Discover the Wonders of Aviation & Space. Aerospace Museum of California.

Описание: The Smithsonian Affiliate Museum has over 40 aircraft on display and a fully restored Fairchild PT-19 to one of the last Grumman F-14D Tomcats retired from U.S. Navy service in 2006. In addition to aircraft, the collection includes many other historic artifacts relating to Sacramento's aerospace heritage. It also houses an extensive collection of historic aircraft engines. These include examples ranging from World War I-era Gnome and Rhone rotary piston engines, large radial piston engines, and jet engines. The latter include a I-16 (1940, Whittle design), J57 #35 (1952), and J58 turbojet, used on the SR-71 Blackbird. The museum features an art gallery containing more than 50 original works, many from the Air Force Art Collection and the United States Coast Guard Art Collection


The Aerospace Museum of California celebrates the history of aviation and aerospace and inspires future generations of explorers. With interactive STEM exhibits and hundreds of artifacts on site, aerospace fans of all ages can explore and pilot their own adventure! The Museum features a 40,000 square foot exhibit hall, over 40 historic aircraft and rockets, a 4-acre outdoor Air Park, incredible traveling exhibits, and free parking. Families can engage with our STEM activities for all ages and let their imagination soar. A Smithsonian Affiliate and member of North American Reciprocal Museum Associate®, the Aerospace Museum is truly a place where dreams take flight!



The Aerospace Museum of California's mission is "to inspire students to explore, dream and discover STEM through hands-on learning."[14] The museum's goal is to "give 30,000 Sacramento kids a STEM Experience— regardless of socio-economic background". The museum "hopes to inspire our future leaders to pursue a career in future STEM industries", and its vision is to provide an interactive STEM experience to every child, school and family in the greater Sacramento region.

The museum is focused on current educational standards in science, technology, engineering, and math (S.T.E.M.) topics.
The museum's Flight Zone houses six independent stations running the X-Plane 11 flight simulator.

Visitors can “pilot” an aircraft using a professional flight simulator under the instruction of experienced flight instructors. This allows visitors to have the opportunity to practice taking off, flying, and landing virtually. The Flight Zone program is designed for students 5th to 12th grade who are interested in learning about and exploring aviation and related fields, and is also available to the general public.

Founded as the Air Force Logistics Museum of the West in 1982, the name of the museum was quickly changed to the McClellan Aviation Museum less than a year later. It was chartered by the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The McClellan Aviation Museum housed a collection of aircraft and other objects associated with the history of aviation. The museum began refurbishing an abandoned building at the base in 1983 and in 1986 it opened to the public. In 1998, the museum was threatened with closure as part of the Base Realignment and Closure process to close McClellan Field. By the end of the base closure process in 2001, the majority of the McClellan HISTORY Aviation Museum collection were transferred as indefinite loan items from the U.S. Air Force to the newly formed Aerospace Museum of California.





AIRCRAFT ON DISPLAY:
Beechcraft UC-45J Expeditor[17]
Boeing 727[18]
Convair F-102A Delta Dagger[19]
Convair F-106A Delta Dart[20]
Convair VC-131D Samaritan[21]
Douglas A-1E Skyraider[22]
Douglas A-4C Skyhawk[23]
Douglas C-53 Skytrooper[24]
Douglas C-54D Skymaster[25]
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar[26]
Fairchild PT-19[27]
Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II[28]
General Dynamics FB-111A Aardvark[29]
Grumman F-14D Tomcat[30]
Grumman HU-16B Albatross[31]
Grumman TS-2A Tracker[32]
Hunting Jet Provost T.3[33]
Lockheed EC-121D Warning Star[34]
Lockheed F-80B Shooting Star[35]
Lockheed F-104B Starfighter[36]
Lockheed T-33A[37]
McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II[38]
McDonnell F-101B Voodoo[39]
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17PF[40]
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F[41]
North American F-86F Sabre[42]
North American F-86L Sabre[43]
North American F-100D Super Sabre[44]
North American T-6G Texan[45]
North American T-28B Trojan[46]
North American T-39A Sabreliner[47]
Osprey GP-3 Osprey 2[48]
Osprey GP-4[49]
Piasecki CH-21C Shawnee[50]
Pitts Special S-1C[51]
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak[52]
Republic F-105D Thunderchief[53]
Sikorsky CH-3E[54]
Taylorcraft L-2M[55]
Vought A-7D Corsair II[56]

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