| Western Aerospace Museum |
Avg. visitor rating:  (22 visitors) |
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- Western Aerospace Museum
- located on one of the world's most historic
airfields. Former
home of Boeing Air Transport, Pacific Air
Transport, , Boeing School
of Aeronautics, Transocean, World, and
Transamerica Airlines, Oakland
Naval Reserve Air Station, US Marine Corps and
Army Air Corps Reserve
Units. departure and arrival point for many
historic flights including
Hegenberger and Maitland, Smith and Bronte,
the , Dole Races,
Kingsford smith and crew and Amelia Earhart.
currently a very active
airfield with private, business, and
commercial propeller and jet
aircraft including helicopters and blimps.
10 % discount on Otis Spunkmeyer "Sentimental Journey" DC-3 flights
- Directions
- Interstate 880 to Oakland Airport/Hegenberger Road exit. Follow the signs to Oakland Airport. Cross Doolittle Drive intersection and immediately turn right at the North Field sign onto Earhart Road. Drive 7/10ths mile on Earhart until Hangar #6 (Alaska Airlines) on your left. Turn right at the Museum sign.
General Information
- Hours of operation
- Wednesday-Sunday, 10:00- 4:00
- Admission
- $3.00 for adults and children over 12
$2 00 additional for Short Solent flying boat tour
- Press Releases
- 1/1
8/1997 - Amelia Earhart Symposium
- 7/2 0/1996 - The Ford Trimotor 70th Anniversary
- 1/2 9/1996 - New board members elected.
- 1/0 9/1996 - Howie Keefe, Air Racing, and "Miss America"
- 7/2 0/1996 - The Ford Trimotor 70th Anniversary
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Reviews / Comments by our visitors
| Adam Rust , Arizona | I Sincerely enjoyed the very brief time I was there, could be a well kept secret for many. viagra cialis levitra buy viagra buy levitra buy cialis buy paxil 03/17/2008 @ 21:25 [ref: 7143] |
| Mike Huntington Beach, California | Doing business in the east bay and happened to spot the Mig-15 while returning rental car. Drove around tha back road (Earhart?) and then saw the Tomcat. Nice plane. Didn't have time to see everything but spent a few bucks in the gift shop and met a former F105 pilot working at the museum. Hope to see more next time. 08/02/2007 @ 20:21 [ref: 6206] |
| mary pallares vacaville, California |  I belong to squadron 188 civil air patrol. Located just up the road from the museum. We have 12 full boxes of modern day airplane slides. Would you be interested in having them. Please let me know the time and day I can deliver if you are interested. 06/19/2007 @ 09:36 [ref: 6000] |
| Paul , California | I enjoyed an afternoon at the Museum and then strolled up and down Earhart Road to see historic buildings. Former NAS (Naval Air Station) Oakland is at the Rental Car Center end of Earhart and the original 1920's Oakland Airport buildings (hotel, vacant; administration building, now an executive jet terminal; and hangars 1 through 5, still used as such) are at the main airport entrance end. Hint: The Western Aerospace Museum is easy to reach by public transit. At the Coliseum / Oakland Airport BART Station, catch an AC Transit Route 50 bus going toward Alameda / Fruitvale. Get off at the Hilton Hotel, which comes up just before the bus enters the airport compound. Cross the street, walk through the aviation training school parking lot, and you'll be on Earhart Road. If you're already at the main airport, catch the rental car shuttle, which conveniently takes you to the other end of Earhart Road. The Museum is roughly in the middle. For historical photos of the airport buildings, visit the Oakland Museum Online, at http://collections.museumca.org/gallery.jsp?user_id=100 09/26/2006 @ 20:51 [ref: 5293] |
| Anton van Ruiten Potomac, MD/Amsterdam Netherlands, Maryland |  Bumped into this museum by coincidence between reading the various bizjets along the street and picking up my rental car further down the road. I had only 5 minutes and therefore didn't pay the $9 entrance fee and spotted from outside the fence. The collection is quite nice but was disappointed that saw planes (A4, TAV-8A, Shorts Solent) have either no or bogus registrations/serials. Current website filled some of the holes though. Will visit next time! 08/20/2006 @ 13:14 [ref: 5199] |
