Static Displays

We are sorry, but some displays are temporarily off site
awaiting available space to display them.

Northrop YF-23A "Black Widow II"
YF-23 is currently on loan to Northrop Grumman in El Segundo.

The Western Museum of Flight has numerous aircraft on display. Current static aircraft displays include:

    1. Northrop YF-23A"Black Widow II" Advanced Tactical Fighter (PAV-2) - on loan, will be back on display in the future.
    2. Northrop YF-17 "Cobra" (Prototype #1)
    3. Grumman F-14A "Tomcat"
    4. Northrop F-5A "Freedom Fighter"
    5. Douglas A-4A "Skyhawk"
    6. deHavilland DH-82A "Tiger Moth" (1940) (under repair, not presently on display)
    7. North American Aviation XAT-6E "Texan" WW II trainer (replica) with a Fairchild-Ranger V-12 supercharged inline engine.
    8. Northrop JB-1 "Bat" World War II "Buzz Bomb" built in 1942. There are only three of  Jack Northrop's flying wings left in the world.                 This is one of them !
    9. 1883 Montgomery Glider (replica)
    10. Radioplane RP-76 Target Drone
    11. Radioplane RP-5A Target Drone
    12. Rogallo "Sail Wing"Hang Glider - Presently not on display
    13. Northrop KD2R-5 "Shelduck" basic training target drone
    14. North American P-51D.
    15. The Douglas DC-3, The former corporate aircraft for Unocal Corporation
    16. Northrop Company's flying demonstrator Sierra Sue
    17. North American F-86 Sabre Jet .
    In addition to the aircraft currently being displayed, numerous Western Museum of Flight volunteers and Northrop Aircraft volunteers have processed the following aircraft through the Darrell G. McNeal Restoration Facility:
    1. The Northrop N-3PB World War II single engine seaplane built in 1940. Twenty four N-3PB's were built, this is the only remaining example.
    2. The Northrop X-4 "Bantam" . Only two of these aircraft were built. The X-4 "Bantam" was restored and returned to the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. It now hangs on display at the USAF Museum.
    3. The Northrop XP-56 "Black Bullet" . The only surviving aircraft of two built. This was one of Jack Northrop's experimental wing designs. It was returned to the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C..


    Current piston and jet aircraft engines on display include:

    1. Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 "Wasp Jr." 9 Cylinder, Air-cooled, Radial Engine, 450 HP
    2. Guiberson A-1020, 310 HP, 2150 RPM, Radial, Diesel, Experimental (1942)
    3. Fairchild Engine & Aircraft Corp., Fairchild-Ranger V-12 Supercharged Engine
    4. McCulloch Corp., T-51R-5190, 270 HP, Liquid Cooled, 5 Cylinder, 2-Stroke, Radial Engine (1967)
    5. Wright GR-1820-G205 "Cyclone," 9-Cylinder, Radial, Air-cooled, 1200 HP
    6. General Electric J-79-GE-3A, Gas Turbine


    The aircraft model collection is quite extensive. The over 300 models include numerous wind tunnel models including the Northrop "Alpha", the Northrop A-9A, the "Space Waif" 6-foot wind tunnel model (1946) on indefinite loan from Caltech, and a Northrop Alpha 7-foot wind tunnel model (1931) on indefinite loan from National Air and Space Museum. Hundreds of plastic scale models are also included in the collection.

    The Western Museum of Flight along with the Darrell G. McNeal Restoration Facility are the operating elements of the Southern California Historical Aviation Foundation (SCHAF).


last updated May 15th 2009