The US Southwest Soaring Museum is an aviation museum

Aviation museum

An aviation museum, air museum or aerospace museum is a museum exhibiting the history and artifacts of aviation. In addition to actual or replica aircraft, exhibits can include photographs, maps, models, dioramas, clothing and equipment used by aviators.Aviation museums vary in size from housing...

, located at the Moriarty airport, in Moriarty, New Mexico

Moriarty, New Mexico

Moriarty is a city in Torrance County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,910 at the 2010 Census. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Moriarty is located at ....

, United States

United States

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 that focuses on the history of gliding

Gliding

Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne. The word soaring is also used for the sport.Gliding as a sport began in the 1920s...

 in the western United States.

The museum is an affiliate member of the Soaring Society of America

Soaring Society of America

The Soaring Society of America was founded at the instigation of Warren E. Eaton to promote the sport of soaring in the USA and internationally. The first meeting was held in New York City in the McGraw-Hill building on February 20, 1932. Its first objective was to hold a national soaring...

.

Mission

The museum states its aims as preserving and presenting the history and legacy of soaring; promoting an increased understanding of mathematics and the physical sciences through educational exhibits and programs; sponsoring aeronautical research programs relating to solar-powered flight; communicating an inspirational story of innovation and discovery for the New Mexico schoolchildren, the citizens of NM and visitors passing through the state and motivating others to experience the wonder of flight

History

The museum was conceived in 1995 and opened in 2006. Founding president George Applebay and a ten-person volunteer board of directors

Board of directors

A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...

 spent ten years assembling the collection of more than 40 gliders and models and finding a location for the museum.

Collection

The museum has an extensive collection of gliders, including:

• Applebay Zia
  Applebay Zia
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   motorglider
• Bensen B-8 Gyroglider
• Bowlus Super Albatross
• Cascade Kasperwing I-80 ultralight motor glider
• DFS Olympia
• DFS Weihe
  DFS Weihe
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• DSK Duster
  DSK Duster
  -External links:* http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/AC/aircraft/Duster-Sailplane/duster.php* http://www.sailplanedirectory.com/PlaneDetails.cfm?PlaneID=94...
  
   prototype
• Frankfort Cinema
  Frankfort Cinema
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• Fibera KK-1 Utu
• Franklin PS-2
  Franklin PS-2
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• Genesis 2 glider
• Glasflügel 303 Mosquito motorglider
• Hall Cherokee II
  Hall Cherokee II
  The Hall Cherokee II is an American high-wing, single seat glider that was designed by Stan Hall and introduced in 1956 as plans for amateur construction....
  
  
• Hall Cherokee RM
• Hoey-Johnson BG-12B
• Laister LP-46
• Laister-Kauffman TG-4 (LK10A)
• Mitchell B-10
  AmeriPlanes Mitchell Wing A-10
  |-See also:-External links:* on Archive.org*...
  
   flying wing
• Monnett Monerai
• Moore SS-1
  Moore SS-1
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• Nelson Hummingbird PG-185B
  Nelson Hummingbird PG-185B
  |-See also:...
  
   motorglider
• Northrup primary glider

• Oldershaw O-2
  Oldershaw O-2
  |-See also:-External links:*...
  
  
• Oldershaw O-3
  Oldershaw O-3
  |-See also:-External links:**...
  
  
• Santee SA-3/KA-3
• Schweizer SGS 1-26
  Schweizer SGS 1-26
  The Schweizer SGS 1-26 is a United States One-Design, single-seat, mid-wing glider built by Schweizer Aircraft of Elmira, New York.The SGS 1-26 enjoyed a very long production run from its first flight in 1954 until 1979, when production was ended. The 1-26 was replaced in production by the...
  
  
• Schweizer SGS 1-34
  Schweizer SGS 1-34
  The Schweizer SGS 1-34 is a United States Standard Class, single-seat, high-wing glider built by Schweizer Aircraft of Elmira, New York.The 1-34 was designed over a number of years in the mid-1960s and first flew in 1969....
  
  
• Schweizer SGS 2-12
  Schweizer SGS 2-12
  The Schweizer SGS 2-12 is a United States two-seat, low-wing, training glider built by Schweizer Aircraft of Elmira, New York.The 2-12 was a development of the Schweizer 2-8 two place training glider, with an all-wooden wing...
  
  
• Schweizer SGU 2-22
  Schweizer SGU 2-22
  The Schweizer SGU 2-22 is a United States two-seat, high-wing, strut-braced, training glider built by Schweizer Aircraft of Elmira, New York....
  
  
• Slingsby Kestrel
  Slingsby Kestrel
  |-See also:-Bibliography:* Coates, Andrew. Jane's World Sailplanes and Motorgliders. London. Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1978. ISBN 0 354 01119 7...
  
  
• Slingsby T.21
  Slingsby T.21
  |-References:* Ellison, N.H. British Gliders and Sailplanes 1922-1970. A & C Black, 1971* Simons, M. Slingsby Sailplanes. Airlife Publishing, 1996 - ISBN 1-85310-732-8...
  
   RAF Sedbergh T.X. Mk. 1
• Slingsby Tandem Tutor
  Slingsby Tandem Tutor
  -See also:-Cited sources:* Ellison, N.H. British Gliders and Sailplanes 1922-1970. A & C Black, 1971* Coates, Andrew. “Jane's World Sailplanes & Motor Gliders new edition”. London, Jane's. 1980. ISBN 0 7106 0017 8-Other sources:...
  
   RAF Kirby Cadet T.X. Mk. 3
• Scanlan SG-1A
  Scanlan SG-1A
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• Schleicher ASW 15
  Schleicher ASW 15
  |-References:***Thomas F, Fundamentals of Sailplane Design, College Park Press, 1999*Simons M, Segelflugzeuge 1965-2000, Eqip, 2004*...
  
  
• Schleicher Ka-4 Rhonlerche - 2
• Schleicher Ka 6CR PE
  Schleicher Ka 6
  -Bibliography:* Coates, Andrew, Janes World Sailplanes and Motorgliders. London. Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1978. ISBN 0 354 01119 7...
  
  
• Schleicher Ka 6e
  Schleicher Ka 6
  -Bibliography:* Coates, Andrew, Janes World Sailplanes and Motorgliders. London. Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1978. ISBN 0 354 01119 7...
  
  
• Schreder HP-11
• Schreder HP-18
  Schreder HP-18
  |-References:**R Johnson, A Flight Test Evaluation of the HP-18W Sailplane, Soaring, July 2003-External links:*...
  
  
• Stamer Lippisch SG-38 Zögling
  Stamer Lippisch SG-38 Zögling
  |-See also:-External links:* in the National Soaring Museum...
  
   primary glider
  Primary glider
  Primary gliders are a category of aircraft that enjoyed worldwide popularity during the 1920s and 1930s as people strove for simple and inexpensive ways to learn to fly....
  
   fuselage - replica
• Seagull hang glider
• UFM Easy Riser
  UFM Easy Riser
  -See also:-External links:*...
  
   ultralight
• Ultralight Products hang glider
• Wills Wing hang glider