| Joe Crisafulli , California | This museum is one of a kind in that it is located at the Oakland Airport and secondly, it is the original Boeing training hangar and not a replica. This gives visitors a nostalgic experience and a feel of what it was like in the early 1900's. Standing inside the hangar is in itself an experience. Hangars like this one are no longer in existence. 03/14/2006 @ 09:44 [ref: 4884] |
| SALIM AHMAD Danville, California |  THIS MUSEUM REMINDS ME OF MY FIRST DAY AT WORLD AIR WAYS IN 1971. THE HUMAN RESORCE DEPT WAS IN THIS VERY QUANSAT HUT.NOW RETIRMENT TIME IS AROUND THE CONER MY SPARE TIME WOULD BE DONATED TO THE MUSEUM. 11/11/2005 @ 03:26 [ref: 4574] |
| Ascher Ward Van Nuys, California | My name is Ascher Ward and I have been an entrepreneur in the field of rare aircraft for the past 50years. I am writing to you because I have two extremely unique airplanes that may be of interest to you and your museum. I have a Sipa Jet 200 which I have owned for the past 12 years. It is the first civillian turbojet to enter production for general aviation. This aircraft can be verified by the Smithsonian. Of the seven aircraft only two remain, mine and one in France which is also owned by a private collector and is not for sale. Sipa had hoped to also reach the military market as a trainer or a liason aircraft. The second aircraft I have is a full scale replica of the original Boeing P12. There are no originals left in existence and this replica is the only example of this plane. It was built by the late Thomas Crowder approximately 20 years ago. It was built from copies of the original engineering drawings held in the archives at the Smithsonian. The aircraft has an early 1340 Pratt Whittney engine this is the same that is in the original P12. I have done many trades with the United States Air force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. The museum director at that time was Colonel Richard Upstrom. I acquired rare airplanes which the museum needed for their collection. For example: DeHavilland mosquito, DeHavilland Repedie, Northrup c-125, Lockheed Loadstar Fokker D-7 (original) this aircraft belonged to the late Cole Palen. Ryan STA (Air Force version) Fairchild C-82 (Packet), Mig 21, Lockheed F-104 which is on display at the entrance to the museum mounted on a pole. There were countless other aircraft which went across the country to various other Air Force Museums under "The Heritage Program". The aircrafts were exchanged for other aircraft which was surpluss to their needs, and of interest to me. The exchange was then made. I will provide photos on request. Should you have an interest in a purchase or an exchange, for an aircraft or aircrafts which are surpluss to you, perhaps we can work out a favorable exchange. Sincerely, Ascher Ward 02/03/2005 @ 01:46 [ref: 3779] |
| Rob Sorensen Oakland, California | 2 items for comment: 1) I was coming down Doolittle, to try and find the museum, is an issue. First, the sign is so faded one might wonder if it's really a current attraction. Then, turning left at Swan, no sign to tell which way to go on Earhardt. Bummer to find after that. This can be improved at low bucks. 2) I enjoyed the brief time I was there, could be a well kept secret for many. Do the senior centers make field trips there? Take care> RS 05/19/2003 @ 13:29 [ref: 2851] |
| Gary R. Wertz Olympia, Washington | I visited this museum in August 2001. The museum has some good displays. I am interested in things at Oakland because I learned to fly there (Sierra Academy) and later worked for Trans International Airlines. I also flew in and out of Moffett Field across the bay as a P-3 crewman based in Hawaii. The museum is growing and I feel it will continue to do so. I am keenly interested in the non-sched airline industry and Oakland was a major center because of Transocean, World, Saturn and Trans International aka Transamerica. 11/06/2002 @ 22:27 [ref: 2648] |
Last updated: 02/14/00.
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