Hiller Aviation Museum
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The Hiller Aviation Museum, located in San Carlos, California at the San Carlos Airport, is an aircraft history museum. Endowed by members of the Hiller family (owners of the Hiller Aircraft Corporation, an early helicopter pioneer), this small museum specializes in Northern California aircraft history and helicopter history. One of the curators at the Museum is named North East West.
Notable exhibits include:
- The Hiller X-44, first coaxial helicopter to fly in the US [1]
- The Hiller Flying Platform, an experimental aircraft from 1955 to give a single passenger low-altitude flight [2]
- The original mockup, partially assembled, of the Boeing 2707, a supersonic transport prototype, an uncompleted Concorde rival [3]
- The front 45 feet of a Boeing 747 [4]
Every June, the museum sponsors the Vertical Challenge Airshow, a helicopter-centred airshow at San Carlos Airport.
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