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Classic Rotors Museum

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Established	1992 (1992)
Location	Ramona, California
Type	Aviation museum
Founder	Mark DiCiero

View from the H-21's cockpit of the museum rotorcraft collection

Classic Rotors is a flying aviation museum specializing in helicopters and other rotorcraft, located at the Ramona Airport in Ramona, California, United States.

History

The museum was founded in 1992 by Mark DiCiero, after he built and learned to fly his own helicopter. The museum is a non-profit and all-volunteer organization, with no paid staff. The museum currently has five helicopters in flying condition, which are flown in air displays.

The museum describes its mission as being:

...dedicated to the preservation of rare and vintage rotorcraft. Our mission is to preserve these rotorcraft as a tribute to the pioneers who risked so much to develop vertical flight technology. A key objective is to provide education about, and demonstrate various designs in rotor technology including tandem, co-axial, conventional (single), sync (intermeshing) and tip powered.

Collection

The Piasecki H-21B in the museum hangar

See also

• American Helicopter Museum, Pennsylvania, USA
• The Helicopter Museum, Somerset, England
• Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg, Germany
• List of aerospace museums