Hiller_Aviation_Museum

Hiller Aviation Museum

Hiller Aviation Museum

Aerospace museum in San Carlos, California

The Hiller Aviation Museum is an aircraft history museum located at the San Carlos Airport in San Carlos, California. It has over fifty aircraft on display, as well as flight simulators, plane cockpits and other exhibits tracing aviation history.[1] The museum was founded by Stanley Hiller in June 1998[2] 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.[3]

Visitors at a desktop flight simulator
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Programs

This museum offers two Scouts BSA Merit Badge programs, the Aviation Merit Badge and the Weather Merit Badge. [4]

Permanent exhibits

This museum has more than 50 aerospace vehicles along with companion descriptive displays concerning the history of flight. Some of the exhibits include:[5]

Annual airshow

This museum sponsored Vertical Challenge, an annual all-helicopter airshow from 2000-2010, and a final one in 2012. In 2011 and 2016 an aviation festival event called Heli-Fest was held instead.

  • Displayed Aircraft
  • Hermes Avitor Jr.
  • Montgomery Gull glider
  • Santa Clara glider
  • Montgomery Evergreen Glider
  • Wright Flyer
  • Aerocycloid
  • Little Looper
  • Fokker Dr.I
  • Velie Monocoupe
  • Hiller Flying Platform
  • Hiller VXT-8 Coleopter
  • Grumman HU-16 Albatross
  • Boeing 747
  • SpaceShipOne

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "The Five Best Museums Near San Carlos, California". California.com. California.com. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  2. [2]
    Costantinou, Marianne (2006-04-23). "Stanley Hiller Jr. -- designed helicopters, created museum". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  3. [3]
    "Affiliate detail: Hiller Aviation Museum". Smithsonian Affiliations. 2011. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  4. [4]
    "Hiller Merit Badge Program". Boy Scouts of America, Pacific Skyline Council. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  5. [5]
    "Aircraft on display". Hiller Aviation Museum. Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  6. [6]
    "Maupin-Lanteri Black Diamond". Smithsonian. Smithsonian. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  7. [7]
    Hiller Flying Platform
  8. [8]
    Grumman HU-16-RD “Albatross”
  9. [9]
    Boeing 747-100 Nose Section and Cockpit

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