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Dated January 5, 1994, the Organizational Certificate of Incorporation for Palm Springs Air Museum was signed by Harold N. (”Pete”) Madison, Charles H. Mayer, and Bill Byrne — the former two being members of the city’s airport commission. A former P-38 pilot, Madison contacted his friend, Robert J. Pond, a Navy Air Corps World War II veteran, who had been collecting and rebuilding warbirds and classic cars and helped established the Planes of Fame East Museum (closed in 1997) in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-05-01 |title=Bob Pond and the Palm Springs Air Museum |url=http://airportjournals.com/bob-pond-and-the-palm-springs-air-museum/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=Airport Journals |language=en-US}}</ref> After community leaders and enthusiasts raised $3.5 million, they leased a 10-acre parcel of land in September of 1994.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goolsby |first=Denise |date=August 7, 2013 |title="Dining Buddies Dreamed Up Museum" |work=The Desert Sun}}</ref> The museum opened on Veterans Day (November 11) in 1996.
Dated January 5, 1994, the Organizational Certificate of Incorporation for Palm Springs Air Museum was signed by Harold N. (”Pete”) Madison, Charles H. Mayer, and Bill Byrne — the former two being members of the city’s airport commission. A former P-38 pilot, Madison contacted his friend, Robert J. Pond, a Navy Air Corps World War II veteran, who had been collecting and rebuilding warbirds and classic cars and helped established the Planes of Fame East Museum (closed in 1997) in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-05-01 |title=Bob Pond and the Palm Springs Air Museum |url=http://airportjournals.com/bob-pond-and-the-palm-springs-air-museum/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=Airport Journals |language=en-US}}</ref> After community leaders and enthusiasts raised $3.5 million, they leased a 10-acre parcel of land in September of 1994.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goolsby |first=Denise |date=August 7, 2013 |title="Dining Buddies Dreamed Up Museum" |work=The Desert Sun}}</ref> The museum opened on Veterans Day (November 11) in 1996.


==Collection==
==Hangars==
The museum encompasses five themed hangars:
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* [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|Aero S-106]] ''1112''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Mikoyan Gurevich-Aero S-106 Fishbed-C (NATO), s/n 1112 {1} CVL, c/n 161112 |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=75090 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
The Pacific Hangar highlights include a [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]] diorama with narration by television journalist [[Tom Brokaw]]; ship and submarine models; an interactive, lighted map; and a tribute to [[United Service Organizations|USO-tour]] icon [[Bob Hope]], who not only maintained a home in Palm Springs but also actively participated in local philanthropic causes.
* [[Bell AH-1 Cobra|Bell AH-1G Cobra]] ''67-15574''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Bell AH-1G-BF Cobra, s/n 67-15574 US, c/n 20238 |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=7893 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>

* [[Bell H-13 Sioux]] – on loan<ref name="restorations">{{cite web |title=Restorations |url=http://palmspringsairmuseum.org/restorations |website=Palm Springs Air Museum |accessdate=25 March 2019}}</ref>
The European Hangar showcases tributes to the [[Tuskegee Airmen]] and women in aviation (Palm Springs Air Museum Productions premiered its “Women in Aviation” documentary film on PBS in March of 2023).<ref>{{Cite web |title="Palm Springs Air Museum Presents Women in Aviation" |url=https://www.pbs.org/video/women-in-aviation-pat9wn/ |website=PBS.org}}</ref> Also in this space is a walk-in [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 Fighting Falcon]] flight simulator.
* [[Bell P-63 Kingcobra|Bell P-63A Kingcobra]] ''42-68864''<ref name="aircraft">{{cite web |title=Aircraft |url=http://palmspringsairmuseum.org/aircraft |website=Palm Springs Air Museum |accessdate=25 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Bell P-63A-1-BE Kingcobra, s/n 42-68864 USAAF, c/n 091263RP, c/r N163BP |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=21317 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>

* [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois|Bell UH-1B Iroquois]] ''63-8610''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Bell UH-1B-BF Iroquois, s/n 63-8610 US, c/n 832, c/r N5HF |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=26229 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
The B-17 hangar houses the museum’s largest aircraft: a [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17G bomber]] (“Miss Angela”), measuring just under 68 feet in length and with a wingspan of 103 feet 9 inches, that is available for interior tours. The hangar further encompasses the museum’s Victory Canteen café.
* [[Boeing-Stearman Model 75|Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet]] ''38393''<ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Stearman-Boeing PT-17 Kaydet, s/n 38393 USN, c/n 75-8014, c/r N63555 |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=29696 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>

