Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome
We’re Living History and Family Fun
Experience the magic and myth of flight! “History of Flight” every Saturday, “World War I” every Sunday, in 2025, June 14-Oct 18, at 2 PM.
America’s first flying museum of antique aircraft is just a short drive from New York City, Albany, and Western New England!
The Hudson Valley–an open cockpit– the rush of the slipstream–the majesty of the view. 1929 Biplane Rides and Lighthouse Tours.
Igo Etrich’s bird-like Taube (Dove) was one of the most recognizable pre-WW1 aircraft in the skies over Europe. Designed in 1909 and licensed for construction in 1910 to Austrian and German concerns, the stable Taube proved to be reliable platform for training, reconnaissance, and even light bombing duties. Various models saw service with Italian, Austro-Hungarian and German Air Services until they were outclassed in late 1914. When Mike Fithian-Eyb discovered that his grandfather, Capt. Robert Eyb, had flown a 1912 model F for the Austrian Air Service, he embarked on 16-year mission to research, build and fly a full-size replica!
Our founder, Cole Palen, grew up next to a great 1930’s Hudson Valley airport dreaming that he would own and fly the machines he saw overhead and spent the rest of his life bringing the vision alive. He believed, “It isn’t an airplane if it doesn’t fly,” and the non-profit Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum continues his work of collecting, restoring and exhibiting more than 60 aircraft of the Pioneer, WWI and Golden Ages of aviation. Cole also believed in having fun and presenting his treasures in an accessible way and we continue this tradition. We’ve been flying, educating and entertaining for six decades.
