Remarks: Flown by pilot for ferry flights, the aircraft was unmanned and radio operated when serving as a target drone.
Curtiss 'Model D
Aircraft Type: General Aviation
Aircraft Status: Replica
Manufacturer: Curtiss Aeroplanes and Motor Company
Location: Storage
Year Built: Based on 1911 aircraft
Remarks: This aircraft type made the first takeoff and landing from the deck of a ship in 1911.
Curtiss C-46 'Commando'
Aircraft Type: Transport
Aircraft Status: Unrestored
Manufacturer: Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Location: Storage
Year Built: 1944
Remarks: The workhorse of the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater of WWII. These aircraft flew countless missions 'over the hump' of the Himalayan Mountains.
Remarks: Converted post-war to C-3605 'Schlepp' Target Towing Tug by Farner Werke.
Erco 415-C 'Ercoupe'
Aircraft Type: General Aviation
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Engineering & Research Corporation
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1946
Remarks: Designed as a safe and simple-to-fly general aviation aircraft. Single control wheel controls pitch and steering, eliminating the need for rudder pedals.
Erco 415-E 'Ercoupe'
Aircraft Type: General Aviation
Aircraft Status: Flying Aircraft
Manufacturer: Engineering & Research Corporation
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1948
Remarks: Over 5,600 'Ercoupe' aircraft were built and sold from 1940 to 1969 by several manufacturers. This aircraft was built by Sanders Aviation.
Fairchild 24C-8F 'Argus'
Aircraft Type: General Aviation
Aircraft Status: Flying Aircraft
Manufacturer: Fairchild Aircraft
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1936
Remarks: This aircraft was originally built with seaplane floats for water take-offs and landings.
Fairchild PT-26 'Cornell III'
Aircraft Type: Trainer
Aircraft Status: Flying Aircraft
Manufacturer: Fairchild Aircraft
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1943
Remarks: Enclosed canopy version of PT-19. Used primarily by Royal Canadian Air Force to train pilots in colder climate of Canada.
Fieseler Fi 156D-1 'Storch'
Aircraft Type: Reconnaissance/Liaison
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Moraine Saulnier
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1945
Remarks: French-built version of Fieseler Fi 156D.
Fieseler V-1 'Buzz Bomb'
Aircraft Type: Unmanned Flying Bomb
Aircraft Status: Replica
Manufacturer: Gerhard Fieseler Werke
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1945
Remarks: Replica built by Republic Ford as JB-2 Loon.
Fleet Model 2
Aircraft Type: General Aviation
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Fleet Aircraft
Location: Grand Canyon/Valle
Year Built: 1929
Remarks: Designed by Major Reuben Fleet as a smaller version of the military PT-3 trainer, this was the first aircraft specifically intended for the civilian flight training market.
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-9 'Wurger'
Aircraft Type: Fighter
Aircraft Status: Flying Aircraft
Manufacturer: Flug Werk GmbH
Location: Chino
Year Built: Replica built in 2009 based on 1944 aircraft
Remarks: Over 20,000 Fw190 aircraft were built from 1939 until 1945, making this aircraft one of the mainstays of the German Luftwaffe of WWII.
Fokker DR.1 'Dreidecker'
Aircraft Type: Fighter
Aircraft Status: Replica
Manufacturer: Fokker-Flugzeugwerke
Location: Chino
Year Built: Replica built 1980 based on 1917 aircraft
Remarks: One of the most identifiable aircraft of the Great War, Baron Manfred von Richthofen got 19 of his 80 victories in this type of fighter.
Folland T1 'Gnat'
Aircraft Type: Trainer
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Folland Aircraft
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1963
Remarks: Fast jet trainer built for the Royal Air Force in the 1960s and 1970s.
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.'
Hawker Mk. 58 'Hunter'
Aircraft Type: Fighter
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Hawker Siddeley
Location: Offsite: Pima Air Museum
Year Built: 1958
Remarks: Export version of the Hunter F.6 manufactured for Switzerland.
Heinkel He 100D-1
Aircraft Type: Fighter
Aircraft Status: Replica
Manufacturer: Heinkel Flugzeugwerke
Location: Chino
Year Built: Replica based on 1939 aircraft
Remarks: One of the fastest fighter aircraft in the world at the time of its first test flight. Yet only 19 prototypes were ever built.
