Hiller Aviation Museum

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Hiller Aviation Museum
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The front of the Hiller Aviation Museum with a Rutan Long-EZ on the roof
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Location within California
EstablishedJune 1998 (1998-06)
Location San Carlos, California
Coordinates 37°30′45″N122°15′11″W / 37.5124°N 122.2531°W / 37.5124; -122.2531
Type Aviation museum
Collection size50+ aircraft
FounderStanley Hiller Jr.
PresidentJon Welte
Website www.hiller.org

The Hiller Aviation Museum is an aviation 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]

Contents

Visitors at a desktop flight simulator Visitors using a desktop flight simulator at Hiller Aviation Museum.jpg
Visitors at a desktop flight simulator

Collection

This museum has more than 50 aerospace vehicles along with companion descriptive displays concerning the history of flight. Some of the exhibits include: [4]

Events

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

Programs

This museum offers two Scouts BSA Merit Badge programs, the Aviation Merit Badge and the Weather Merit Badge. [24]

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ "The Five Best Museums Near San Carlos, California". California.com. California.com. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  2. ↑ Costantinou, Marianne (2006-04-23). "Stanley Hiller Jr. -- designed helicopters, created museum". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  3. ↑ "Affiliate detail: Hiller Aviation Museum". Smithsonian Affiliations . 2011. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  4. ↑ "Aircraft on Display". Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  5. ↑ "Avitor". Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  6. ↑ "Gull Glider". Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  7. ↑ "Santa Clara Glider". Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "Aerocycloid". Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  9. ↑ "Black Diamond". Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  10. ↑ "Curtiss "Pusher"". Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  11. ↑ "Fokker Dr.1 Triplane". Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  12. ↑ "Hiller XH-44". Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  13. ↑ "Hiller Flying Platform". Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  14. ↑ "Grumman HU-16-RD "Albatross"". Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  15. ↑ "Hiller XROE-1 Rotorcycle". Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  16. ↑ "Lockheed YO-3A". Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  17. ↑ "Boeing 747-100 Nose Section and Cockpit". Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  18. ↑ "Rutan Defiant 40". Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  19. ↑ "NASA AD-1". Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  20. ↑ "Aero L-39C Albatros". Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  21. ↑ "General Atomics MQ-1B Predator". Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  22. ↑ "Space Ship One". Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  23. ↑ "Boeing Condor". Hiller Aviation Museum. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  24. ↑ "Hiller Merit Badge Program". Boy Scouts of America, Pacific Skyline Council. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

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