Aviation Museums

These albums contain pictures I have taken while visiting aviation related museums. The albums definitely do not contain pictures of all the aircraft at the respective museums. My intent is to provide a flavor of what is available at each museum. However, my aviation interests center around warbirds of WWI and WWII and so the pictures reflect this interest. For more detail about each museum and their aircraft, please visit their respective web sites (links provided)

Noel Hunt

National Museum of the US Airforce

Selfridge Air Museum

CAF - Camarillo

USS Midway

Smithsonian
Air & Space

Planes of Fame Chino

National Naval Aviation Museum

Cavanaugh Flight Museum

Oshkosh (Air Venture)

Fantasy of Flight

National Museum of the US Airforce - Dayton, OH US Airforce Museum web site Museum Virtual Tour Virtual Cockpits	The National Museum of the US Airforce is located at the Wright-Patterson Airforce Base near Dayton, OH and is the oldest and largest military aviation museum in the world.
Selfridge Museum Selfridge Museum web site	The Selfridge Military Air Museum is located on Selfridge Air National Guard Base near Mount Clemens, Michigan. Although it is on a US military base, it receives no Federal or State funding.
Commemorative Air Force So Cal Wing - Camarillo C.A.F. So Cal web site	The Southern California wing of the C.A.F. is one of the largest and is based at Camarillo airport north of L.A. The C.A.F. focusses on flying examples of warbirds.
USS Midway Floating museum US Midway Museum web site	The USS Midway is a retired US Navy carrier and it is"permanently" moored in San Diego Harbor. It is maintained as a museum that presents both the naval and naval aviation aspects of a carrier.
Smithsonian Air & Space Museum Smithsonian Air & Space web site	The Smithsonian Air & Space museum is located in Washington DC and presents flight in all its forms from early atempts, to space flight.
Planes of Fame Museum - Chino, CA Planes of Fame Air Museum web site	Chino, California is one of the 2 locations of the Planes of Fame Museum. It contains many significant aircraft, keeping as many as possible in flying condition.(The other location is in Arizona)
National Naval Aviation Museum National Naval Aviation Museum web site	Situated in Pensacola, FL, the US National Naval Aviation museum is the largest naval aviation museum in the world. The 150 aircraft showcase Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard aviation as well as some aircraft of other nations.
Cavanaugh Flight Museum Cavenaugh Flight Museum web site	The Cavanaugh Flight Museum is located on Addison Airport in the northern suburbs of Dallas, TX. It is "devoted to promoting aviation studies and to perpetuating America's aviation heritage; the museum fulfills its mission by restoring, operating, maintaining and displaying historically-significant, vintage aircraft, and by collecting materials related to the history of aviation."
Oshkosh (Air Venture) {Not yet cleared for Take Off}
Fantasy of Flight Fantasy of Flight web site	Fantacy of Flight is an aviation themed attraction in Polk City, FL, but the week after I was there, it closed to the public and is now only available for private events.
Royal Airforce Museum - London RAF Museum web site	Keith Jones took these pictures and agreed to share them with us. The Royal Airforce Museum is dedicated wholly to aviation.While offering an insight into aviation technology, it focuses on the people who made it possible. These pictures are from the London site, which is situated on what used to be RAF Hendon. There is also a site at Cosford.