Museum gives vintage planes their props

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO. — If vintage flying machines give you a lift, you need to visit the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum.

Located at Creve Coeur Airport in Maryland Heights, Mo., four large hangars are dedicated to about 60 airplanes. They range from a 1930 Curtis Air Sedan to the 1917 Standard J1 bi-plane flown in several Hollywood movies, including "The Great Waldo Pepper," starring Robert Redford.

Airport and museum owner Al Stix, of St. Louis, started flying with a buddy when he was stationed with the U.S. Army in England in the mid-1950s. Collecting aircraft has been a passion ever since. He bought the 300-acre airport in 1983 and opened the nonprofit museum in 1986.

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