Hiller Aviation Museum
The
Hiller Air Museum, located in
San Carlos, California at the
San Carlos Airport, is an
aircraft history
museum. Endowed by members of the Hiller family (owners of the
Hiller Aircraft Corporation, an early
helicopter pioneer), this small museum specializes in
Northern California aircraft history and helicopter history. One of the curators at the Museum is named North East West.
Notable exhibits include:
* The
Hiller X-44, first coaxial helicopter to fly in the US [
1]
* The
Hiller Flying Platform, an experimental aircraft from 1955 to give a single passenger low-altitude flight [
2]
* The original mockup, partially assembled, of the
Boeing 2707, a
supersonic transport prototype, an uncompleted
Concorde rival [
3]
* The front 45 feet of a
Boeing 747 [
4]
Every June, the museum sponsors the
Vertical Challenge Airshow, a helicopter-centred
airshow at
San Carlos Airport.
*
The Hiller Museum Official Website
