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So, funded by a trust established by Hiller, the museum announced a proposal to acquire a 13,000 sq ft (1,200 m 2) building at the San Carlos Airport and expand it to 44,000 sq ft (4,100 m 2) facility. [4] [5] A lease for the property was approved in March 1996 and ground was broken in October.
San Carlos Airport covers 110 acres (45 ha) at an elevation of 5 feet (2 m). Its one runway, 12/30, is 2,621 by 75 feet (799 by 23 m) with an asphalt surface. Aircraft with gross weight in excess of 12,500 pounds (5,670 kg) are prohibited. [1] San Carlos Airport is home to over 30 aviation-related businesses.
Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, San Diego; Gillespie Field Annex, San Diego Air and Space Museum, El Cajon; Golden Age Flight Museum, Tehachapi [39] Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos; Joe Davies Heritage Airpark, Palmdale [40] Lyon Air Museum, Santa Ana; March Field Air Museum, Riverside; Milestones of Flight Museum, Lancaster – closed
Stanley Hiller donated money and a number of aircraft to form the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, California, which opened in 1998. In 2009, the Hiller (China) Aircraft Manufacturing Company [6] began construction of a production facility in Zhangjiakou City, northwest of Beijing. The company is a joint venture between Hiller Aircraft ...
Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos; History Park at Kelley Park, Willow Glen (south-central San Jose) Japanese American Museum of San Jose, San Jose; Little Italy San Jose, San Jose [6] Mexican Heritage Plaza, East San Jose; Museum of American Heritage, Palo Alto; New Almaden, Quicksilver Mining Museum; New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos; The HP ...
A Comet 7-E on display at the Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, California. The Comet radial was fairly standard with steel finned cylinders, cast light alloy cylinder heads and two valves per head.
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The Hiller Aviation Museum, in San Carlos, California, has a memorial plaque to the aircraft which sits outside the entrance to the museum. The memorial plaque includes a brief history of the aircraft, as well as a list of casualties. The museum is situated near the flight's destination of San Francisco Bay, about 157 miles from the accident ...