aviation history – Marvelous Air Museums

Point Mugu Missile Park Video

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Mojave Air Museum Legacy Park Video

Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing Video

Santa Maria Museum of Flight Video

Blackbird Airpark Video

Estrella Warbirds Museum Video

Joe Davies Heritage Airpark Video

Convair CV990

The Convair 990 was a commercial airliner produced between 1961 and 1963. The narrow body could move up to 121 people across the country at Mach .84, around 585 miles per hour, which seems plenty fast. But it wasn’t quite the Mach .89 Convair, or its parent company General Dynamics, had promised American Airlines whenContinue reading “Convair CV990”

Santa Maria Museum of Flight

The next time you find yourself on the Central Coast, make a little time to visit the Santa Maria Museum of Flight. Sitting at the west end of the Santa Maria City Airport tarmac, the museum occupies a pair of hangers left over from the airport’s days in the US Army Air Force. Back then,Continue reading “Santa Maria Museum of Flight”