Category: USA
Aviation Museums in the United States
Below is a list of all aviation and aerospace museums we've visited in the United States. Which one is your favorite? You can comment on and rate museums at the end of each post. Click here to view all museums on an interactive map.
B-17 Alliance Foundation Museum & Restoration Hangar
B-17 Alliance Foundation is restoring a Flying Fortress named “Lacey Lady” in a restoration hangar located on the west side of the Salem Municipal Airport in Oregon.
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USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum
On October 17th, 1998, CV-12 was opened to the public as the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum in Alameda, California. It is permanently moored at the same Pier 3 where CV-8 was docked while loading Doolittle’s B-25s on April 1st, 1942.
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PBY Naval Air Museum
The history of the PBY Naval Air Museum began in 1998 when the PBY Memorial Foundation was formed with a mission to preserve history and artifacts related to the PBY Catalina seaplane base in Oak Harbor, WA.
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Aerospace Museum of California
The Aerospace Museum of California, originally known as the McClellan Aviation Museum, was founded in 1982 as a part of the US Air Force museum system.
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McChord Air Museum
McChord Air Museum, founded in 1982 by the McChord Air Museum Foundation, is located on the grounds of the Joint Base Lewis-McChord complex, approximately a 1-hour drive south of Seattle, WA.
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Air Force Flight Test Museum – Blackbird Airpark
Blackbird Airpark in Palmdale, California is an annex of the Air Force Flight Test (AFFT) Museum at Edwards AFB and was officially dedicated on September 27, 1991.
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Gillespie Field Annex – San Diego Air & Space Museum
A visit to the San Diego Air and Space Museum is not complete without a short trip to Gillespie Field where the museum’s annex is located.
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San Diego Air & Space Museum
San Diego Air & Space Museum opened its doors for the first time on February 15, 1963, in the Food and Beverage Building in Balboa Park.
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Lauridsen Aviation Museum
Private collection of over 30 airplanes located at the Buckeye Municipal Airport, west of Phoenix, Arizona.
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Air Force Flight Test Museum – Century Circle
The Century Circle exhibit features all six Century Series fighter jets tested at Edwards AFB during the Cold War.
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USS Midway Museum
The USS Midway Museum is one of the 5 aircraft carrier museums in the US and one of only two on the West Coast.
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Santa Maria Museum of Flight
The history of the Santa Maria Museum of Flight began in 1983, when local business leaders got together to discuss the idea of preserving aviation history of the Santa Maria Valley.
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