California Air Museums

California Air Museums List

• ALAMEDA Alameda Naval Air Museum, alamedanavalairmuseum.org Collection includes artifacts, photographs, aircraft models, programs, guide books, flyers, documents, safety gear, medals, uniforms, badges and awards.
• ATWATER Castle Air Museum, castleairmuseum.org Convair RB-36H Peacemaker, Boeing B-52, B-25 Mitchell, and many more craft!
• CAMARILLO Commemorative Air Force, SoCal Wing, afsocal.com Located at Camarillo Airport, exhibits include vintage military aircraft.
• CHINO Planes of Fame, planesoffame.com Historic aircraft exhibits
• CHINO Yanks Air Museum, yanksair.com F-18 Hornet, F-15 and F-16, Grumman F11F-1 and much more!
• DOWNEY Columbia Memorial Space Center
• FAIRFIELD Travis AF Base Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space Museum, jimmydoolittlemuseum.org Early trainers, bombers, fighters, transports, helicopters and utility in a world class collection. Includes early years, WWI, WWII, Cold War and contemporary.
• LANCASTER Edwards AF Base Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, afftcmuseum.org F-22 Fighter Jet, X-1 and X-25, AQM34-J Firebee, YA-10B, SH34-G Seabat, SR-71A Blackbird and military craft.
• LOS ANGELES Flight Path Learning Center Museum, flightpath.us Next to Los Angeles International Airport visitors can see the outfits "stewardesses" and pilots wore (middle photo) in the early years of flying when only the 'well to do' could afford an air trip.
• McCLELLAN Aerospace Museum, aerospacemuseumofcalifornia.org. Fighters, trainers, transport and specialized types flown by the United States Air Force (USAF) and Navy during the 60 year period from 1940 to 2000
• OAKLAND Oakland Aviation Museum, oaklandaviationmuseum.org Exhibit includes Central States Aero Co. Monocoupe, Grumman F-14A Tomcat, Short Bros. Solent MkIII Flying Boat, and many more.
• PALM SPRINGS Palm Springs Air Museum, palmspringsairmuseum.org Includes over 20 warbirds and historic aircraft built by Piper, Douglas, Boeing, Bell, General Dynamics,Grumman.
• PASO ROBLES Estrella Warbird Museum, ewarbirds.org Jeeps, side arms, early year aircraft, fighter jets recently retired from active duty, antique ambulances, bombardier sites, modern missiles, and more.
• RAMONA Classic Motors Museum, rotors.org Includes world's largest collection of airworthy historic helicopters, classic rotors and over 40 rotorcraft.
• RIVERSIDE March Air Field Museum, marchfield.org Over 70 aircraft include A-26C Invader, Cessna A-37 Dragonfly, Corsair II A-7D, LTV, Cobra AH-1F, Colt An-2, PZL Mielec, model 1975 and Flying Fortress B-17G.
• SAN CARLOS Hiller Aviation Museum, hiller.org Over 25 aircraft on display, including the remains of the T- I Thaden (Argonaut) an early all metal aircraft built in 1928 in downtown San Francisco.
• SAN DIEGO Air & Space Museum, sandiegoairandspace.org Over a dozen exhibits in a premier facility in Balboa Park include rare specimens of aircraft include Spitfire Mk. XVI, a Navy F6F Hellcat and an A-4 Skyhawk jet.
• SAN DIEGO California Flight Museum, californiaflightmuseum.org Airplanes include Fairchild PT-19,Mig-21,Folland Gnat,Fouga Magister,Long Eze,Pazmany PL-2
• SANTA MONICA Museum of Flying, museumofflying.com The new Museum will feature nearly 2 dozen aircraft chronicling the beginning of flight: from a replica Wright Flyer, all the way to the jet age, with the BD-5 micro jet and the FedEx 727 nose section.
• SANTA ROSA Pacific Coast Air Museum, pacificcoastairmuseum.org Exhibits include T-38 Talon, RF-86 F Sabre, T-28 Trojan, Pitts Special S1, and dozens more.
• TORRANCE Western Museum of Flight, wmof.com Dozens of aircraft and exhibits include North American F-86 Sabre Jet, Northrop YF-17 "Cobra" (Prototype #1), Grumman F-14A Tomcat, Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter, Northrop JB-1 "Bat" World War II Buzz Bomb