Hiller Aviation Museum

Aircraft on display

Where Inspiration Takes Flight!

Dedicated to the dreams of flight and the innovations of aviation pioneers, the museum chronicles over a century of history and provides a glimpse into air transportation’s future.

A-4M Skyhawk

A-4M Skyhawk

Douglas A-4 Skyhawk  Conceived by Douglas Aircraft Corporation engineer Ed Heinemann in response to a US Navy request for proposals for a new light attack aircraft, the single-engine A-4 was remarkable for its compact size and impressive performance.  Small enough to...

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Lake Buccaneer

Lake Buccaneer

Lake Buccaneer LA-4-200  During World War II the United States trained hundreds of thousands of pilots who served in the military, and immediately following the war many small general aviation airplanes were designed with the intention of providing peacetime private...

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Thunderbird

Thunderbird

Thunderbird  Scientists at the California Institute of Technology experimented with solid fuel rockets during and after World War II.  After several incidents in which exploding rocket fuel damaged university buildings, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory was established by...

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Rutan Defiant 40

Rutan Defiant 40

No flaps? No problem. Burt Rutan designed the Defiant as efficient, safe aircraft with both engines on the aircraft center axis. In case of a catastrophic engine failure, the plane would not go into a spin.
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