* [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing VB-17G Flying Fortress]] ''44-85778''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Boeing VB-17G Fortress, s/n 44-85778 USAF, c/n 8687, c/r N3509G |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=23951 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
The Korea/Vietnam Hangar includes a “Presidents Who Served” exhibition and display of more than 1,000 [[POW bracelet|POW/MIA bracelets]], accompanied by access to an index, prisoner-of-war videos, and digital articles.
* [[CAC Sabre]] ''F-8612/F-8607'' – on loan<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - North American-Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Sabre 32, s/n F-8612 TNI-AU, c/n CA27-072 |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=13272 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>

* [[Cessna O-2 Skymaster]]<ref name="restorations" />
The F-117A Hangar shelters the museum’s [[Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk|Lockheed Martin F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter]] “Black Devil” and provides a [[War on terror|War on Terror]] timeline beginning September 11, 2001.
* [[Consolidated PBY Catalina]] ''48426''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Consolidated OA-10 Catalina, s/n 48426 USN, c/n 1788, c/r N31235 |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=12406 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>

* [[Convair F-102 Delta Dagger|Convair F-102A Delta Dagger]] ''56-1432'' – on loan<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goolsby |first1=Denise |title=Palm Springs Air Museum lands an F-102 aircraft |url=http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/veterans/2015/03/21/palm-springs-air-museum/25098431 |accessdate=26 March 2019 |work=Desert Sun |date=21 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Convair F-102A-80-CO Delta Dagger, s/n 56-1432 USAF |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=206 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="NMUSAF-AOL" />
==Visitor Center==
* [[Convair F-106 Delta Dart|Convair F-106B Delta Dart]] ''57-2509''<ref name="restorations" /><ref>{{cite web |title=F-106B 57-2509 |url=http://www.f-106deltadart.com/piwigo/index.php?/category/494 |website=F-106 Delta Dart Association |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
Palm Springs Air Museum’s visitor center includes a gift shop; a theater showing documentary films throughout the day and incorporating display cases of model planes; and an upper-level resource center that includes flight-simulator stations and more than 12,500 books, magazines (including every issue of ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine from 1936 through 1972 and bound copies of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine from 1930 to 1937), DVDs, and video interviews with veterans (an ongoing project involves collecting oral histories that are then sent to the [[Library of Congress|U.S. Library of Congress]]).
* [[Curtiss P-40 Warhawk|Curtiss TP-40N Warhawk]] ''44-7084''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Curtiss TP-40N Warhawk, s/n 44-7084 USAAF, c/n 32824, c/r N999CD |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=34882 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Douglas A-26 Invader|Douglas B-26C Invader]] ''44-35721''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Douglas-Lynch Air Tankers STOL 26, s/n 44-35721 USAAF, c/n 29000, c/r N9425Z |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=61316 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain|Douglas RC-47 Dakota]] ''035''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Douglas RC-47, s/n 044 IDF, c/n 16007, c/r N60154 |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=18149 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=25 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless]] ''36176'' – on loan<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Northrop-Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless, s/n 36176 USN, c/n 4815 |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=3373 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=25 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk]] ''154649'' – on loan<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk, s/n 154649 USN |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=7735 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Erco Ercoupe|Erco 415D Ercoupe]] ''4019''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Engineering and Research Corporation 415C, c/n 4019, c/r N3394H |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=110818 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar]] ''53-8154'' – fuselage only<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar, s/n 53-8154 USAF, c/n 257, c/r N90267 |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=18271 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon]] ''163277'' – on loan<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon, s/n 163277 USN, c/n 3M-10 |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=15133 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Grumman A-6E Intruder]] ''154162'' – on loan<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Grumman A-6A Intruder, s/n 154162 USN, c/n I-297 |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=18426 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Grumman C-1 Trader|Grumman C-1A Trader]] ''146048''<ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Grumman C-1A Trader, s/n 146048 USN, c/n G-96-78, c/r N7171M |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=2932 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Grumman F6F-5K Hellcat]] ''94473''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Grumman F6F-5K Hellcat, s/n 94473 USN, c/n A-12225, c/r N4964W |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=39724 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Grumman F7F Tigercat|Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat]] ''80412''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat, s/n 80412 USN, c/n C.154, c/r N207F |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=28110 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Grumman F-14A Tomcat]] ''160898'' – on loan<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Grumman F-14A-105-GR Tomcat, s/n 160898 USN, c/n 327 |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=17382 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Grumman FM-2 Wildcat]] ''55627''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Grumman-General Motors Eastern Aircraft Division FM-2 Wildcat, s/n 55627 USN, c/n 3268, c/r N47201 |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=25670 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Grumman F8F Bearcat|Grumman G-58B Gulfhawk]] ''D-1262''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Grumman G-58B, c/n D-1262, c/r N700A |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=28363 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=25 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Grumman Gulfstream I]] – owned by [[Walt Disney]], on loan from the Disney Archives<ref>{{cite web |title=Walt Disney’s Airplane Returns to Palm Springs After D23 Expo |url=http://d23.com/walt-disneys-airplane-returns-to-palm-springs-after-d23-expo |website=D23 |access-date=15 September 2022 |date=8 September 2022}}</ref>
