Chico Air Museum

F-86 Saber "Mama Inez" in front of the Chico Air Museum

The Chico Air Museum is a nonprofit[1] aviation museum located at the Chico Municipal Airport in Chico, California. Its mission statement is to "collect, preserve, document and display aircraft, and aviation and space artifacts. The museum’s primary purpose is to educate and inspire people of all ages about aviation and the history of flight".[2]

Exhibits

F-15 Eagle and SPAD S.XIII at the Chico Air Museum

The museum has a number of aircraft, artifacts and exhibits on display in a WW II era hangar[3][4] that was originally part of the Chico Army Airfield (and once owned and operated by Aero Union[5]). There is also an outside static display area, a large collection of scale models, and an extensive aviation research library.

Airman Docent Program

In 2016, the museum launched the Airman Docent Program, which allows children under the age of 18 to volunteer as museum docents[6]

Improvements

In addition to aircraft restoration, the museum is currently working on a space exhibit and is planning to improve the entrance to the hangar,[7] including a "walk of honor".

Aircraft on display

Below is a partial list of aircraft the museum has on display, as of March 2017.

Name Category
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle[8][9] Military
North American F-86 Sabre[10] Military
LTV A-7 Corsair II[11] Military
Vultee BT-13 Valiant[12] Military
SPAD S.XIII Military
Grumman AF-2S Guardian[13] Military
Aero L-29 Delfin[14] Military
Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star[15] Military
Lockheed P-2 Neptune[16] Military
Antonov AN-2[17] Civil
Bell 47 Civil
Thorp T-211 Civil
Taylor Titch[18][19] Civil
Viking Dragonfly Civil
Pitts 12 Civil

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Chico Air Museum in Chico, California (CA) - NonProfitFacts.com". www.nonprofitfacts.com. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Chico Air Museum". www.ChicoAirMuseum.org. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Chico Air Museum reopens". Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  4. ↑ "Chico Air Museum makes progress". Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  5. ↑ "Aero Union plans to move from Chico to Sacramento". Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  6. ↑ "Chico Air Museum Annual Report 2016" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "Chico Air Museum working for new entrance". Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  8. ↑ "Arrival: F-15 jet rolls into Chico Air Museum". Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  9. ↑ Henniger, Mike. "Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - McDonnell Douglas F-15C-27-MC Eagle, s/n 80-0014 USAF, c/n 0651/C163". aerialvisuals.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  10. ↑ "Chico Air Museum gets F-86 Sabre Jet". Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  11. ↑ Henniger, Mike. "Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - VoughtA-7, s/n 70-0964". aerialvisuals.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  12. ↑ "BT-13 trainer brings WWII era back to Chico airport". Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  13. ↑ Henniger, Mike. "Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Grumman AF-2S Guardian, s/n 123088 USN, c/r N3143G". aerialvisuals.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  14. ↑ Henniger, Mike. "Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Aero L-29 Delfin (Maya NATO), s/n 38 {2} BBC, c/n 792449". aerialvisuals.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  15. ↑ Henniger, Mike. "Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Lockheed T-33A-5-LO Shooting Star, s/n 58-0491 USAF, c/n 580-1540, c/r N94484". aerialvisuals.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  16. ↑ Henniger, Mike. "Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - LockheedL-26 / P2V / P-2 Neptune, s/n 147968 USN, c/n 7218, c/r N702AU". aerialvisuals.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  17. ↑ Henniger, Mike. "Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Antonov-PZL Mielec An-2, c/n 1G156-58, c/r RA-07618". aerialvisuals.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  18. ↑ "Chico Air Museum adds aircraft, displays | AviationPros.com". AviationPros.com. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  19. ↑ Henniger, Mike. "Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - TaylorTitch, c/n 563024236". aerialvisuals.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  20. ↑ "Chico fighter pilot honored with F-86 matching his plane in Korea". Retrieved March 16, 2017.

Coordinates: 39°48′12″N 121°51′30″W / 39.803415°N 121.858291°W / 39.803415; -121.858291

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