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Retired pilot donates $400,000 to preserve Neil Armstrong's Ohio home

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 19 Oct, 06:01 · Archive

A retired military pilot has donated $400,000 to help a local historical society buy and restore Neil Armstrong's boyhood home in Wapakoneta, Ohio.

Ken Schreiber, a retired military pilot who served 20 years in the U.S. Air Force and later worked as a pilot with American Airlines, has donated $400,000 to help the Auglaize County Historical Society purchase Neil Armstrong's boyhood home in Wapakoneta, Ohio. The sale is scheduled to be finalised on Monday.

Schreiber was nine years old when Armstrong took his first steps on the moon in 1969. Like Armstrong, he too became a military fighter pilot. After reading in August that the home was for sale and learning no one had come forward to preserve it, Schreiber made an offer. 'I just thought somebody has got to step up to the plate,' he said, recalling his father's advice to 'make a mark in life.'

The historical society plans to restore the two-storey home to its appearance during Armstrong's boyhood, when he built model planes in the dining room and tested them in a basement wind tunnel he created. The goal is to have the home ready for its first public tours by 2030, to mark the 100th anniversary of Armstrong's birth, said Gerald Siesel, the historical society's president. The home has long been a stop for visitors to the Armstrong Air and Space Museum, but has never been open to the public.

Retired pilot donates $400,000 to preserve Neil Armstrong's Ohio home
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In this story: Neil Armstrong · Ken Schreiber · Auglaize County Historical Society · Wapakoneta · Ohio · Gerald Siesel · American Airlines

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