Open Cockpit Saturdays: F4F Wildcat

Museum guests are treated to the extra special experience of being allowed to sit at the controls and pose for pictures. From 10:30-12:30 each Saturday, a selected aircraft will be opened up and made accessible to the public. Museum Volunteers will also be on hand to answer questions and provide the historical back drop for […]

Open Cockpit Saturdays: P-47 Thunderbolt

Museum guests are treated to the extra special experience of being allowed to sit at the controls and pose for pictures. From 10:30-12:30 each Saturday, a selected aircraft will be opened up and made accessible to the public. Museum Volunteers will also be on hand to answer questions and provide the historical back drop for […]

Open Cockpit Saturday’s: Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIV

Museum guests are treated to the extra special experience of being allowed to sit at the controls and pose for pictures. From 10:30-12:30 each Saturday, a selected aircraft will be opened up and made accessible to the public. Museum Volunteers will also be on hand to answer questions and provide the historical back drop for […]

Halloween Themed Chili Cook-Off & Car Show

Be a part of the fun at PSAM’s 14th annual Chili Cook-Off and Car Show. Burn rubber on over to see some awesome rides and enjoy a tasting of various chili offerings from the Museum volunteers’ secret recipes. It will be a ghoulish feast for the eyes and the tummy. Sponsored by the Desert Classic […]

A Vietnam War Story: Combat in the F-4 Phantom

An entertaining presentation about flying combat in Vietnam in the US Air Force's premiere fighter, the F-4 Phantom. Lt Col. Petkunas will share never heard experiences during his 200+ missions including one particularly hairy mission over North Vietnam that involved him ejecting from this aircraft! Presenter: Lt Col. Dan Petkunas

November 10th & 11th: LifeStream Blood Drive

Blood Drive at the Palm Springs Air Museum. Appointments can be made by calling (800)879-4484 or by visiting http://www.lstream.org. Walk-ins are welcome.  Blood Donors receive free admission to the Palm Springs Air Museum. 

PSAM 27th Anniversary & B-29 Superfortress Exhibit Unveiling

Palm Springs Air Museum celebrates its 27th anniversary with thanks to all who served Our Country. Join us for a day filled with flight exhibitions, musical performances, birthday cake and activities for the kids. At 1PM we will unveil our newest addition to the Museum collection, the nose section of B-29 Superfortress 44-69957. This aircraft […]

11th Annual Props & Hops Craft Beer Festival

The Palm Springs Air Museum will be hosting our annual Props and Hops Craft Beer Festival featuring craft beers from all over the region, local musical acts, food vendors and flight exhibitions. This event grows in popularity every year as it has become the premier craft beer event in the valley. Visit our website for […]

Mission 91: The Bomber Raid on Stuttgart Germany

This is a true story about Staff Sergeant Bernard M. Tuvman, of Jewish descent, who enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on August 31, 1941, shortly before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. He became a B-17 waist gunner and on September 6, 1943, departed on Mission 91 to bomb the Robert Bosch facilities […]

Pearl Harbor – The Sinking of the U.S.S. OKLAHOMA

The USS Oklahoma capsized at 8:08 A.M., approximately 12 minutes after the first torpedo hit. Hundreds of men were trapped below her decks. They found themselves in a bizarre world turned upside down, in pitch-black darkness, as compartments filled with water. Death came to 429 officers, sailors, and Marines, marking the second greatest loss of […]