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Monday, April 2, 2018

The Hiller Aviation Museum is an aircraft history museum located at the San Carlos Airport in San Carlos, California. The museum was founded by Stanley Hiller in June 1998. and is endowed by members of the Hiller family. It specializes in Northern California aircraft history and helicopter history. The museum is also an affiliate within the Smithsonian Affiliations program.

Permanent exhibits




Hiller Aviation Museum in California - In San Carlos, just south of San Francisco, the Hiller Museum has a lot of aircraft that you are allowed to touch, and some you shouldn't. They offer computer flight simulator sessions, and...

This museum has more than 50 aerospace vehicles along with companion descriptive displays concerning the history of flight. Some of the exhibits include:

  • The Hiller XH-44 (replica), first coaxial helicopter to fly in the US
  • The Hiller Flying Platform, an experimental aircraft from 1955 to give a single passenger low-altitude flight
  • The front 45 feet of a Boeing 747
  • Fairchild 24, the "Honeymoon Plane" once owned by James Ricklefs
  • Stearman-Hammond Y-1, a mid-1930s trainer also used as a remotely piloted aircraft
  • The Rutan Defiant, Burt Rutan's personal homebuilt airplane.
  • A Grumman Albatross HU-16RD that flew around the world.
  • The NASA AD-1 oblique wing research aircraft.

See also


Hiller Aviation Museum - Wikipedia
Hiller Aviation Museum - Wikipedia. Source : en.wikipedia.org

  • Coleopter
  • List of aerospace museums

References


Hiller Aviation Museum - San Francisco california Stock Photo ...
Hiller Aviation Museum - San Francisco california Stock Photo .... Source : www.alamy.com

Sources


Best Caterers in the Bay Area | Computer History Museum Events
Best Caterers in the Bay Area | Computer History Museum Events. Source : www.ggcatering.com

  • Fact Sheet
  • Stanley Van Winkle Hiller 1888-1968
  • Hiller Aviation Museum: Fascinating Family Fun

External links


Turbine Toucan -
Turbine Toucan -. Source : www.turbinetoucan.com

  • Hiller Aviation Museum official website


Hiller Aviation Museum - San Francisco california Stock Photo ...
Hiller Aviation Museum - San Francisco california Stock Photo .... Source : www.alamy.com

 
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