Oakland Aviation Museum

Oakland Aviation Museum, formerly called Western Aerospace Museum, was founded in 1981 as a non-profit organization operating an aviation museum located at North Field of Oakland International Airport in Oakland, California. It has over 30 vintage and modern airplanes, both civilian and military, and other displays that highlight noted aviators and innovators.

History
The Oakland Aviation Museum was founded in 1981 as a non-profit organization under IRS Code 501 (C) 3 under the name of Western Aerospace Museum. The museum's first home was a small room at Hangar 5 at Oakland International Airport's historic North Field.



In 1988, the museum was granted use of the historic Boeing School of Aeronautics hangar built in 1939. The hangar serves as the primary facility of the museum, providing indoor and outdoor exhibition space, aircraft restoration work areas, research library, and gift shop. In 2007, Western Aerospace Museum was renamed Oakland Aviation Museum with the historical mission refocused on the important legacy of flight at North Field and the surrounding area.

Aircraft collection
As of July 2022, the museum contains several original and reproductions of historic aircraft, including:


 * Wright EX Vin Fiz (replica)
 * 1946 Aeronca 7AC Champion
 * Boeing Hybrid Dirigible (1/50th scale model)
 * ERCO Ercoupe 415 C
 * Glasair SH-II RG
 * Kitfox IV 1200
 * Jurca MJ-7 Gnatsum (P-51B $3/4$ scale replica)
 * Short Solent Mk. III Flying Boat
 * Thorp/Paulic T3B-1
 * Kitty Hawk Flyer eVTOL
 * Cessna O-2A
 * Douglas KA-3B Skywarrior
 * Douglas NTA-4J Skyhawk
 * Grumman KA-6D Intruder
 * Vought A-7E Corsair II
 * TAV-8A Harrier
 * Hiller Ten99 (1099) Helicopter
 * Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15bis
 * North American Aviation T-39 Saberliner
 * Grumman F-14 Tomcat
 * McDonnell Aircraft ADM-20 Quail Cruise Missile
 * JDT Mini-MAX 1600R EROS
 * Rutan Long-EZ



Aircraft engines
As of July 2022, the museum contains several aircraft engines on display, including:


 * Herring-Curtiss 4-stroke, 4-cylinder engine
 * Pratt and Whitney R-2800 twin-row 18-cylinder radial engine
 * General Electric J47 Turbojet
 * Wright R-3359 twin-row 18-cylinder cut-away radial engine
 * General Electric J79 Turbojet
 * Pancake V-8 circa 1940
 * Garrett GTP70 Gas Turbine
 * Allison T56 Series III Turboprop
 * Pratt & Whitney TF30-414A Turbofan
 * Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior AN-1 9-cylinder air-cooled Radial Engine
 * Elizalde Tigre IV inverted 4-cylinder air-cooled (also known as a Tigre G-IV)
 * Lycoming R-680 9-cylinder air-cooled Radial Engine
 * Ranger V-770 inverted V-12 air-cooled
 * Righter O-45 2-cylinder air-cooled
 * Franklin O-200 (4AC-199) flat 4-cylinder air-cooled
 * McCulloch 4318A small flat 4-cylinder air-cooled
 * Heath-Henderson B-4 4-cylinder air-cooled
 * Galino-Taski 2-cylinder air-cooled glider engine
 * Andover V-32 2-cylinder APU

Exhibits
The museum contains several galleries with exhibits, some of which emphasize the role Oakland and surrounding areas have played in the history of aviation.
 * Oakland Airport
 * Aircraft Engine Room
 * 8th Air Force
 * General James Doolittle
 * US Navy Aviation
 * Tuskegee Airmen
 * Women in Aviation
 * Amelia Earhart
 * Transocean Air Lines
 * Legacy of World Airways
 * Trans International Airlines/Transamerica Airlines

Special events and tours
Oakland Aviation Museum offers group tours of up to 30 people for schools, retirement communities or organizations. The museum hosts a number of special events including Open Cockpit Day. Groups can rent the museum for their own event.