Flying Pig Play and Rest Area
Are your kids a little too young to appreciate aviation history? Or, do you just need a few minutes to rest? Then visit the “Flying Pig” play and rest area. We recently updated the play area equipment. It includes picnic tables, swing and slide set, a geometric climbing dome and playhouses.
Spring has sprung at the Museum
Drone's Eye View of Wings of History Museum
This is more of an “Above the Scenes” than behind the scenes post. It’s just a short video of the Wings of History location taken from a drone.
Hiller UH-12E4 Helicopter Arriving
This will be our first helicopter on display (if you don’t count the Dobbins Simcopter). We hope to have it on display in hangar 2 within the next month or two.
Scenes from our 2023 Summer Barbecue
Kittyhawk Display
We’ve started work setting up the tent where we will display our new Kittyhawk Heaviside eVTOL. We are hoping to have everything ready before our open house on May 20th.
Installing the ID Spotter Model Display
Thanks to Dan Livingston for creating the ID Spotter Model Display and to his son Dave for assisting Dan with the installation.
These models were used during WW II to train military and civilian personnel to identify enemy aircraft.
Member/Volunteer Barbecue - July 17, 2022
RR Turboprop Restoration
A local boy scout troop did an amazing job restoring the Rolls Royce Dart Turboprop Engine.
Welcoming Back the Lycoming R-680
Bede BD-5
We recently obtained a Bede BD-5 from Gavilan College. This was a single seat aircraft sold in kit form starting in the 1970s. This is going to be a project for some of our teenage volunteers.
It’s most notable for its appearance in the James Bond movie Octopussy where while trying to evade a missile, James flies it through the quickly closing doors of the bad guys’ hangar.