter Museum and Education Center, which opened to the public in 1996, also has a expanding library of documents, films, memoirs and artifacts about rotary wing aircraft. The museum plays host to... Read More »
West Chester Offers Small-Town Charm, Easy Access to Big City
Visit West Chester‚ and you might never want to go home again. In fact‚ you may decide to just stay put and make this community your own.
“People come here and they stay here‚” says Dick Yoder‚ who is now in his second term as mayor of West Chester. “It’s friendly‚ it has a vibrant and interesting town center‚ and it has a unique balance between being a small town andhaving a lot of activity.”
Yoder‚ one of 13 children‚ grew up in a West Chester he describes as a small farm town‚ in which his... Read More »
American Helicopter Museum Offers Helicopters, Autogiros and More
For more than a decade‚ the American Helicopter Museum and Educational Center has been teaching visitors about the past‚ present and future of helicopters‚ autogiros and convertiplanes.
The museum features a variety of aviation-related items and more than 35 aircraft‚ both civilian and military‚ including the only tilt-rotor Osprey V-22 on display in the world.
Museum-goers can climb inside some of the whirlybirds or try out the flight simulator‚ in addition to other hands-on experiences. Kids... Read More »
Music, Visual, Performing Arts Well-Represented in Chester County
From the musical comedy of Gilbert & Sullivan to the brooding prose of author Frank McCort and the haunting paintings of the Wyeth family‚ West Chester and Chester County are blessed with a bounty of arts in a wide range of mediums.
And with recently approved plans and funding for a new home for the School of Music and a performing arts center at West Chester University of Pennsylvania‚ that cultural cache will grow considerably richer in the future.
West Chester University already serves... Read More »
