Gerald Jerry YagenGerald"Jerry" Yagen, founder of Military Aviation Museum, was born in Hamburg, Germany, just a few months after the end of WWII. As the son of an AmericanArmy Air Corp commander, he spent much of his childhood on airbases and traveingto other countries. He continued to travel as an adult, often piloting himselfand his family in one of his collected planes. Jerry logged more than 4,800 hours in twenty-one differentaircraft before retiring from active flying in early 2021.Jerry's passion for aircraft collection and restorationexploded thirty years ago when he purchased a crashed P-40 Kitty Hawk that hadbeen discovered in northern Russia. He had it shipped to Norfolk, Virginia, andlater to New Zealand for restoration. That P-40, a fully restoredaward-winning, airworthy war plane, is kept in one of seven hangars in ruralVirginia Beach, with over eighty other planes and projects, comprising a world-classcollection of historic artifacts in the Military Aviation Museum.Jerry is also founder and president of AviationInstitute of Maintenance and Centura College, which operates more than twentycolleges across the US. He was inducted into the Virginia Aviation Hall of Famein Richmond, Virginia, in 2014. Jerry and his wife Elaine have lived inVirginia Beach for more than fifty years, raising two children (both married), and enjoying four grandchildren.
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