| Hiller Aviation Museum |
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Reviews / Comments by our visitors
| Betty Sherman Richland, Washington | So much more than I expected. Large and diversified collection. I had a former Docent as a guide. 03/28/2008 @ 20:29 [ref: 7259] |
| Kevin McGuire Santa Clara, California |  My Dad was a Master Flight Test Mechanic at Hiller from 1951 through the plant\\\'s closing in 1966 reporting to General John Kinney of wwll wake island fame.He was there from 2 years before I was born until I was 13.He always told me he was flight testing the world\\\'s most safe aircraft with the likes of Bruce Jones,Phil Johnston, and Larry Lape as well as John Kinney at the controls.He always told us that we boys had nothing to worry about as Stan Hiller had Lloyds of London protecting us if a Hiller went down in the Dumbarton narrows of the San Francisco Bay.God Bless the late Stan Hiller for all the people who were saved by the courageous pilots like Link Lukett who pulled those two guys off of McKinley in 1960 in his Hiller 12E. 02/21/2008 @ 20:12 [ref: 6833] |
| Jaime W. Colon San Juan, | One of the most interesting air museums I have visited. The rotorcraft displays should be spread wider. Fun to "fly" hardware/softw. simulators. Nice touch is ATC consoles and scopes on display. Live monitor of radio traffic on nearby airports. Worth a return visit. 08/26/2007 @ 08:17 [ref: 6252] |
| Jaime W. Colon San Juan, | One of the most interesting air museums I have visited. The rotorcraft displays were spread wider. Fun to "fly" hardware/softw. simulators. Nice touch is ATC consoles and scopes on display. Live monitor of radio traffic on nearby airports. Worth a return visit. 08/26/2007 @ 08:08 [ref: 6251] |
| Mimi Steel Castro Valley, California | This museum features a 737 cockpit, a 747 cockpit, a Blue Angels A6 cockpit,and the Boeing SST cockpit. You can sit in all these cockpits and get a briefing from very knowledgeable docents. It has a helicopter simulator and a fixed wing simulator. It has lots of helicopters because Stanley Hiller was a helicopter designer. All airplanes are in pristine shape. Although it is relatively small, it is definately a world class museum. 08/09/2006 @ 09:30 [ref: 5176] |
| Joe , California | It's nice to have an aircraft museum in the bay area. The one plane that got me to say wow is that spyplane with the 200" wingspan.It's so big you'll miss it unless you're looking up at a smaller plane and then notice the fuselage,than one wing,then the other and then you say,"what the hell?!" It's hard to take photos of most of the airplanes.It's a nice place to visit when you're in the area. Gift shop and staff are great. 06/26/2004 @ 08:51 [ref: 3232] |
| Colin Dodds OXford, UK, |  Interesting museum that is clearly set up to attract non aviation enthusiasts as well. There are some really interesting old Hiller research machines, but it is really all crammed together at one end because of the other material to attract the school kids. I found it very diffiult to photograph some of the classic early Hiller items. There is quite a good shop with a good range of books. 05/31/2004 @ 07:50 [ref: 3183] |
| Denny Scales Hemet, California | If you have a gift shop at your museum, I have several old photos of aircraft, available at wholesale prices, for aviation museum operators. My website is at www.theoldphotocompany.com. Click on the Aviation category. All Prices on the website are retail: take 50% off, for 25 to 100 pieces, 100 or more pieces, take an additional 20% off For more info: Denny Scales TOLL FREE (877) 368 6257 01/21/2003 @ 16:34 [ref: 2774] |
| Jack Lenhardt Hubbard, Oregon | Stan, I have a helicopter collection for sale or trade. Check www.infoviva.com/lenhardt and click on HELICOPTERS for photos thanks Jack 04/17/2000 @ 01:33 [ref: 74] |
External pages about this museum
| http://www.hiller.org/ |
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