10 AM – 12 PM

Upcoming dates:
Sunday, August 27
Sunday, September 24
Saturday, October 21
Sunday, October 22
Sunday, November 26
Friday, December 29

Event included with Museum admission. No charge for Museum Members.

Join the excitement with special activities just for kids!  Aircraft checkouts, cockpit exploration, glider and helicopter construction and more are just some of the activities available at each Kids’ Carnival.

Outdoor Kids’ Carnival
March – November 2023 

• Paint-a-Plane Cessna Cardinal
• Scorpion Helicopter Checkout
• Paper Helicopter Construction
• Penguin Airplane Assembly
• Open Cockpit Aircraft

Upcoming dates:

Wednesday, August 23, 11 AM – 12 PM

Sunday, September 3, 11 AM – 12 PM

Sunday, October 1, 11 AM – 12 PM

Sunday, December 3, 11 AM – 12 PM

Event included with Museum admission. Free for Museum Members.

Advanced tickets available on VBO Tickets

Upcoming dates:

Saturday, September 9, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Wednesday, December 27, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Event included with Museum admission.

Online tickets available on VBO

Join us for a unique opportunity to gain a pilot’s eye perspective on many of the Hiller Aviation Museum’s aircraft. The McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, Boeing 747 and Hiller H-12 cockpits are always open, but on Open Cockpit Days the doors and canopies of many additional aircraft in the Museum’s collection swing open to allow visitors a special chance to sit inside and explore the controls and instruments needed to fly these aircraft.

Scout Day Dates 2023-2024

Sunday, September 10, 2023
Sunday, November 19, 2023
Sunday, January 7, 2024
Sunday, May 19, 2024

No admission charge for Scouts in uniform!

The Hiller Aviation Museum provides complimentary admission to all BSA Scouts and Girl Scouts in uniform on Scout Days!  Visit the Museum’s collection of over 50 different historic aircraft, discover flight with a range of interactive exhibits, and join the fun with hands-on explorations in the Invention Lab, Drone Plex and Flight Sim Zone (additional fee applies for flight simulation).  Explore historic airplanes and helicopters and find out more about the special programs offered at the Hiller Aviation Museum for BSA Scouts and Girl Scouts throughout the year.

No reservations are necessary, simply arrive in uniform for an exciting day of aviation discovery.  Adult leaders in uniform or with Scout ID are also admitted at no charge.  Standard admission fees apply for parents and siblings (no charge for Museum Members and children ages 0-4).  Don’t miss the chance to join a high-flying adventure!

Upcoming dates:

11 AM – 12 PM
Sunday, August 13, 2023
Sunday, September 10, 2023
Sunday, October 8, 223

Event included with Museum admission. Free for Museum Members.

Advanced tickets for Sunday events available on VBO Tickets

11 AM – 12 PM

Upcoming dates:
Sunday, September 17, 2023
Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Event included with Museum admission.
Free for Museum Members.

Advanced tickets available on VBO Tickets

Saturday, September 23, 2:00 pm – 4 pm

Event included with Museum admission.

Let’s Go Fly A Kite on the San Carlos Airport.

This is a once in a life time chance to fly a kite on an airport. Normally kite flying is not permitted around airports for obvious reasons. You don’t want an airplane running into a high flying kite but on September 23 the airport is closed to aircraft traffic due to runway improvement construction and the airport management has given the Hiller Museum the green light to fly our kites.

There are three ways to join in on the fun:

1. Make a “Sled” kite out of paper at our kite construction table led by Museum education staff. Get a head start and get the Sled Kite template
2. Purchase a museum “dazzle” kite or a commercial kite in our gift shop
3. Bring your own kite to fly*

*If you bring your own kite we do have a few restrictions:

1. No combat kites
2. No large kites over 4 feet in diameter
3. Kites cannot be flown over 300 feet high
4. Kites are subject to museum and airport approval

Event included with museum admission. Event is free to museum members.

10 AM – 12 PM

Upcoming dates:
Sunday, August 27
Sunday, September 24
Saturday, October 21
Sunday, October 22
Sunday, November 26
Friday, December 29

Event included with Museum admission. No charge for Museum Members.

Join the excitement with special activities just for kids!  Aircraft checkouts, cockpit exploration, glider and helicopter construction and more are just some of the activities available at each Kids’ Carnival.

Outdoor Kids’ Carnival
March – November 2023 

• Paint-a-Plane Cessna Cardinal
• Scorpion Helicopter Checkout
• Paper Helicopter Construction
• Penguin Airplane Assembly
• Open Cockpit Aircraft

Saturday, Sept. 30, 11:00 am

Presentation by Nicholas A. Veronico

Event included with Museum admission.

Wreck Chasing: Searching for Lost Aircraft
Nicholas A. Veronico 

How many rare aircraft flying today were recovered from wreck sites? How many one-of-a-kind aircraft in museums and private collections were found in forests, lakes, swamps, or encased in ice? How many aircraft crash sites have been documented in an effort to remember those who perished? Join author Nicholas A. Veronico as for a global look at a number of rare, flying aircraft – am Fw 190, a P-38, an F4U Corsair, a pair of P-51 Mustangs hidden in garages — that were recovered from the wilds and visit a number of crash sites – including the Philippine Clipper and one of the first B-17s to take the fight to the Japanese — that have been documented or recovered over the years. A number of Bay Area wrecks, including a Navy R4D that crashed in the hills of San Carlos will be discussed.

Author Bio:

Author Nicholas A. Veronico comes from a family of pilots, both his mother and father held private tickets, and his brother is a commercial pilot who flies for a major airline.

Veronico got his start as a freelance writer, then joined “Pacific Flyer” Aviation Newspapers. He then went on to serve as editor of “In Flight USA,” contributed extensively to “FlyPast” magazine, and subsequently joined “Airliners: The World’s Airline Magazine.” On a freelance basis, he has contributed to “Air Classics,” “Aviation History,” “EAA Warbirds,” “Warbirds Worldwide,” “Airways,” “Airliner World,” “Warbird Digest,” “Warbirds International,” “Classic Wings,” and many others.

Upcoming dates:

Wednesday, August 23, 11 AM – 12 PM

Sunday, September 3, 11 AM – 12 PM

Sunday, October 1, 11 AM – 12 PM

Sunday, December 3, 11 AM – 12 PM

Event included with Museum admission. Free for Museum Members.

Advanced tickets available on VBO Tickets