17-05-2025
Mid America Air Museum accepts plane donation
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — The Mid-America Air Museum in Sioux City welcomed a new addition Friday.
A 1966 Aero Commander 200. The plane was donated by Steve Bauman of Kingman, Arizona. Bauman made the 10-hour flight in the plane from Arizona to Sioux City on Thursday. Bauman had owned the plane since 1989. Bauman told us he decided it was time to get rid of the plane as he is getting older.
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Baumann contacted the museum about a month ago about donating the plane, and the museum was happy to accept.
'I think it's important that our museum tells stories involving our exhibits and artifacts and this is going to be an amazing artifact to put in the middle of the museum and tell Steve's story with it and as Steve said it's a unique aircraft. It's going to be important for us to tell the story,: said Kevin Blosch, executive director of the Mid America Air Museum.
The museum had an appraisal done on the plane before it was flown up. Brand new, the plane cost $29,000 in 1966. It's now appraised at $200,000.
According to museum officials, the plane will be on display later this summer.
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