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.

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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Hiller XH-44

Hiller XH-44

The XH-44 was designed and built by 18-year-old entrepreneur, Stanley Hiller Jr. and his team in a small automotive garage in Oakland, California.
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Curtiss Pusher

Curtiss Pusher

Many aviation firsts took place in early northern California. None may have had more impact than Eugene Ely’s epic landing on the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Pennsylvania in his Curtiss Pusher.
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Boeing 747
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Boeing 747

The 1970 Boeing 747-100 was the first production version of the epochal large-body aircraft, with a unique spiral staircase which led to a second story first-class cabin and flight deck that you can explore.
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