Collings Foundation

The Collings Foundation is a private non-profit educational foundation located in <a href="/facts/Stow%2c_Massachusetts/LgS4ySpl">Stow, Massachusetts</a>, with a mission dedicated to the preservation and public display of transportation-related history, namely automobile and aviation history. The Collings Foundation is headquartered at a small private airfield in Stow that includes a small museum that opens for special events and pre-scheduled tour groups.
The <a href="/facts/American_Heritage_Museum/Iok7uggX">American Heritage Museum</a>, a collection of military vehicles, is located on the grounds of the foundation. The organization also has a satellite operations base at <a href="/facts/Ellington_Airport_(Texas)/pRhnlLIQ">Ellington Field</a> in <a href="/facts/Houston/1v8AwQUN">Houston</a>, <a href="/facts/Texas/B987WHF0">Texas</a>, primarily housing its <a href="/facts/Korean_War/Qo93pNhE">Korean War</a> and <a href="/facts/Vietnam_War/W0gfbGTE">Vietnam War</a> jet aircraft and helicopter collection.
The Collings Foundation operated two touring collections of historic military aircraft: The Wings of Freedom Tour and The Vietnam Memorial Flight. The Wings of Freedom tour ended in 2023 after the organization grounded their WWII aircraft. 
The Collings Foundation sold vintage <a href="/facts/Warbird/pIxwLtXn">warbird</a> rides to the general public through a flight exemption until permission for such flights was revoked by the <a href="/facts/Federal_Aviation_Administration/PYsXt3YT">Federal Aviation Administration</a> following the <a href="/facts/2019_Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress_crash/bCUdEVPo">fatal 2019 crash of the foundation's B-17G</a>.

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