Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport |
Ed Maloney started collecting aviation stuff after WW2, and his collection evolved into what is now one of the world's most famous aviation museums. Famous warbird pilot Steve Hinton is its president.
There are many rare or unique planes here, but unfortunately the hangars are really crammed, with the aircraft interlocked and often impossible to photograph without other things getting in the way. A couple of hangars were almost empty, being home to aircraft that were out on the flight line for the next day's airshow, so photos of them are on my Chino Airshow page, and some appear on both pages. We visited the museum on 3rd May. |
Aircraft | Reg'n | Thumbs | Notes |
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Aero Vodochody L-29 Delfin | 34 red N88LK |
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Soviet AF |
Bachem Ba349A-1 Natter replica |
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Luftwaffe markings | |
Beech SNB-5 Expeditor | 89468 N4606 |
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USN |
Bell X-2 replica | '46-674' |
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Built for a film |
Boeing F4B-3 (P-12E) | 32-017 NX3360G (N3360G) |
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USAF as '8858 1-F-1' |
Boeing FB-5 | A-7104 |
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USAF as 'A-7126 6-F-11' |
Boeing DB-17P Fortress | 44-83684 N3713G |
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USAF marked as left: '42-102605 A-X Kismet', right: '42-97158 BX D C' |
Boeing WB-50D Superfortress fuselage | 46-0010 BK-010 |
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USAF Lucky Lady II. 1st non-stop round the world flight, 1949. |
Bristol F2b Fighter replica | N34HC |
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'RAF E2624 A-4' |
Canadair CL-13A Sabre 5 | Unknown |
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Aircraft type uncertain. |
Cessna 182D | N8904X |
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Cessna O-1A Bird Dog | 51-12129 N305TA |
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US Army |
Culver NR-D (PQ-14B TD2-C1) Cadet | N15HM (NL15HM) |
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USAF ex USN 79572, N89573 |
Curtiss R3C-2 replica | BAPC.140 '3' |
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Deperdussin 1913 floatplane replica | BAPC.136 '19' |
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Douglas A-4C Skyhawk | 149547 |
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USN |
Douglas A-4E Skyhawk | 151064 10 |
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USN |
Douglas A-4L Skyhawk | 148316 AF |
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USN ex N157AT |
Douglas D558-2 Skyrocket | 37973 |
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USN ex NACA-143. The first of three built. |
Douglas DC-3A (C-47A) | N47TF |
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Ex USAF 42-92509, RAF & Canadian AF KG320, CF-BVF, C-FBVF |
ERCO 415-C Ercoupe | N99664 |
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Fairchild 24-C8F | NC16682 (N16682) |
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Also in the airshow. |
Fairchild M62A-3 (PT-19) Cornell | N69262 |
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USAF markings |
Feiseler Fi103A-1 flying bomb |
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Possibly a replica | |
Fokker Dr1 replica | NX5596T (N5596T) |
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Folland Gnat T1 | N19GT |
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Ex RAF XP538 |
Gloster Meteor F4 | VT260 |
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RAF |
Goodyear GZ-10A Gondola | N10A |
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Granville Gee Bee R-1 Super Sportster replica | NR2100 11 |
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Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat | 80382 |
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USMC |
Hansen WH-1 Thunderchicken | N35TS 35 |
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Sump'n Else - 1970s and 80s "marginally successful" Reno racer. |
Heinkel He-100D-1 replica | '7 white' |
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Luftwaffe markings |
Heinkel He-162A-2 Salamander | 120077 1 red |
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Flown once in the USA, by Bob Hoover at Muroc. Ex T2-489, FE-489 |
Heinkel He-178 replica |
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World's first turbojet-powered aircraft. | |
Henri Orlowski HO1 | N426A 74 |
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1950 racer |
Hiller UH-12E | N702WA |
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Ex N9756C, XA-TOT, XA-NOI |
Hispano HA-200A Saeta fuselage | E-14A-5 NX5486Y (N5486Y) |
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Spanish AF |
Horten Ho-IVa | N79289 |
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1943 original. Ex D-10-1451, LA+AC, VP543, BGA647, 8-251 |
Howard DGA-5 Ike replica | NR56Y (N56Y) 39 |
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Miss Chevrolet |
LeVier Cosmic Wind | N36C |
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Miss Cosmic Wind - unique mid-wing version. |
Lockheed C-60A Lodestar | 'AM711 AM-T' |
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False RAF markings. Ex 42-32181, XB-BOC, XB-GUH, N3779G |