Heinkel He 162A-1 'Volksjager'
Aircraft Type: Fighter
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Heinkel Flugzeugwerke
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1945
Remarks: This aircraft was captured at the close of WWII. It was flight tested at Muroc Air Base with Bob Hoover at the controls.
Heinkel He-178
Aircraft Type: Test/Experimental
Aircraft Status: Replica
Manufacturer: Heinkel Flugzeugwerke
Location: Chino
Year Built: Replica based on 1939 aircraft
Remarks: The first practical jet aircraft in history. First flew on August 27, 1939.
Hiller H-23D 'Raven'
Aircraft Type: Helicopter
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Hiller Aircraft Corporation
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1951
Remarks: The H-23 'Raven' was used as a utility, observation, and Medical Evac helicopter during the Korean War.
Hispano HA-1112-M1L 'Buchon'
Aircraft Type: Fighter
Aircraft Status: Restoring to Flight
Manufacturer: Hispano Aviacion
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1954
Remarks: Spanish licensed-built Messerschmitt Bf-109. Aircraft served with Spanish Air Force and has appeared in numerous films.
Hispano HA-200A 'Saeta'
Aircraft Type: Trainer
Aircraft Status: Unrestored
Manufacturer: Hispano Aviacion
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1963
Remarks: Initial production version of two-seat Spanish jet trainer.
Hispano HA-200A 'Saeta'
Aircraft Type: Trainer
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Hispano Aviacion
Location: Grand Canyon/Valle
Year Built: 1965
Remarks: First Spanish-built turbojet aircraft. They were used as trainers and as armed attack aircraft.
Horton H.IV 'Flying Wing' Glider
Aircraft Type: Test/Experimental
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Reimar and Walter Horten
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1943
Remarks: Post war, this glider was brought to the United States where it won several sail plane competitions.
Howard DGA-4 Ike #39 'Miss Chevrolet'
Aircraft Type: Air Racer
Aircraft Status: Replica
Manufacturer: Howard Aircraft Corporation
Location: Chino
Year Built: Replica based on 1932 aircraft
Remarks: Scaled-up replica of successful Air Racer from Golden Age of Air Racing.
Laister-Kauffmann TG-4A 'Yankee Doodle' Glider
Aircraft Type: Trainer
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Laister-Kauffmann Corporation
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1945
Remarks: Used to train cargo glider pilots during WWII. Room for both instructor and student.
Lancair 235 (Composite Homebuilt)
Aircraft Type: General Aviation
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Lancair International
Location: Grand Canyon/Valle
Year Built: 1989
Remarks: Two-seat 'kit' aircraft required 600-person hours to build. Just over 50 aircraft were built.
Lockheed C-60 'Lodestar'
Aircraft Type: Transport
Aircraft Status: Unrestored
Manufacturer: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1942
Remarks: The Lockheed C-60 was a WWII-era build of the civilian Lockheed Model 18 transport aircraft.
Lockheed F-104G 'Starfighter'
Aircraft Type: Interceptor
Aircraft Status: Unrestored
Manufacturer: SABCA (Sociétés Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques)
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1963
Remarks: License-built in Belgium. Aircraft flew with Belgian Air Force from 1964 to 1980.
Lockheed L-18 'Lodestar'
Aircraft Type: Transport
Aircraft Status: Restoring to Static Display
Manufacturer: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1943
Remarks: Private aircraft of Senator Lyndon Baines Johnson in late 1940s.
Remarks: First American jet fighter to see combat during the Korean War (as the F-80).
Lockheed T-33A 'Shooting Star'
Aircraft Type: Trainer
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Location: Grand Canyon/Valle
Year Built: 1953
Remarks: This jet trainer introduced pilots trained in propeller-driven aircraft to the world of jet aircraft. Over 5,600 T-33 trainers were produced by Lockheed.
Remarks: The Museum’s A-7A represents the first generation of this versatile attack aircraft which served during the Vietnam War and into the 1980s.
Luscombe 8a Master 'Silvaire'
Aircraft Type: General Aviation
Aircraft Status: Restoring to Flight
Manufacturer: Luscombe Aircraft Corporation
Location: Storage
Year Built: 1948
Remarks: Streamlined, all metal construction with side-by-side seating make this a classic of the Golden Age of aviation.
