Permanent Exhibits
This museum has more than 45 aerospace vehicles along with companion descriptive displays concerning the history of flight. Some of the exhibits include:
- The Hiller XH-44, first coaxial helicopter to fly in the US
- The Hiller Flying Platform, an experimental aircraft from 1955 to give a single passenger low-altitude flight
- The original mockup, partially assembled, of the Boeing 2707, a supersonic transport prototype, an uncompleted Concorde rival
- The front 45 feet of a Boeing 747
- James Ricklefs' "Honeymoon" Fairchild
- The Rutan Defiant, Burt Rutan's personal homebuilt airplane.
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