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While not strictly an aviation museum, the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, represents nearly every facet of that global conflict. A Douglas C-47 Skytrain, in U.S. Army Air Corps D-Day markings, hangs above the main entrance lobby, along with a Supermarine Spitfire replica.
consider also visiting the Davis-Monthan AFB long-term preservation and storage facility for inactive military aircraft (shuttles from Pima run often).
Castle Air Museum: Atwater, California. Home of the former Castle Air Force Base, Strategic Air Command facility, this collection is adjacent to what is now the civilian Castle Airport. The mostly outdoor display in
The Hughes H-1 Hercules (aka, Spruce Goose) is the main at- traction on display at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon. This impressive museum is far more than the Spruce Goose, however. It contains scores of histori- cally significant aircraft, both civilian and military, as well as many craft from various space programs.
California’s central valley includes some of the largest aircraft to ever serve in the U.S. military – B-29, B-36, B-50, B-52, etc.
Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airpower Museum: Dallas, Texas. As with all CAF museums, the aircraft based here may or may not be in residence during your visit. Because CAF’s primary mission is to restore and
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