* [[Grumman TBF Avenger|General Motors TBM-3 Avenger]] ''53785''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Grumman-General Motors TBM-3 Avenger, s/n 53785 USN, c/n 3847, c/r N7075C |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=31225 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Lockheed F-104 Starfighter|Lockheed F-104G Starfighter]] ''D-8244''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Palm Springs Air Museum’s F-104 Starfighter Unveiling |url=http://warbirdsnews.com/aviation-museum-news/palm-springs-air-museums-f-104-starfighter-unveiling.html |website=Warbird Digest |accessdate=26 March 2019 |date=7 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Lockheed-Fokker F-104G Starfighter, s/n D-8244 KLu, c/n 8244 |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=152460 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Stealth fighter F-117 Nighthawk now on display at Palm Springs Air Museum |url=http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2022/04/03/stealth-f-117-nighthawk-jet-goes-display-palm-springs-air-museum/7251978001 |access-date=15 September 2022 |work=Desert Sun |date=3 April 2022}}</ref>
* [[Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon]] ''37211''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon, s/n 37211 USN, c/n 15-1177, c/r N7273C |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=4069 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=25 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Lockheed T-33|Lockheed TV-2]] ''126591''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Lockheed TV-2 Shooting Star, s/n 126591 USN, c/n 580-5327, c/r N6633D |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=30272 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|McDonnell Douglas F-4S Phantom II]] ''153851'' – on loan<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - McDonnell F-4S Phantom II, s/n 153851 USN, c/n 2299 |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=15533 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet]] ''162403'' – on loan<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Northrop-McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A-14-MC (Lot 7) Hornet, s/n 162403 USN, c/n 231/A183 |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=3644 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[North American TB-25N Mitchell]] ''44-86747''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - North American TB-25N Mitchell, s/n 44-86747 USAAF, c/n 108-47501, c/r N8163H |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=32763 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=25 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[North American F-100D Super Sabre]] ''3-888''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - North American F-100D-50-NH Super Sabre, s/n 3-888 THK, c/n 224-155, c/r N2011U |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=8964 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=25 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[North American P-51D Mustang]] ''9273''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - North American P-51D-30-NA Mustang, s/n 9273 RCAF, c/n 122-41448, c/r N151BP |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=21094 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=25 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[North American T-6G Texan]] ''49-3402''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - North American T-6G Texan, s/n 85 Racer, c/n 88-11594, c/r N85JR |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=33067 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=25 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[North American T-28 Trojan|North American T-28B Trojan]] ''138203''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - North American T-28B Trojan, s/n 138203 USN, c/n 200-274, c/r N372C |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=24174 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler]] ''163030'' – on loan<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Grumman EA-6B Prowler, s/n 163030 |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=175894 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Piper J-3|Piper J-3 Cub]] ''4594''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Taylorcraft-Piper J-3L-65, c/n 04594, c/r N28118 |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=54502 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Republic F-84F Thunderstreak]] ''51-9531'' – on loan<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Republic-General Motors-Fisher Body F-84F-40-GK Thunderstreak, s/n 51-9531 USAF |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=14713 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="NMUSAF-AOL" />
* [[Republic F-105 Thunderchief|Republic F-105D Thunderchief]] ''61‐0108'' – on loan<ref name="aircraft" /><ref name="NMUSAF-AOL">{{cite web |title=AIRCRAFT ON LOAN (by Location) |url=http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Portals/7/documents/other/aircraft_on_loan_by_location.pdf |website=National Museum of the United States Air Force |accessdate=26 March 2019 |date=April 2016}}</ref>
* [[Republic P-47 Thunderbolt|Republic P-47D Thunderbolt]] ''122''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Republic TF-47D Thunderbolt, s/n 122 FAPe, c/n 399-55744, c/r N47RP |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=25630 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse]] ''154895''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse, s/n 154895 USMC, c/n 58-1805 |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=6994 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=25 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Supermarine Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfire XIV]] ''SG108/RM694''<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIVe, s/n SG108 FABe, c/n 6S-648206, c/r N114BP |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=37810 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[Vought F4U Corsair|Vought FG-1D Corsair]] [[Chance-Vought F4U survivors|''92629'']]<ref name="aircraft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Vought-Goodyear FG-1D Corsair, s/n 215 FAS, c/n 3890, c/r N62290 |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=29410 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |accessdate=25 March 2019}}</ref>
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==See also==
==See also==

