Today's Schedule 10-5
2026-11-14 10:00 - 17:00, 2026-11-15 10:00 - 17:00, 2026-11-16 10:00 - 17:00, 2026-11-17 10:00 - 17:00, 2026-11-18 10:00 - 17:00, 2026-11-19 10:00 - 17:00, 2026-11-20 10:00 - 17:00, 2026-11-21 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) and 13 more dates | Hiller Aviation Museum, 601 Skyway Rd., San Carlos, 94070, United States
The Hiller Aviation Daily Schedule
The Hiller Aviation Museum is open daily from 10 AM to 5 PM.
The Museum is closed on Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. And for other special events.

Drone Plex, Flight Sim Zone, Invention Lab, FMX Flight Simulator
2026-11-14 10:30 - 15:00, 2026-11-15 10:30 - 15:00, 2026-11-21 10:30 - 15:00, 2026-11-22 10:30 - 15:00, 2026-11-28 10:30 - 15:00, 2026-11-29 10:30 - 15:00, 2026-12-05 10:30 - 15:00
Hiller Aviation Museum

Weekend events

From piloting a realistic flight simulator to building robotic drones, there are inspiring weekend activities at the museum to immerse yourself in the world of aviation. Special weekend activities are described below.

Exercise your imagination at the Imagination Playground! Create and build large structures using safe and easy-to-maneuver foam blocks. Perfect for young children.
Free with Museum admission.Open Daily 10 am - 5 pm

The Invention Lab uses tools of science to explore aviation, aerodynamics, engineering, assembly, and design. Perfect for children and adults.
Free with Museum admission.Saturdays and Sundays 10:30 am – 3 pm

With expert help from one of our volunteer pilots, discover how airplanes move in three dimensions with your hands at the controls. Take a virtual flight across the Bay and see the world from the unique perspective of a pilot.
Pass Required.

$5 per Pass (in addition to museum admission).
Pass is free for Members.
Two people can fly on one Pass (pilot and co-pilot).
Each Pass is good for up to 30 minutes of flight time.
Obtain Passes at the Flight Sim Zone

Saturday and Sunday, 10:30 am – 3 pm
Simulator Mission Schedule

Fly with an instructor in the FMX Flight Simulator. It's an FAA-approved full-motion flight simulator, typically seen only in flight schools and academies used in real-world flight training. The cockpit is fully functional, and the sensations of flight are amazing. This is the most realistic experience possible, short of flying a real airplane!
Pass Required.

$10 for a 10-minute flight (in addition to museum admission).
$8 for museum Members.
Purchase tickets at the Museum Gift Shop. Additional discounts are offered to Museum members at the Pilot, Barnstormer, and all Premium levels.

Saturdays and Sundays, 10:30 am – 3 pm

Discover the fun and challenge of drone flight!. Observe drone demonstrations and see the remarkable capabilities of robotic aircraft.
Demonstrations are suitable for all ages.
Saturdays & Sundays 10:30 am – 3:00 pmPeriodic Drone Flight Demonstrations & Drone Flight Simulation

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Turkey Toss!
2026-11-25 11:00 - 12:00
Helicopter Turkey Toss & Turkey Hunt

In Commemoration of arguably the greatest sitcom episode ever aired on TV, the 1978 WKRP in Cincinnati “Turkeys Away” the Hiller Aviation Museum presents the Turkey Toss!
The Museum is known for presenting many events using a helicopter. Santa and the Easter Bunny both arrive by helicopter, A Witch drops pumpkins on Halloween, and even a skydiving leprechaun jumps out of a helicopter for St. Patrick’s Day. Now once again the museum will be dropping Turkeys! No, not real turkeys because domestic Turkeys can’t fly, as illustrated in the famous WKRP episode, so we will be dropping little soft, squeezable Turkeys that the kids can take home with them.
To quote Arthur Carlson, the GM of WKRP, “As God is my witness, I thought Turkeys could fly!”
There will also be a Turkey Hunt all day. Find all the Turkey’s hiding in the Museum and win a prize!

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Here is the script from that famous episode: Nov 1978
Les Nessman: I'm here with hundreds of people who have gathered to witness what has been described as perhaps the greatest turkey event in Thanksgiving Day history. All we know for sure is that in a very few moments there are going to be a lot of happy people out here. Now the crowd is...
[passers-by gawk at Les]
Les Nessman: The... the crowd is uh... curious but well behaved. And I think I hear something now. Uh... The crowd is moving out into the parking area. And... oh yes! I can see it now. It's a... it's a... helicopter and it's coming this way!
Andy Travis: A helicopter?
Les Nessman: It's flying something behind it and I can't quite make it out. It's a large banner and it says H a p p y... T h a n k s... giving... from W... K... R... P! What a sight, ladies and gentlemen. What a sight. The 'copter seems to circling the parking area now. I guess it's looking for a place to land. No! Something just came out of the back of a helicopter. It's a dark object, perhaps a skydiver plummeting to the earth from only two thousand feet in the air... There's a third... No parachutes yet... Those can't be skydivers. I can't tell just yet what they are but... Oh my God! They're turkeys! Oh no! Johnny can you get this? Oh, they're crashing to the earth right in front of our eyes! One just went through the windshield of a parked car! This is terrible! Everyone's running around pushing each other. Oh my goodness! Oh, the humanity! People are running about. The turkeys are hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement! Folks, I don't know how much longer... The crowd is running for their lives. I think I'm going to step inside. I can't stand here and watch this anymore. No, I can't go in there. Children are searching for their mothers and oh, not since the Hindenburg tragedy has there been anything like this. I don't know how much longer I can hold my position here, Johnny. The crowd...
Dr. Johnny Fever: Les? Les? Les, are you there? Les isn't there. Thanks for that on-the-spot report, Les. For those of you who've just tuned in, the Pinedale Shopping Mall has just been bombed with live turkeys. Film at eleven.
[Les walks in, looking dazed]
Venus Flytrap: Les! Are you okay?
Les Nessman: I don't know. A man and his two children tried to kill me. After the turkeys hit the pavement, the crowd kind of scattered but, some of them tried to attack me! I tried to jam myself into a phone booth. Then Mr. Carlson had the helicopter land in the middle of the parking lot. I guess he thought he could save the day by turning the rest of the turkeys loose. It gets pretty strange after that.
Venus Flytrap: [to Andy] "Now" it gets strange.
Andy Travis: Yeah, right. Now, Les, c'mon now, tell us the rest.
Les Nessman: [dazed] I really don't know how to describe it. It was like the turkeys mounted a counter-attack. It was almost as if they were... organized!
Arthur Carlson: [Mr. Carlson and Herb come out of his Mr. Carlson's office] As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!

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Museum closed for Thanksgiving
2026-11-26 10:00 - 17:00
