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Planes of Fame Air Museum

Name: Planes of Fame Air Museum
Address: 14998 Cal Aero Drive, Chino, CA, 91710, US
Telephone: +19095973722
Price range: $
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Where Warbirds Fly and Aviation History Lives! World-famous aviation museum based in Chino, Californ Come see us!
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While the journey from 10 original aircraft to over 150 has been a long one, our mission has never changed. It is the Mission of Planes of Fame Air Museum to preserve aviation history, inspire interest in aviation, educate the public, and honor aviation pioneers and veterans. And although the Museum spans the history of manned flight from the Wright Flyer replica to the Space Age of Apollo, many m

ore chapters remain to be written and many more stories told before the vision of a young Ed Maloney is finally fulfilled.

11/11/2024

Today, we honor the brave men and women who have served our country with courage and dedication. Your sacrifices protect our freedoms and inspire future generations.
At Planes of Fame, we’re proud to preserve the legacy of the heroes who took to the skies and those who supported them. This Veterans Day, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to all veterans and their families. Thank you for your service. Your commitment will never be forgotten.

11/09/2024

It is incredible to think that it was just 28 years of aviation advancement between the first flights of the World War 1 era Hanriot HD.1 (1915) and the World War 2 era Gloster Meteor jet (1943)! Our particular Hanriot was built in 1918 while our Meteor T7 was built in 1949. The Hanriot had a max speed of 114mph while the Meteor topped out at 623mph.
We are open today 10am-4pm and remember, all veterans are FREE this weekend!

11/09/2024

⭐FREE ADMISSION FOR VETERANS ALL WEEKEND! 🎖️
While we will not be open on Monday for Veteran's Day, we salute all of you who served our country with free admission both Saturday and Sunday! We thank you for your service and are honored to have you visit the museum. We are open 10am-4pm Saturday and Sunday.

11/08/2024

It's that time again! Time for a new cover photo contest! We're looking for photos of our A6M5 Zero for the upcoming December 7th Hangar Talk event featuring the flight demo of the Zero! To be considered for the cover photo, you yourself must have taken the photo and it must be of our A6M5 (pictured). Photos that are posted at or larger than 1000px width are more likely to be chosen as we will not need to upsize the image to fit. We can't wait to see what shots you have!

11/06/2024

🍷TASTE OF FLIGHT 2024 ⭐
Saturday - November 23, 2024 - 5:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
The Taste of Flight Gala is an annual wine-tasting fundraiser and the major source of support for the Planes of Fame Air Museum. We will have wine tasting, food, a silent auction, and a souvenir photo! Get your tickets today: https://www.poftasteofflight.org/

11/05/2024

💥It's nearly December, which means our next Hangar Talk Flying Event will be featuring our rare Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero! 🔴 Join us on the 83rd Anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, Saturday, December 7th, 2024, at Chino Airport for our most popular Hangar Talk event of the year. Doors will open at 9am with the Zero pulled out on display. At around 10:30am, special presentations will begin in our main hangar leading up to the flight demo of the Zero over the museum at around 12:15pm. We will have food trucks and other activities to see and do! Don't miss this final Hangar Talk of 2024 on December 7th!

11/04/2024

SURPRISE! We had an extra special Hangar Talk Flying event this past Saturday featuring the P-38 Lightning... our P-38 met up with a friend in the air and ended up with a flight demo of TWO P-38s! Big thanks to Allied Fighters for bringing out their P-38L 'Honey Bunny' for the flight demo being flown by Kevin Eldridge! Chris Fahey was our P-38 pilot. Post your shots in the comments, we'd love to see them!

11/02/2024

Live for the start up of the P-38 Lightning!

11/02/2024

Quite the turnout today here at the museum for our November Hangar Talk Flying event featuring the Lockheed P-38J Lightning! We also have our Ed Maloney Model contest judging taking place with some incredible models of aircraft and armor. Plus the soft opening of our 91st bomb group wall with incredible info displays and artifacts. It's a great day here at the museum, and in about an hour the Lightning will take to the skies for the flight demo! If you live nearby, there's still time to get out here!

11/01/2024

⭐TOMORROW! Join us for our November 2nd Hangar Talk Flying Event featuring the Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter! Doors open at 9am with presentations starting at 10:30am covering a variety of exciting topics. Then, at around 12:15pm, the Lightning will take to the skies over the museum for a flight demonstration. We'll have food trucks and lots more for you TOMORROW at Chino Airport, CA!

