Palm Springs Air Museum facts for kids

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Tomcat at Palm Springs Air Museum
Established	1996
Location	745 North Gene Autry Trail, Palm Springs, California 92262
Type	Aviation museum
Collection size	29 vintage aircraft in a 70,000 square foot facility
Founder	Bob Pond & Pete Madison

The Palm Springs Air Museum (PSAM), is a non-profit educational institution in Palm Springs, Riverside County, California. The Museum's mission is to exhibit, educate and eternalize the role of the World War II combat aircraft and the role the pilots and American citizens had in winning the war. In addition to flying aircraft, related artifacts, artwork, and library sources are used to perpetuate American history. It contains one of the world's largest collections of flying World War II warplanes, many of which were built in Southern California. Many of these aircraft have been used by motion picture companies in movies set during the second world war.

Located on the north-east side of the Palm Springs International Airport, the Air Museum is housed in a new structure that includes three main display hangars, theater, gift shop, ramp and airport access for flight demonstrations and visiting planes, research library, simulator and education center.

An extensive collection of aviation art by Stan Stokes.

Grumman F8F Bearcat at Palm Springs Museum

Goodyear FG-1D Corsair

History

The museum was founded by Bob Pond and Pete Madison. It opened to the public on 11 November 1996. The museum opened a new hangar, named for Major General Ken Miles, in May 2017.

Collection

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