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T e THZ3 HPP model’s small size and protected, encapsulated electronics make this model ideal for integrating into panels like that used for the PT-305.

engine room that housed one of the three Packard 1500 Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. Tammany Parishes, horsepower, 2500 cubic inch engines,” Watson said. “Since where they work and live. these engines run on aviation fuel, it’s possible that under some circumstances fumes could be present. The THZ3’s Pritzker Military Museum & Library gave big

Class I Division 2 hazardous-area approval and small hockey In early March, the Pritzker Military Museum & Li- puck are other features that led to its use on the PT-305.” brary, along with the TAWANI Foundation, both located in Chicago, donated $100,000 to the PT-305 project.

Crescent River Port Pilots’ Foundation That included a $10,000 pledge to the museum’s “Launch

Patrick Duvernay of the Crescent River Port Pilots’ Foun- PT-305” Kickstarter campaign. dation in Belle Chasse, La., said, “when the museum was Opened in 2003, the Pritzker Military Museum & Li- getting ready to move the PT-305 to Lake Pontchartrain, brary was founded by retired Colonel Jennifer Pritzker, IL they needed assistance for transportation. Our foundation ARNG to raise awareness about military history and vet- has strong military and naval contacts and a number of vet- erans. The TAWANI Foundation is a grant-making group erans. We asked the museum about their requirements, and funded by Colonel Pritzker, who collected books and ma- we raised $10,000.” The association has 110 pilots. terials focused on American soldiers. The Pritzker Museum “The PT-305 played an important part in our nation’s & Library encourages discussion, and in the last decade has history and it, along with the museum,