“FLY GIRLS” is a tribute to the all-female WWII WASP pilots that history forgot. Over 1000 women joined the Women Air Force Service Pilots, WASPS, and 38 died while flying planes for the US military. At the end of the war their records were sealed, and none received veteran benefits. Women were not officially permitted […]
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 […]
This is the story of the people, strategy, tactics, and technology that were employed on both sides of the U-boat war. More than 2,700 ships were sunk by U-boats which costs the lives of over 35,000 British and American seamen. But by 1943 the Allies began to turn the tide against the U-boat menace through […]
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 […]
Robert Lilac, graduate of the USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School (now named the USAF Test Pilot School) gives us a look what it takes to become a USAF test pilot. From the early days of flight testing in Dayton, Ohio to the current Edwards Air Force Base, California, the history of flight test is filled […]
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 […]
For over 75 years the eyewitness account of the 111th Evacuation Hospital’s service during WWII (from Normandy to the fall of the 3rd Reich) lay mostly forgotten in the family basement of a doctor’s home in a small-town in Ohio. Recently rediscovered and transcribed, Capt. E.G. Ditch, M.D.’s 100s of letters, photographs and his personal […]
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 […]
Hear the true story of the group of fore-sighted, concerned, and dedicated individuals who came together in the mid 1930’s in the Chicago area to form an organization that actively pursued and set the stage for the participation of African Americans in the fields of aviation and aeronautics. These prescient men included Chauncey E. Spencer […]
Today is Palm Desert Day! Everyone showing a Palm Desert drivers' license or utility bill gets free admission. Enjoy all 91,000 square feet of climate controlled exhibit space, and the over 75 flying and static aircraft representing World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm and the newest Stealth Fighter F-117 Nighthawk inside the James R. […]