10/31/2024

🎃HAPPY HALLOWEEN!👻
The Planes of Fame Air Museum would like to wish everyone a 'spooky' and fun Halloween today! 🦇

10/30/2024

⭐History Takes Flight This Saturday at Planes of Fame
Looking for something the whole family will enjoy and be talking about for a long time? Then come see us at Planes of Fame Air Museum this Saturday, November 2, 2024 as we present another great edition of Hangar Talk and one of our fan-favorites for our Flying Demo – the Lockheed P-38J Lightning. Doors to the Museum open at 9:00am and regular admission prices are in effect (Museum Members always get in FREE!). In addition to Hangar Talk, we're hosting the 7th Annual Ed Maloney Scale Model Contest this Saturday. Here's your chance to serve as a judge in this display of talent. It's a lot of fun and a chance to introduce our younger visitors to the magic and wonder of Model Building.

Hangar Talk Begins at 10:30am - Here's what's in store . . .

🛩️We Explore Aerial Recon
The Museum's Mike Smith will show us one of the most important roles that aircraft have provided since their inception - serving as our eyes in the sky. Aerial Reconnaissance has served the civilian marketplace to aid in mapmaking, but Mike's focus will be on its military applications. From crude attempts in the early days of World War One to dangerous unarmed missions flying camera planes in World War II to the satellites and drones of today.

🪖A Fascinating Character from World War One
The First World War would see the appearance of a new kind of warrior; the fighter pilot. While names from that war such as Manfred von Richthofen and Eddie Rickenbacker are well known, one of the most flamboyant and daring of these pilots was the French ace Charles Nungesser, who led an incredible life of adventure and an indomitable will. The Museum's Adam Estes will help us learn more about Nungesser in this presentation and discover Nungesser's connection to the Planes of Fame air Museum.

🖲️A Look at Hollywood's Prince of Drones
Reginald Denny led a fascinating life. From his comedic acting in the early silent film era to a career as a debonair supporting man in the 1930s to an innovative inventor who served his country with new technology during the Second World War. And underlying it all was a love of aviation, scale models, and early remote control aircraft. The Museum's Brian Finnegan will look at Denny's life to show us that if it ain't fun, it ain't worth doing, a motto that Denny himself could have coined.

✈️Sneak Peek at the 91st Bomb Group Display
Saturday marks the soft-opening of our new display focused on the service of one of World War Two's greatest heavy bombardment groups, the 91st Bomb Group. We'll look briefly at this new display, which will be completed during the month of November.

🛫The Roar of two Allison Engines This Saturday!
We're excited to present this month's Flying Demo featuring the one of our most popular aircraft, the Lockheed P-38J Lightning. One of only a handful of P-38s still flying, this is sure to be a real treat for everyone! Innovative, fast, and agile, the P-38 served the United States Army Air Force well during the Second World War. Lightnings escorted the heavy bombers in Europe and took on the Luftwaffe where it earned the nickname forked-tail devil. But the Lightnings really shined in the Pacific War, where their twin engines gave them speed and their armament gave them the firepower to take on everything the Japanese Imperial Army and Navy could put up in the skies.

We kick-off the Flying Demo with a brief outdoor presentation by the Museum's Richard Malvino. Rich will tell us about the P-38's history in World War II and describe its range of features. Then, pilot Chris Fahey will start both the 1,500 horsepower Allison V-1710 liquid-cooled inline engines directly in front of the crowd and taxi away – a great photo and video op! While the aircraft gets in position for take-off, Rich will conduct our Member's Only Raffle drawing for a flight in one of the Museum's World War II trainers for one lucky Museum member. Then Chris will put on a great aerial display over the Museum for twenty minutes, demonstrating the speed and grace of the Lightning. After their return to the Museum, guests will be able to ask questions of Chris to understand what its like to sit in the cockpit of this international treasure. Guests will also get to see the P-38 up-close for photos.

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AT PLANES OF FAME THIS SATURDAY
In addition to all of the above, there will be great tasting food and treats from our visiting food trucks plus hands-on demonstrations, historical re-enactors, and our Museum Guides will help you experience the Museum with stories and historical data. Plus the B-17 will be open for guests to visit. A great way to spend the day! Hope to See You at the Museum This Saturday, November 2, 2024

10/29/2024

Today is National Cat Day... this counts right? Our F8F-2 Bearcat prowling the skies above Lake Matthews. What's your favorite -cat aircraft?

10/28/2024

💥THIS SATURDAY! Join us at Chino Airport for the November 2nd Hangar Talk Flying event featuring the famed World War 2 Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter! Doors open at 9am where you can get up close to the P-38. At 10:30am, presentations begin on some incredible topics with speakers and visuals. Around 12:15pm, the P-38 Lightning will fire up in front of the crowd, taxi out, and take off for a flight demonstration right over the museum. We'll have food trucks, special activities, and many aircraft hangars to explore! Join us THIS SATURDAY for a great event, FREE with paid admission to the museum!

