Palm Springs Air Museum

Palm Springs Air Museum

File:TomCatDreaming.jpg Tomcat at Palm Springs Air Museum
Established	1994
Location	745 North Gene Autry Trail, Palm Springs, California 92262
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Type	Aerospace Museum
Collection size	29 vintage aircraft in a 70,000 square foot facility
Director	Dan Gilbertson (Chairman & CEO)
President	Fred Bell (director)
Website	http://www.palmspringsairmuseum.org

The Palm Springs Air Museum (PSAM), is a non-profit educational institution in Palm Springs, Riverside County, California. The Museum's mission is to exhibit, educate and eternalize the role of the World War II combat aircraft and the role the pilots and American citizens had in winning the war. In addition to flying aircraft, related artifacts, artwork, and library sources are used to perpetuate American history. It contains one of the world's largest collections of flying World War II warplanes, many of which were built in Southern California. Many of these aircraft have been used by motion picture companies in movies set during the second world war.

Located on the north-east side of the Palm Springs International Airport, the Air Museum is housed in a new structure that includes three main display hangars, theater, gift shop, ramp and airport access for flight demonstrations and visiting planes, research library, simulator and education center. The museum has also been rented as the site for celebrity galas, private parties and balls. The museum is available for rent.

An extensive collection of aviation art by Stan Stokes.

Grumman F8F at Palm Springs Museum

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FG-1D Corsair

Collection

The Flying Collection includes:

• Bell P-63 Kingcobra
• Boeing Stearman PT-17 Kaydet
• Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (which visitors can walk through, as well)
• Consolidated PBY Catalina
• Curtiss P-40 Hawk
• Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
• Douglas B-26 Invader
• Douglas C-47 Dakota
• Douglas SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber
• General Dynamics F-16 Falcon
• Grumman A-6 Intruder
• Grumman C-1A COD Transport
• Grumman F4F Wildcat
• Grumman F6F Hellcat
• Grumman F7F Tigercat
• Grumman F8F Bearcat
• Grumman F-14A Tomcat
• Grumman TBF Avenger
• Grumman OA-13/G-21 Goose
• Lockheed T-33 Trainer Shooting Star
• McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom
• McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornet
• North American B-25 Mitchell
• North American P-51 Mustang
• North American T-6 Texan
• Piper J-3 Cub Grasshopper
• Republic P-47D-40RA 45-49205 Big Chief
• Ryan Sport
• Supermarine Spitfire
• Chance Vought FG-1D 92629 S 301
• Bell AH1B Cobra Gunship
• Convair F-102A Delta Dagger (under restoration)
• Lockheed F-104G Starfighter
• Republic F-105D Thunderchief
• Bell UH1B Bell Huey Gunship, currently being restored.

Static Display includes:

• Flak 37 88 mm gun (near parking lot)

In 2001 Huell Howser Productions, in association with KCET/Los Angeles, featured the Air Museum in California's Gold; the program is available as a VHS videorecording.

Further reading

• (here for Table of Contents)

External links

• Official website
• Organizational Profile – National Center for Charitable Statistics (Urban Institute)

• Ogden, Bob. Aviation Museums and Collections of North America, Sudbourne, England, 2007. ISBN 978-0851303857.
• Parker, Dana T. Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II, Cypress, CA, 2013. ISBN 978-0-9897906-0-4.
• OCLC 47732536