Hiller Aviation Museum

Hiller Aviation Museum

The front of the Hiller Aviation Museum. A Rutan Long-EZ is on the roof.
Established	June 1998
Location	San Carlos, California
Type	Aerospace museum
Website	http://www.hiller.org/

The Hiller Aviation Museum, located in San Carlos, California, USA at the San Carlos Airport, is an aircraft history museum. The museum was founded by Stanley Hiller, Jr., in June 1998. and is endowed by members of the Hiller Family (owners of the Hiller Aircraft Corporation, an early helicopter pioneer). It specializes in Northern California aircraft history and helicopter history. The museum is also an affiliate within the Smithsonian Affiliations program.

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 front 45 feet of a Boeing 747
• James Ricklefs' "Honeymoon" Fairchild
• The Rutan Defiant, Burt Rutan's personal homebuilt airplane.

Sponsored events

Every June, the museum sponsors the Vertical Challenge Airshow, a helicopter-centred airshow at the San Carlos Airport. Other events include: "Lecture Series", "Noon Years party for Kids, "Remember when - World War II Trainer Aircraft Day" and "Yak Attack".

Images

• Rutan Defiant N78RA at Hiller Aviation Museum.jpg

  Rutan Defiant N78RA, Burt Rutan's personal prototype.

See also

• Coleopter
• Hiller Aircraft
• List of aerospace museums

Sources

• Fact Sheet
• Stanley Van Winkle Hiller 1888-1968
• Hiller Aviation Museum: Fascinating Family Fun

External links

• The Hiller Museum Official Website