Lockheed C-60A Lodestar | NC1000B (N1000B) |
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Unmarked ex 43-16462, NC44899 (N44899) |
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star | 53-5156 |
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USAF |
Lockheed F-80A Shooting Star | 44-85488 PN-488 |
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USAF |
Lockheed JetStar fuselage | N33SJ |
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Never a government plane. Ex N800J |
Lockheed (SABCA) F-102G Starfighter | FX-82 |
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Belgian AF |
Lockheed VC-121A Constellation | 48-0613 |
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USAF Bataan ex NASA422 N422NA. I saw this at Planes of Fame Valle in 2010. It flew here in 2016. I saw it flying, fully restored at Sun 'n Fun 2024. |
Macchi M39 replica | '5' BAPC.141 |
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Built by Viv Bellamy. |
Mercury Air (Condor) K-10 Shoestring replica | N26C 16 |
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1949 racer |
Messerschmitt Bf109E-7 | 3523 |
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Messerschmitt Me163B-1 Komet replica | '191626 11 white' |
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Luftwaffe markings |
Messerschmitt Mitsubishi J8M1 Shusui | T2-300 |
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Sole survivor of this Japanese copy of the Me163B Komet. |
MiG-15bis (PZL-Mielec Lim-2) | 612 |
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Polish AF, Soviet AF markings. A rather sad gate guard. |
MiG-15UTI (PZL-Mielec Lim-2) | NX687 (N687) |
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Part Soviet AF / Red Bull markings. Ex Polish AF 205 |
MiG-17 (PZL Mielec Lim-5) | N711TF |
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Soviet AF markings. Ex Polish AF 1529, N117BR (NX117BR) |
MiG-17 (PZL-Mielec Lim-5) | 1020 N117MG (NX117MG) |
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Soviet AF markings. Ex Polish AF 1020 |
MiG-21R Fishbed-H | 2149 N30421 |
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Czechoslovak and Czech AF |
Miles & Atwood Special replica | NR225Y (N225Y) |
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1932 speed record breaking racer |
Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden Jack | ED-1158 |
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Raiden = Thunderbolt |
Mong MS1 Sport | N88J 88 |
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Winner at 1992 and '99 Reno Biplane races. |
Morane-Saulnier MS502 Criquet (Fieseler Fi-156D Storch) | N57962 (NX57962) |
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Ex France 381, F-BJHP, marked as Luftwaffe 'CQ+QS' |
North American DF-1D Fury | 135867 L-313 |
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USN |
North American P-51K Mustang | 44-12840 LG-W N51EW |
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USAF |
North American F-86E Sabre | 51-13067 FU-067 N186SE |
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USAF Beautious Butch |
North American QF-86H Sabre composite | 53-1351 |
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USAF with parts of 52-2074 |
North American QF-100D Super Sabre | 56-3141 291 |
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USAF |
North American SNJ-5 (AT-6) Texan | 90608 08 N3197G |
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USN |
North American T-2A Buckeye | 147474 2K-123 |
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USN |
Northrop F-89J Scorpion | 53-2517 |
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USAF |
Piper L-4H Grasshopper | 43-29441 33-B N48679 |
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US Army |
Radioplane OQ-2A (TDD-1) |
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US Army. The first US mass-produced radio-controlled target drone. Catapult launched, parachute recovery. | |
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak | 51-1378 |
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USAF |
Republic RF-84K Thunderflash | 52-7265 |
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USAF |
Rider R-4 replica | NX261Y (N261Y) 70 |
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Firecracker. Same as the Rider-Elmendorf R-5 Jackrabbit but with shorter wings. 1936. |
Rider R-6 | NX96Y (N96Y) 18 8 |
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8 Ball, racing number 18. 1938. |
Sopwith Pup replica | 'B1795 B' |
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RAF |
Supermarine Spitfire 1 replica | BAPC.493 'R9612' LC |
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RAF |
Vought A-7A Corsair II | 152673 NF |
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USN |
Vought F-8A Crusader | 145336 DW-16 |
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USN |
Wright Flyer replica |
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Yakovlev Yak-3U replica | N130AM 6 |
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Ex Egyptian AF 533 C-11 converted to Yak-3U G-BTHD |
Yokosuka (Kugisho) D4Y1 Suisei Judy | 601-35 |
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Japanese Navy 7483 - restored as a D4Y3 with a radial (Twin Wasp) engine. |
Yokosuka (Kugisho) MXY-7 Model 11 Ohka | 1-18 |
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Japanese Navy |