Macchi M.39 Schneider Trophy Winner
Aircraft Type: Air Racer
Aircraft Status: Replica
Manufacturer: Aeronautica Macchi
Location: Chino
Year Built: Based on 1926 aircraft
Remarks: This aircraft won the 1926 Schneider Trophy.
Martin 4-0-4 Airliner
Aircraft Type: Transport
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Glenn L. Martin Company
Location: Grand Canyon/Valle
Year Built: 1952
Remarks: This aircraft could accommodate 40 passengers in pressurized fuselage.
Mercury Air 'Shoestring' Midget Racer
Aircraft Type: Air Racer
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Carl and Vincent Ast
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1949
Remarks: One of the most successful Formula 1 Air Racers in history.
Messerschmitt Bf-108B-1 'Taifun'
Aircraft Type: General Aviation
Aircraft Status: Unrestored
Manufacturer: Messerschmitt AG
Location: Storage
Year Built: 1937
Remarks: Designed as an all purpose recreation aircraft. During WWII, the Taifun (Typhoon) was adopted by the Luftwaffe as a liaison aircraft (image used is not the Museum's Bf108, merely representative).
Messerschmitt Bf-109G 'Gustav'
Aircraft Type: Fighter
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Messerschmitt AG
Location: Grand Canyon/Valle
Year Built: 1943
Remarks: WWII Combat Veteran
Messerschmitt Me 163 'Komet'
Aircraft Type: Interceptor
Aircraft Status: Replica
Manufacturer: Messerschmitt AG
Location: Chino
Year Built: Replica based on 1944 aircraft
Remarks: Designed as rocket-powered interceptor aircraft, the Me 163 was first aircraft to exceed 1000 km/hour (621 mph) in level flight.
Midget Racer 'Miss Cosmic Wind'
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.
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.
Remarks: Advanced trainer of the U.S. Army Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and Royal Air Force during WWII. These aircraft continued to serve other nations until the 1970s.
Remarks: Transferred to U.S. Navy China Lake and converted to QF-86H target drone.
North American FJ-3' Fury'
Aircraft Type: Fighter
Aircraft Status: Unrestored
Manufacturer: North American Aviation
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1954
Remarks: Single seat fighter-bomber with U.S. Navy from 1955 until 1962.
North American L-17A 'Navion'
Aircraft Type: Reconnaissance/Liaison
Aircraft Status: Flying Aircraft
Manufacturer: North American Aviation
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1947
Remarks: Designed as a four-seat general aviation aircraft after WWII. Navions would also serve with the USAF, US Army, and Air National Guard performing reconnaissance and liaison duties during the 1950s and 1960s.
North American O-47
Aircraft Type: Reconnaissance/Liaison
Aircraft Status: Restoring to Flight
Manufacturer: North American Aviation
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1943
Remarks: Observation aircraft developed prior to WWII. During the war, the O-47 served as a target tug, coastal patrol, and anti-submarine patrol.
Remarks: This P-51D performed all of its military service after WWII. It has the distinction of being the longest privately held P-51 under the same owner.
Remarks: Piston-engine primary trainer used by US Air Force and US Navy/Marine Corps from 1950 until the 1980s.
North American T-28C 'Trojan'
Aircraft Type: Trainer
Aircraft Status: Flying Aircraft
Manufacturer: North American Aviation
Location: Grand Canyon/Valle
Year Built: 1954
Remarks: Used as a trainer by the US military, the T-28 also served as a combat aircraft for the Republic of Vietnam Air Force during the Vietnam War.
North American T-2A 'Buckeye'
Aircraft Type: Trainer
Aircraft Status: Unrestored
Manufacturer: North American Aviation
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1960
Remarks: Provided introductory jet aircraft training to U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps student aviators from 1959 until 2008.
Northrop 'Alpha'
Aircraft Type: Transport
Aircraft Status: Restoring to Static Display
Manufacturer: Northrop Aircraft Corporation
Location: Storage
Year Built: 1931
Remarks: One of only 17 Northrop Alphas built.
Northrop F-89J 'Scorpion'
Aircraft Type: Interceptor
Aircraft Status: Unrestored
Manufacturer: Northrop Aircraft Corporation
Location: Storage
Year Built: 1954
Remarks: First aircraft designed as an all-weather interceptor and the first equipped with guided missiles and air-to-air nuclear weapons.
