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:
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Northrop YF-23A"Black
Widow II" Advanced Tactical Fighter (PAV-2) - on loan, will be back on
display in the future.
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Northrop YF-17
"Cobra" (Prototype #1)
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Grumman F-14A "Tomcat"
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Northrop F-5A
"Freedom Fighter"
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Douglas A-4A
"Skyhawk"
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deHavilland DH-82A
"Tiger Moth" (1940) (under repair, not presently on display)
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North American Aviation XAT-6E
"Texan" WW II trainer (replica) with a Fairchild-Ranger V-12 supercharged
inline engine.
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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 !
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1883 Montgomery
Glider (replica)
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Radioplane RP-76
Target Drone
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Radioplane RP-5A
Target Drone
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Rogallo "Sail Wing"Hang
Glider - Presently not on display
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Northrop KD2R-5
"Shelduck" basic training target drone
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North American P-51D.
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The Douglas DC-3,
The former corporate aircraft for Unocal Corporation
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Northrop Company's flying demonstrator Sierra
Sue
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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:
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Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 "Wasp Jr." 9 Cylinder, Air-cooled,
Radial Engine, 450 HP
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Guiberson A-1020, 310 HP, 2150 RPM, Radial, Diesel, Experimental
(1942)
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Fairchild Engine & Aircraft Corp., Fairchild-Ranger V-12
Supercharged Engine
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McCulloch Corp., T-51R-5190, 270 HP, Liquid Cooled, 5 Cylinder,
2-Stroke, Radial Engine (1967)
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Wright GR-1820-G205 "Cyclone," 9-Cylinder, Radial, Air-cooled,
1200 HP
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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