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Established | June 1998 |
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Location | San Carlos, California |
Type | Aerospace museum |
Collection size | 50+ aircraft |
Founder | Stanley Hiller Jr. |
President | Jon Welte |
Website | www.hiller.org |
The Hiller Aviation Museum is an aircraft history 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]
This museum offers two Scouts BSA Merit Badge programs, the Aviation Merit Badge and the Weather Merit Badge. [4]
This museum has more than 50 aerospace vehicles along with companion descriptive displays concerning the history of flight. Some of the exhibits include: [5]
This museum sponsored Vertical Challenge, an annual all-helicopter airshow from 2000-2010, and a final one in 2012. In 2011 and 2016 an aviation festival event called Heli-Fest was held instead.