10/26/2024

Continuing the look at our Lockheed P-38J Lightning (which will fly November 2nd here at Chino Airport for our next Hangar Talk event!)... here's a throwback photo from 1974 shot and shared by Gary Maisack! Our P-38 has gone through many schemes... Joltin' Joise, Porky II, and more to its current '23 Skidoo' scheme. We'd love to see some retro photos of older schemes! Post them in the comments if you have them!

10/25/2024

❓DID YOU KNOW❓The Museum’s P-38J, built in Burbank, California, and delivered into service in May 1944, is the 5,018th P-38 built - halfway to the total number of Lightnings produced. It was assigned to the 483rd Air Base Squadron in Santa Maria, California - a Replacement Training Unit providing combat crew training for P-38s during WWII. In September 1945, the aircraft was transferred to the Hancock College of Aeronautics where it was used to instruct maintenance personnel. The Museum acquired the aircraft in 1959. In 1988, it was restored to flight thanks to a generous donation from Bob and Josie Pond. See the Lightning FLY at our next Hangar Talk Flying Event on November 2nd! Doors open at 9am.

10/24/2024

Docent Adam Estes shared these photos of our 91st Bomb Group wall, which is picking up pace at a rapid rate! We have all sorts of info boards, displays, and more going into the back area, which will be open for you to check out very soon! We're open 10am to 4pm through Sunday if you want to take a sneak peak!

Address

14998 Cal Aero Drive
Chino, CA
91710

Opening Hours

Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm
Sunday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

+19095973722

Website

http://planesoffame.org/index.php?page=admission-hours-and-directions

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Videos

Live for the start up of the P-38 Lightning!

We couldn't go live today because of the heat, but we did record the start up of the OV-10 Bronco for our August Hangar Talk flying event here at Chino Airport!

With the heat today we couldn't bring you the start up of the P-51D Mustang live here in Facebook, but we still recorded it to upload later! Check it out as the Merlin engine roars to life with Chris Fahey at the controls.

Live from Wings, Tracks, and Wheels!

Don't miss out! Join us for Wings, Tracks, and Wheels May 4-5, 2024 at Chino Airport, California! #aviation #history #worldwar2 #tank #chino #museum #warbirds #socal #1940s #reenactors

Live for the start up of several aircraft

Live for the arrival of the CAF Airbase Arizona B-25, B-17, and C-45 here at the Planes of Fame Air Museum

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Live for the start up and taxi of the MiG-15 here at the Planes of Fame Air Museum

Live for the start up of the P-40 Warhawk at the Planes of Fame Air Museum !

Live for the start up of the Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero!

A-26 Aircraft Restoration Project PART 1

Donate to Restore Our Douglas A-26C Invader! Help Us Restore this Combat Veteran to Flight https://planesoffame.org/get-involved/donate-to-a26c We’re moving forward with an exciting return-to-flight project to add another A-26 back to the flying ranks so that everyone can enjoy the sights and sounds of this aircraft and appreciate the important service it gave America and our allies. The Museum’s Douglas A-26C aircraft is currently under restoration at our Arizona facility. We can use your help to get her back in the sky! The Douglas A-26 “Invader” served with distinction in three major wars and several other skirmishes since it first took to the air in 1942. A total of 2,503 aircraft were built from 1943 until 1945. Today, less than 100 airframes remain, and only 16 of these are flight worthy. The Return to Flight of the Museum’s A-26C To honor the men and women who wear our military uniforms, we’re renaming this aircraft “Miss Victory.” She’ll serve as a flying tribute to the men and women who served in our armed forces during the Second World War, Korea, and Vietnam. Her return to flight will add an exciting dimension to the Museum’s fleet of flyers – she carries two powerful Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engines on her wings which will give her the speed and power to impress visitors at the Museum’s flying events and airshows. We Need Your Help We’re several thousand dollars short of our goal to get “Miss Victory” back into the sky. We need your help through a tax-deductible donation to help us complete this project and return this veteran to flight. Please consider a donation today! More info and to donate: https://planesoffame.org/get-involved/donate-to-a26c

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Our Story

Visit Planes of Fame Air Museum at Historic Cal Aero Field in Chino, California. The Planes of Fame Air Museum was founded in 1957 by Edward Maloney. It is the oldest independently operated aviation museum in the United States.

The museum collection spans the history of manned flight from the Wright Flyer of 1903 to the space age Apollo Capsule. We house over 150 Aircraft and displays. Many of the Aircraft are flyable, including the P-51 Mustang, F4U Corsair, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-40 Warhawk, B-25 Mitchell, P-38 Lightning, F-86 Sabre & Russian Mig 15.

Our Mission is to preserve aviation history, inspire interest in aviation, educate the public, and honor aviation pioneers and veterans.

We are a non profit 501 (c)(3) organization that has grown since 1957 through donations and dedicated volunteers. For more info please visit: www.planesoffame.org