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Palm Springs Air Museum
Palm Springs Air Museum is located in southern California
Palm Springs Air Museum
Location within southern California
Established1996
LocationPalm Springs, California
Coordinates33°49′57″N 116°30′17″W / 33.8325°N 116.5047°W / 33.8325; -116.5047
TypeAviation museum
Collection size29 aircraft
FounderBob Pond & Pete Madison
DirectorFred Bell
ChairpersonDan Gilbertson
Websitewww.palmspringsairmuseum.org

Through its exhibitions and programs, Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California, educates visitors on the role of air power in preserving American liberties. Supported by volunteers, many of whom are war veterans and serve as docents, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit leases from the city 17 acres abutting Palm Springs International Airport, on which it has built and maintains a visitor center and collection of hangars.

In addition to aircraft displayed inside and out, exhibitions include vintage vehicles (including the Willys Jeep); models of planes and ships; turrets and engines; military uniforms, medals, arms, and survival gear; reconnaissance cameras; photographs, drawings, and paintings (including murals); documentary coverage accompanying items grouped in topics; and memorabilia, including 1940s-era wedding gowns made from silk and nylon parachutes.

On Saturdays, the museum opens the cockpit of one of its aircraft (selected in rotation) so that visitors can sit at the controls and pose for pictures, while docents are on hand to provide historical background and answer questions. Also on Saturdays, the museum offers a one-hour lecture presentation on a specific topic. Past lecturers of note include astronauts Walter Schirra and Sally Ride.

Grumman F8F Bearcat at Palm Springs Museum
Goodyear FG-1D Corsair

Beginnings

Dated January 5, 1994, the Organizational Certificate of Incorporation for Palm Springs Air Museum was signed by Harold N. (”Pete”) Madison, Charles H. Mayer, and Bill Byrne — the former two being members of the city’s airport commission. A former P-38 pilot, Madison contacted his friend, Robert J. Pond, a Navy Air Corps World War II veteran, who had been collecting and rebuilding warbirds and classic cars and helped established the Planes of Fame East Museum (closed in 1997) in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.[1] After community leaders and enthusiasts raised $3.5 million, they leased a 10-acre parcel of land in September of 1994.[2] The museum opened on Veterans Day (November 11) in 1996.

Hangars

The museum encompasses five themed hangars:

The Pacific Hangar highlights include a Pearl Harbor diorama with narration by television journalist Tom Brokaw; ship and submarine models; an interactive, lighted map; and a tribute to USO-tour icon Bob Hope, who not only maintained a home in Palm Springs but also actively participated in local philanthropic causes.

The European Hangar showcases tributes to the Tuskegee Airmen and women in aviation (Palm Springs Air Museum Productions premiered its “Women in Aviation” documentary film on PBS in March of 2023).[3] Also in this space is a walk-in F-16 Fighting Falcon flight simulator.

The B-17 hangar houses the museum’s largest aircraft: a Boeing B-17G bomber (“Miss Angela”), measuring just under 68 feet in length and with a wingspan of 103 feet 9 inches, that is available for interior tours. The hangar further encompasses the museum’s Victory Canteen café.

The Korea/Vietnam Hangar includes a “Presidents Who Served” exhibition and display of more than 1,000 POW/MIA bracelets, accompanied by access to an index, prisoner-of-war videos, and digital articles.

The F-117A Hangar shelters the museum’s Lockheed Martin F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter “Black Devil” and provides a War on Terror timeline beginning September 11, 2001.

Visitor Center

Palm Springs Air Museum’s visitor center includes a gift shop; a theater showing documentary films throughout the day and incorporating display cases of model planes; and an upper-level resource center that includes flight-simulator stations and more than 12,500 books, magazines (including every issue of Life magazine from 1936 through 1972 and bound copies of Time magazine from 1930 to 1937), DVDs, and video interviews with veterans (an ongoing project involves collecting oral histories that are then sent to the U.S. Library of Congress).

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bob Pond and the Palm Springs Air Museum". Airport Journals. 2005-05-01. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
  2. ^ Goolsby, Denise (August 7, 2013). ""Dining Buddies Dreamed Up Museum"". The Desert Sun.
  3. ^ ""Palm Springs Air Museum Presents Women in Aviation"". PBS.org.

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