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* [[Beechcraft T-34 Mentor|Beechcraft T-34B Mentor]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Beech D45, s/n 144071 USN, c/n BG-378, c/r N8767V |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=16994 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref>
* [[Bede BD-5J]]<ref>{{cite web |title=BD-5J Bede |url=http://www.pacificcoastairmuseum.org/aircraft/bd-5j-bede |website=Pacific Coast Air Museum |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref>
* [[Bede BD-5J]]<ref>{{cite web |title=BD-5J Bede |url=http://www.pacificcoastairmuseum.org/aircraft/bd-5j-bede |website=Pacific Coast Air Museum |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref>
* [[Bell UH-1H Iroquois]]<ref>{{cite web |title=UH-1H Huey |url=http://www.pacificcoastairmuseum.org/aircraft/uh-1h-huey |website=Pacific Coast Air Museum |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SA&p_theme=sa&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFED306A2E44A3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10 |title=Vietnam-Vintage Chopper Added to SR Air Museum |author=Chris Smith |work=The Press Democrat|date=May 25, 1996}}</ref>
* [[Bell UH-1H Iroquois]]<ref>{{cite web |title=UH-1H Huey |url=http://www.pacificcoastairmuseum.org/aircraft/uh-1h-huey |website=Pacific Coast Air Museum |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SA&p_theme=sa&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFED306A2E44A3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10 |title=Vietnam-Vintage Chopper Added to SR Air Museum |author=Chris Smith |work=The Press Democrat|date=May 25, 1996}}</ref>

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Pacific Coast Air Museum
Pacific Coast Air Museum is located in California
Pacific Coast Air Museum
Location within California
Established1989 (1989)
LocationCharles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, California
Coordinates38°30′23″N 122°48′06″W / 38.5064°N 122.8018°W / 38.5064; -122.8018
TypeAviation museum
FounderHarrison Rued[1]
PresidentLynn Hunt
Websitewww.pacificcoastairmuseum.org

The Pacific Coast Air Museum is an aviation museum located at Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, California. The museum displays a varied collection of over 30 American military, propeller, and jet aircraft.

History

Founded in 1989, the museum merged in 1999 with the Redwood Empire Aviation Historical Society, a smaller organization.[2] In late 2001, the museum, which had rented a variety of hangars and tie-down spots for its collection of aircraft, at the Sonoma County airport, began the process of moving to a larger facility.[3]

The museum acquired an Il-14 and an F-8 in 1993.[4]

In December 2010, the museum acquired an F-15 Eagle which, after launching from Otis Air National Guard Base in Massachusetts, was one of the first fighter aircraft over New York City during the September 11 attacks. The museum planned to fully restore the plane and make it the centerpiece of an exhibit.[5]

The museum intends to build and move to a new larger facility, still at the airport. One possibility is a location on Airport Boulevard at the main entrance to the county airport, a five-acre garden tilled by inmates at Sonoma County's low-security jail.[6]

Facility

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World airplane hangar - movie memorabilia

Next to the museum, immediately to the north, is the airplane hangar used in the 1963 Hollywood all-star comedy movie, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. In the movie, stunt pilot Frank Tallman flies a Beech D18 through the airplane hangar, with only 23 feet of clearance from wingtip to wingtip, and only 15 feet from the top of the tail to the hangar ceiling. Known as the Butler Building, the hangar was built during World War II, and is still in use today.

Exhibits

A model room includes dioramas of Santa Rosa Army Airfield and Santa Rosa Naval Auxiliary Air Station and a model of the USS Intrepid.[7] Other objects include an R-4360 engine, SR-71 parts, an F-4N simulator and DC-6 and RF-8G cockpits.[8][9][10][11][12]

Collection

American military jet aircraft on display
F-15 First Responder

Aircraft

Other

Events

Until 2020, the museum held an annual 2-day weekend airshow in August called Wings over Wine Country.[60][61]

It currently holds a Wings and Wheels Car Show.[62]

Programs

The museum offers an aviation summer school, a merit badge in aviation program for Boy Scouts and an oral history program.[63][64][65]

A division of the museum called Flight Wing maintains a some of the aircraft in airworthy condition.[66]

