Favorite air museum in California

[Vahe Demirjian]

I have gone to several air museums in southern California, which is no surprise given that southern California was one of the major US aircraft manufacturing hubs in the western US during World War II and the Cold War. Therefore, I'm asking your input on what is your favorite air museum in California you've visited.

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

I've only been to SDASM, so hard to say.

 

[isayyo2]

Gonna go with Castle, since it's the only one I've been to off this list. They also have nearly one of every plane could think of! Is there anywhere else you can compare every bomber, from B-18 to B-58, to a Vulcan or SR-71?

Unfortunately, their inventory was not in great shape 12 years ago, I do worry how they're holding up now.

 

[taildragger]

The Hiller Aviation Museum in San Mateo should be listed

 

[Dagger]

Not in the list but also in California:

- Air Force Flight Test Museum at Edwards AFB
- Blackbird Airpark at Palmdale
- Joe Davies Heritage Airpark at Palmdale (next to Blackbird Airpark)

 

[Mark Nankivil]

Also Chico Air Museum and Aerospace Museum of California in Sacramento.

 

[martinbayer]

Add the Gillespie Field Annex of the San Diego Air & Space Museum (has an X-13), the Classic Rotors Museum, the Vietnam Helicopters Museum, the California Science Center (has an F-20 and the Endeavour Shuttle Orbiter), the Pacific Coast Air Museum, the Museum of Flying, the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, the USS Midway Museum, and the USS Hornet Museum to the mix.

 

[BillRo]

Commemorative AF at Camarillo, China Lake Museum, Ridgecrest

 

[aim9xray]

Estrella Warbird Museum in Paso Robles. General Atomics GNAT on display among many other aircraft.

 

[NoBarrelRolls]

The Hiller Aviation Museum in San Mateo should be listed

It's a very cool museum, I visited once back in 2015