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  2. Oakland Aviation Museum - Wikipedia

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    Oakland Aviation Museum, formerly called Western Aerospace Museum, was founded in 1981 as a non-profit organization operating an aviation museum located at North Field of Oakland International Airport in Oakland, California. [1] It has over 30 vintage and modern airplanes, both civilian and military, and other displays that highlight noted ...

  3. Short Solent - Wikipedia

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    The Short S.45 Solent was a high-wing monoplane flying boat of aluminium construction. Power was provided by four Bristol Hercules [1] engines. The aircraft could be fitted for 24 passengers with day and night accommodation or 36 day passengers. The cabins (four on the lower deck and two on the upper) could be used to sleep four or seat six.

  4. List of aviation museums - Wikipedia

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    Australian Army Flying Museum, Oakey. Hinkler Hall of Aviation, Bundaberg. Qantas Founders Outback Museum, Longreach. Queensland Air Museum, Caloundra. RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre, Amberley [4] RAAF Townsville Aviation Heritage Centre, Townsville.

  5. List of museums in the San Francisco Bay Area - Wikipedia

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    Oakland Aviation Museum: Oakland: Alameda: East Bay: Aviation: Formerly the Western Aerospace Museum, over 30 vintage and modern airplanes, both civilian and military, and other displays that highlight noted aviators and innovators Oakland Museum of California: Oakland: Alameda: East Bay: Multiple: Art, history, culture and natural environment ...

  6. Boeing School of Aeronautics - Wikipedia

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    The school opened on September 16, 1929, at the Oakland Municipal Airport in Oakland, California, with nineteen staff and 100 students. [1] At the time, this was the largest municipal airport in the United States. [1] The school was licensed by the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, which licensed aviation schools in that period. [2] Boeing ...

  7. Oakland Museum of California - Wikipedia

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    Albert Bierstadt, Yosemite Valley, 1868, oil on canvas William Keith, Early Oakland, 7th and Adeline Streets, The Southern Pacific Depot, 1867, watercolor The Oakland Museum of California or OMCA (formerly the Oakland Museum) is an interdisciplinary museum dedicated to the art, history, and natural science of California, located at 1000 Oak Street in Oakland, California.

  8. Dole Air Race - Wikipedia

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    Aircraft poised to start the Dole Air Race from Oakland on August 16, 1927 Arthur C. Goebel, from Aero Digest, 1927. The Dole Air Race, also known as the Dole Derby, was an air race across the Pacific Ocean from Oakland, California, to Honolulu in the Territory of Hawaii held in August 1927 that resulted in several deaths.

  9. Short Seaford - Wikipedia

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    The Short S.45 Seaford was a 1940s flying boat, ... is displayed at the Oakland Aviation Museum, Oakland, California. [6] [7] Specifications (S.45 Seaford)