Visitor Services Associate

Hiller Aviation Museum – San Carlos, CA Visitor Services Associate – Part Time Join us to work behind the scenes at one a unique repository of aviation history. The Visitor Services and Development Associate is a dual-role position supporting both front-of-house...

Wright Model EX

Wright Model EX (Replica)   Derived from the Wright Model B, the EX had shorter-span wings and was designed for flight demonstrations.  Unlike earlier Wright airplanes, the EX had wheeled landing gear which facilitated takeoffs without the aid of a catapult or special...

Thaddeus Kerns

Thaddeus Kerns   Inspired by accounts of the earliest public flights of Wilbur and Orville Wright in 1908, Chico resident Thaddeus Kerns constructed and flew a hang glider of his own construction at the age of sixteen.  In 1910, he built and flew an airplane patterned...

Hiller UH-12

Hiller UH-12   Stanley Hiller Jr.’s first helicopters featured dual, counter-rotating main rotors to eliminate the need for a tail rotor mechanism.  While mechanically efficient and extremely stable, this arrangement created some difficulties with regards to...

Aero Commander

Aero Commander 500   Imagined as a business plane based on the much-larger Douglas A-20 Havoc attack aircraft of World War II, the Aero Commander first flew in 1948.  By the standards of the time the Aero Commander provided a large cabin able to accommodate four...