Английская Википедия:Hiller Aviation Museum

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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. The museum was founded by Stanley Hiller in June 1998 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.

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Visitors at a desktop flight simulator

Permanent exhibits

This museum has more than 50 aerospace vehicles along with companion descriptive displays concerning the history of flight. Some of the exhibits include:

• 1869 Marriott Avitor airship (replica)
• 1883 John Montgomery's Gull glider (replica)
• 1903 Wright Flyer biplane (replica)
• 1905 John Montgomery's Santa Clara glider (replica)
• 1908 J.C. Irvine's Aerocycloid (replica)
• 1910 Maupin-Lanteri Black Diamond as flown by Weldon B. Cooke
• 1911 Eugene Ely’s Curtiss pusher model D biplane (replica)
• 1911 John Montgomery's Evergreen glider
• 1911 Wright brothers Vin Fiz Flyer pusher biplane (replica)
• 1914 “Little Looper” pusher biplane by Lincoln Beachey and Glenn Curtiss (replica)
• 1917 Fokker Dr.I “Red Baron” triplane (replica)
• 1928 Velie Monocoupe Model 70 monoplane
• 1929 Pietenpol Air Camper
• 1931 Buhl A-1 Autogiro
• 1935 Stearman-Hammond Y-1, a mid-1930s trainer also used as a remotely piloted aircraft
• 1944 The Hiller XH-44 (replica), first coaxial helicopter to fly in the US
• 1955 Hiller Flying Platform, an experimental aircraft from 1955 to give a single passenger low-altitude flight
• 1955 Grumman HU-16(RD) Albatross that was the first to circumnavigate the Earth.
• 1956 XROE-1 Rotorcycle helicopter
• 1957 Hiller VXT-8 Coleopter (replica)
• 1963 Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 helicopter
• 1968 Shrike Commander (Aero Commander 500 family)
• 1969 Lockheed YO-3 Quiet Star
• 1970 RotorWay Scorpion homebuilt helicopter
• 1971 Boeing 747 (The front 45 feet)
• Fairchild 24
• 1973 Cessna 177 Cardinal
• 1978 The Rutan Defiant, Burt Rutan's personal homebuilt airplane.
• 1979 NASA AD-1 oblique wing research aircraft.
• 1983 Aero L-39 Albatros high-performance jet trainer
• 2004 SpaceShipOne (replica)
• 2017 Kitty Hawk Flyer eVTOL (prototype)
• 2017 Opener BlackFly eVTOL (test aircraft)
• 2017 Wisk Aero Cora Gen5 eVTOL (demo aircraft)
• 2018 Airbus Vahana (test aircraft)

Annual airshow

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.

• Displayed Aircraft
• Hermes Avitor Jr.

  Hermes Avitor Jr.

• Montgomery Gull glider

  Montgomery Gull glider

• Santa Clara glider

  Santa Clara glider

• Montgomery Evergreen Glider

  Montgomery Evergreen Glider

• Wright Flyer

  Wright Flyer

• Aerocycloid

  Aerocycloid

• Little Looper

  Little Looper

• Fokker Dr.I

  Fokker Dr.I

• Velie Monocoupe

  Velie Monocoupe

• Hiller Flying Platform

  Hiller Flying Platform

• Hiller VXT-8 Coleopter

  Hiller VXT-8 Coleopter

• Grumman HU-16 Albatross

  Grumman HU-16 Albatross

• Boeing 747

  Boeing 747

• SpaceShipOne

  SpaceShipOne

See also

• Coleopter
• List of aerospace museums

Sources

• Fact Sheet
• Stanley Van Winkle Hiller 1888-1968
• Hiller Aviation Museum: Fascinating Family Fun
• All Vehicles on Display

External links

• Hiller Aviation Museum official website