Oldfield 'Baby Great Lakes' (Homebuilt)
Aircraft Type: Sport Aircraft
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Barney Oldfield Aircraft Company
Location: Grand Canyon/Valle
Year Built: 1999
Remarks: Scaled-down homebuilt of 'Great Lakes Sports Trainer.'
Pilatus P2-06 'G-Bone'
Aircraft Type: Trainer
Aircraft Status: Flying Aircraft
Manufacturer: Pilatus Aircraft
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1946
Remarks: This was a post-war trainer for Swiss Air Force.
Piper L-4 'Grasshopper'
Aircraft Type: Reconnaissance/Liaison
Aircraft Status: Flying Aircraft
Manufacturer: Piper
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1943
Remarks: Military variant of Piper J-3 Cub used for WWII reconnaissance work.
Pitts S-2B Special 'Double Take'
Aircraft Type: Aerobatic
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Pitts Aerobatic
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1986
Remarks: Aerobatic aircraft capable of upside-down take-offs and landings. Developed and flown by Craig Hoskins.
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.
Rand Robinson KR-1
Aircraft Type: General Aviation
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Rand-Robinson Engineering
Location: Grand Canyon/Valle
Year Built: 1980
Remarks: Over 6,000 plan sets of this single-seat were sold beginning in 1972. This model features the
Republic F-84B 'Thunderjet'
Aircraft Type: Fighter
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Republic Aviation
Location: Grand Canyon/Valle
Year Built: 1946
Remarks: The Museum’s F-84B was among the first production batch of the straight-wing 'Thunderjets.' The Thunderjet became the USAF’s primary strike aircraft during the Korean War.
Republic F-84F 'Thunderstreak'
Aircraft Type: Fighter
Aircraft Status: Unrestored
Manufacturer: Republic
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1951
Remarks: The F-84F 'Thunderstreak' was a swept-wing design of the earlier straight-wing 'Thunderjet.' The swept wing provided better aerodynamics and performance.
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.
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.
Rutan Model 61 'Long-EZ'
Aircraft Type: Sport Aircraft
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Rutan Aircraft Factory
Location: Grand Canyon/Valle
Year Built: 1983
Remarks: Burt Rutan completely redesigned his innovative 'VariEze' aircraft design to create the 'Long-EZ.' In 1997, he and Mike Melvill flew two 'Long-EZ' aircraft around the world.
Ryan FR-1 'Fireball'
Aircraft Type: Fighter
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Ryan Aviation
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1945
Remarks: Hybrid aircraft with both piston engine and jet engine. This is the last surviving aircraft of the 71 built.
Remarks: Developed as a two-seat fighter-bomber with long range capabilities. The U.S. Army Air Corps appropriated 50 and designated them as advanced trainers.
Remarks: This aircraft is reminiscent of the thousands of surplus PT-17 trainers that were used as cropdusters, barnstormers, aerobatic aircraft or sport planes.
Stearman PT-17 'Kaydet'
Aircraft Type: Trainer
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Stearman Aviation
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1943
Remarks: Primary Trainer of the type based at Chino Airport (Cal-Aero Flight Academy) during WWII.
Stinson AT-19 'Reliant'
Aircraft Type: General Aviation
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Stinson Aircraft Company
Location: Grand Canyon/Valle
Year Built: 1943
Remarks: A militarized version of the popular fixed-tailwheel monoplane of the 1930s. During WWII it was used by the U.S. armed forces as a utility aircraft and trainer.
Stinson L-13A 'Grasshopper'
Aircraft Type: Reconnaissance/Liaison
Aircraft Status: Static Display
Manufacturer: Convair
Location: Grand Canyon/Valle
Year Built: 1947
Remarks: Provided excellent all-round vision for observers.
Remarks: The Museum’s F8U-1 is a first-production version of the carrier-based air superiority aircraft. The 'Crusaders' were in service with the U.S. Navy from 1957 until 1976.
Vultee BT-13B 'Valiant'
Aircraft Type: Trainer
Aircraft Status: Flying Aircraft
Manufacturer: Vultee Aviation
Location: Chino
Year Built: 1944
Remarks: Basic Trainer of the type based at Chino Airport (Cal-Aero Flight Academy) during WWII.
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