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Yanks Air Museum

The Yanks Air Museum is an aviation museum dedicated to exhibiting, preserving and restoring American aircraft and artifacts in order to show the evolution of American aviation, located at Chino Airport in Chino, California.

History
A pair of F-14s at the museum were seized by the U.S. Navy in 2007 over concerns that the aircraft were not sufficiently demilitarized before being acquired. 2024 plane crash On 15 June 2024, a twin-engine Lockheed 12 Electra owned by the museum crashed on take-off during a Father's Day event. Two people, including the operator of the museum, Frank Wright, were killed. According to the FAA, the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the incident. ==Facilities==
Facilities
Chino facility and exhibits Yanks Air Museum houses one of the largest and most historically significant collections of American aircraft including the World War II fighters, dive and torpedo bombers. The aircraft collection begins with the 1903 Wright Flyer (only replica in collection) and continues through the 1980s era represented by the F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon and Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet. The collection exceeds 190 aircraft, with some being the last survivors of their type. Yanks restores all aircraft to airworthy condition, and in the restoration of these rare aircraft only original factory specifications and materials are used. The Chino facility encompasses under roof and covers . In addition to the display hangars, public access is permitted, on a supervised basis, to the main restoration hangar and boneyard where historic aircraft are in various stages of restoration. Some of the aircraft will not be flown due to their rarity, but are restored to fully airworthy condition. Greenfield project Work is now underway to create a second Yanks Air Museum facility in Greenfield, California. The facility will include , the campus will be centered on the new museum facility. An active airport will support both museum flight operations and the private aviation needs of museum visitors and local aviators. Other features include an advanced-technology education center, a hotel and spa, winery, restaurants, service facilities, shops and a recreational vehicle park. The project was announced in March 1992 and an environmental impact statement was presented to the county planning commission in 1997. However, it was delayed until 2002 when the museum reached an agreement with the county. The county then granted the museum a second extension on construction in 2008. After further delays, the museum announced it was restarting work on the project in 2019. ==Collection==
Collection
A total of 190 aircraft are displayed, covering the period from 1903 through 1984 including the Inter-War period that includes the Ryan Brougham, American Eagle A-101 and Swallow TP. Rare types on display from World War II include the P-51A Mustang, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, P-47M Thunderbolt, North American B-25 Mitchell, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Curtiss SB2C Helldiver and Grumman F6F Hellcat. Many of them were built in Southern California. Aircraft collectionAeronca C-2 SportAeronca C-3Aeronca K ScoutAeronca 65CA Super ChiefAmerican Eagle A-101Beechcraft D-17S Staggerwing (UC-43)Beechcraft BonanzaBeechcraft BQM-126Bell AH-1F CobraBell OH-13E SiouxBell P-39N AiracobraBell P-63A KingcobraBell UH-1H HueyBellanca 300-A VikingBoeing B-52F Stratofortress (cockpit section only) • Brunner Winkle Bird BKCanadian Home Rotors SafariCanadair Sabre 6 (N/A F-86E)Canadair Sabre 6 (N/A F-86F)Cessna 172A SkyhawkCessna AWCessna T-37 TweetCessna T-50 Bobcat (UC-78)Chotia GypsyCommand-Aire 3C3Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer (Navy version of the B-24 Liberator) • Consolidated PBY CatalinaConvair C-131 Samaritan (R4Y-1)Convair F-106B Delta DartCurtiss JN-4D JennyCurtiss JNS JennyCurtiss C-1 RobinCurtiss C-2 RobinCurtiss C-46F CommandoCurtiss CW-1 JuniorCurtiss O-52 OwlCurtiss P-40E WarhawkCurtiss SB2C-3 HelldiverDouglas A-4A SkyhawkDouglas A-4C SkyhawkDouglas A-4E SkyhawkDouglas AD-4N SkyraiderDouglas C-47A SkytrainDouglas KA-3B SkywarriorDouglas SBD-4 DauntlessErcoupe 415-DFairchild C-123K ProviderFairchild PT-26 CornellFieseler 103 V-1 RocketFleet 7B FawnGeneral Dynamics F-16B Fighting FalconGeneral Dynamics F-111D AardvarkGrumman A-6E IntruderGrumman E-2C HawkeyeGrumman F-11F TigerGrumman F-14A TomcatGrumman F6F-3 HellcatGrumman F6F-5 HellcatGrumman F9F-2 PantherGrumman F9F-6 PantherGrumman F9F-8P CougarGrumman FM-2 WildcatGrumman G-21A GooseGrumman G-44 WidgeonGrumman HU-16B AlbatrossGrumman TBF-1C AvengerHawker P.1101 Hunter T-7Hawker Siddeley GR.3 HarrierKellett KD-1 AutogyroKreider-Reisner C-2 ChallengerLearjet 23Lockheed EC-121T Super ConstellationLockheed F-5G LightningLockheed F-80C Shooting StarLockheed F-104A StarfighterLockheed F-104C StarfighterLockheed T-33ALockheed UC-40D Electra JuniorLTV A-7B Corsair IIMartin 4-0-4 (cockpit section) • McCulloch HUM-1 (MC-4A)McDonnell Douglas F-15A EagleMcDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom IIMcDonnell Douglas F-4J/S Phantom IIMcDonnell Douglas F/A-18 HornetMcDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet (cockpit section) • Moth Aircraft DH.60GMW Gipsy MothNoorduyn NorsemanNaval Aircraft Factory N3N-3North American B-25J MitchellNorth American F-100C Super SabreNorth American FJ-1 FuryNorth American P-51A MustangNorth American P-51D MustangNorth American T-6D/SNJ-5 TexanNorthrop T-38A TalonNorthrop F-5 Tiger IIPiasecki HUP-3 RetrieverPorterfield 35-70 FlyaboutRepublic F-84E ThunderjetRepublic F-84F ThunderstreakRepublic F-105D ThunderchiefRepublic P-47D ThunderboltRepublic YP-47M ThunderboltRyan B-1 BroughamSchultz ABCSchweizer SGS 2-12Sikorsky CH-3ESikorsky HH-52A SeaguardSikorsky R-4B HoverflySikorsky S-58BStandard J-1Stearman 4DStearman YPT-9B CloudboyStinson L-5E SentinelSwallow TPTaylor J-2 CubThomas-Morse S-4C ScoutTravel Air 2000Vickers PBY-5 Super CatalinaVought F4U-4 CorsairVought OS2U-3 KingfisherVultee BT-13B ValiantWaco 10 GXEWaco CG-4A HadrianWaco UECWright Flyer (replica) • Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka 11 ==See also==
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