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Douglas D-558-II 'Skyrocket'

Aircraft Type: Test/Experimental
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Douglas Aircraft Company
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1947
Remarks: One of three Skyrockets built. Aircraft used to study transonic and supersonic flight characteristics.

Grumman F9F-5P 'Panther'

Aircraft Type: Reconnaissance/Liaison
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1952
Remarks: This aircraft was originally based at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station.

Boeing FB-5 'Hawk'

Aircraft Type: Fighter
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Boeing Airplane Company
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1925
Remarks: One of only 27 FB-5 variants built.

Stinson L-13A 'Grasshopper'

Aircraft Type: Reconnaissance/Liaison
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Convair
Location: Storage
Year Built: 1947
Remarks: U.S. Army L-13A, which provided excellent all-round vision for observers.

Gloster F.4 'Meteor'

Aircraft Type: Fighter
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Gloster Aircraft Company Ltd
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1948
Remarks: This aircraft served with the Royal Air Force Air Defense System from 1948 to 1954.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21R 'Fishbed'

Aircraft Type: Interceptor
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1970
Remarks: Flown by Czech Republic Air Force.

PZL-Mielec TS-11 bis B 'Iskra'

Aircraft Type: Trainer
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: PZL-Mielec
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1970
Remarks: Polish-built jet trainer for Warsaw Pact nations.

Lockheed P-80A 'Shooting Star'

Aircraft Type: Fighter
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1945
Remarks: First American jet fighter to see combat during the Korean War (as the F-80).

Republic RF-84K 'Thunderflash'

Aircraft Type: Reconnaissance/Liaison
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Republic Aviation
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1952
Remarks: The 'Thunderflash' was the photo reconnaissance version of the F-84F fighter. This aircraft was one of 25 modified for aerial hook-up to B-36 bombers.

Culver PQ-14B 'Cadet'

Aircraft Type: Target Aircraft
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Culver Aircraft Company
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1944
Remarks: Flown by pilot for ferry flights, the aircraft was unmanned and radio operated when serving as a target drone.

Miss Cosmic Wind Midget Racer

Aircraft Type: Air Racer
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Van Nuys Consortium
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1949
Remarks: One of a family of racers developed by Lockheed engineers in the late 1940s, 'Miss Cosmic Wind' was flown in races until 1972, unfortunately with little success.

Rider R-4 'Firecracker'

Aircraft Type: Air Racer
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Keith Rider
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1936
Remarks: This aircraft was the 1938 Greve Trophy Winner.

Rider R-6 '8 Ball'

Aircraft Type: Air Racer
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Keith Rider
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1938
Remarks: Last of the plywood-skinned air racers designed by Keith Rider. Raced in 1938 and 1939.

Stearman PT-17 Model 75 'Kaydet'

Aircraft Type: Trainer
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Stearman Aviation
Location: Storage
Year Built: 1942
Remarks: This aircraft is reminiscent of the thousands of surplus PT-17 trainers that were used as cropdusters, barnstormers, aerobatic aircraft or sport planes.

Aero Industries Midget Racer 'Shoestring'

Aircraft Type: Air Racer
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Aero Industries
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1949
Remarks: One of the most successful Formula 1 Air Racers in history.

Midget Racer 'Mr. D'

Aircraft Type: Air Racer
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Robert Mayer
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1951
Remarks: Featuring a Continental 85hp horizontally opposed engine, this Midget Racer of the 1950s raced in the Goodyear circuit.

Hanson WH-1 'Sump'n Else' Formula One Racer

Aircraft Type: Air Racer
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: William Hanson
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1974
Remarks: This popular Formula 1 Air Racer began its career in 1971 as 'Thunderchicken.' It later achieved marginal success at the Reno Air Races in the 1970s and 1980s as 'Sump ‘n Else.'

Yokosuka MXY-7 Model 11 'Ohka'

Aircraft Type: Kamikaze Attack Aircraft
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1944
Remarks: This aircraft was captured in Okinawa in 1945.

Aero L-29 'Delfin'

Aircraft Type: Trainer
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Aero Vodochody
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1971
Remarks: This was the standard trainer aircraft for all Warsaw Pact nations during the Cold War.

Bristol F.2b 'Brisfit'

Aircraft Type: Fighter
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: British and Colonial Aeroplane Company
Location: Storage
Year Built: 1980
Remarks: Replica built for film 'High Road To China.'

Convair CV-240-1

Aircraft Type: Transport
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Convair
Location: Storage
Year Built: 1948
Remarks: Could accommodate 40 passengers in pressurized fuselage.

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