References

  1. ^ "[Untitled]" (PDF), Straight Scoop, vol. 13, no. 5, p. 1, May 2007, retrieved 5 July 2024
  2. ^ Chris Smith (April 9, 1999). "Aviation Collections Join Forces". Santa Rosa Press-Democrat.
  3. ^ Tom Chorneau (December 5, 2001). "Air Museum May Get a New Home". Santa Rosa Press-Democrat.
  4. ^ Norberg, Bob (13 July 1993). "Museum Lands Two More Planes". The Press Democrat. pp. B1–B2. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  5. ^ Smith, Chris (10 November 2010). "9/11 Fighter Jet is Coming Here – To Stay". The Press Democrat. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  6. ^ Bob Norberg (May 31, 2007). "Museum on the Move?". Santa Rosa Press-Democrat.
  7. ^ "Museum Collections". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  8. ^ "R-4360 Wasp Major Engine". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  9. ^ "SR-71 Blackbird Components". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Blue Angels Cockpit". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  11. ^ "DC-6 Cockpit". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  12. ^ "RF-8G Crusader Cockpit". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  13. ^ "AW109 Helicopter". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Beech D45, s/n 144071 USN, c/n BG-378, c/r N8767V". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  15. ^ "BD-5J Bede". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  16. ^ "UH-1H Huey". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  17. ^ Chris Smith (May 25, 1996). "Vietnam-Vintage Chopper Added to SR Air Museum". The Press Democrat.
  18. ^ "T-37 Tweet". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  19. ^ "F-106 Delta Dart". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  20. ^ Lindsey Hahn (October 18, 2004). "General Jumper visits Pacific Coast Air Museum". U.S. Air Force. Archived from the original on 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  21. ^ "A-4E Skyhawk". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  22. ^ "A-26C Invader". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  23. ^ "C-118 Liftmaster". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  24. ^ "F-16N Viper". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  25. ^ James W. Sweeney (January 25, 1995). "Top Gun Training School Jet Rolls into County Airport: Museum Acquires Navy F-16 Fighter". The Press Democrat.
  26. ^ "A-6E Intruder". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  27. ^ "A6-E Intruder Touches Down at Fair". The Press Democrat. 1995. p. 31. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  28. ^ "C-1A Trader". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  29. ^ "EA-6B Prowler". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  30. ^ "F-14A Tomcat". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  31. ^ "HU-16E Albatross". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  32. ^ "S-2A Tracker Airtanker". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  33. ^ "AV-8C Harrier". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  34. ^ "IL-14 Crate". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  35. ^ "Lockheed Jetstar". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  36. ^ "T-33 Shooting Star". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  37. ^ "A-7 Corsair II". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  38. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Vought A-7A-4c-CV Corsair II, s/n 153241 USN, c/n A150". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  39. ^ "F-4C Phantom II". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  40. ^ "F-15 Eagle". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  41. ^ "F/A-18A Hornet". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  42. ^ "F-86H Sabre Jet". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  43. ^ "RF-86F Sabre". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  44. ^ "Airframe Dossier - North American T-2C Buckeye, s/n 158313 USN, c/r N59CV". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  45. ^ "T-28C Trojan". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  46. ^ "F-5E Tiger II". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  47. ^ "T-38 Talon". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  48. ^ "Pitts Special S1". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  49. ^ "F-84F Thunderstreak". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  50. ^ "F-105F Thunderchief". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  51. ^ Bob Norberg (August 6, 2009). "Warplane honors 3 aviators". The Press Democrat.
  52. ^ "H-34 Choctaw Helicopter". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  53. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Sikorsky CH-34C Choctaw, s/n 57-1708 USAF, c/n 58-0868". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  54. ^ "SH-60F Seahawk". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  55. ^ "Stinson 108 Voyager". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  56. ^ "F-8U Crusader". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  57. ^ Dudnick, Laura (20 July 2024). "Iconic Jet Could Soon Be Soaring at Sunset Park". San Francisco Examiner. p. 6. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  58. ^ "D-21 Drone". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  59. ^ Bob Norberg (July 4, 2009). "Cold War drone comes to Sonoma County". Press Democrat.
  60. ^ "[Homepage]". Wings Over Wine Country. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  61. ^ "Airshow Planned at County Airport". Cloverdale Reveille. 15 August 2001. p. 8. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  62. ^ "Wheels & Wings Car Show". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  63. ^ "Aviation Summer School". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  64. ^ "Merit Badges". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  65. ^ "Oral History Program". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  66. ^ "Flight Wing". Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
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