A tour of the Castle Air Museum (Atwater, California) - Outdoor Section

This video shows the outdoor section of the Castle Air Museum in Atwater, CA!

When the closure of Castle Air Force Base was announced in 1994, a group of dedicated enthusiasts in the Atwater-Merced area formed a non-profit organization called the Castle Air Museum Foundation, Inc. Their purpose was to assume custody of the collection of aircraft. It was their dream to build a museum in which faithfully restored historic aircraft could be exhibited for public enjoyment.
Castle Air Museum represents history in a way the whole family can share with our awe-inspiring majestic warbirds. To stand under the wing of the Convair RB-36H Peacemaker or the Boeing B-52, you can imagine the sky around the bombers filled with enemy fighters!

Then there's the B-25 Mitchell, similar to the planes Jimmy Doolittle led off the carrier U.S.S. Hornet during this country's first desperate attempt to bomb Tokyo. The B-29 is here too... the bomber that ended World War II in the Pacific.

On the other end of the spectrum are the B-47 Stratojet and the British Avro Vulcan B.2... this nuclear bomber was the first of it's type to be put on display in the United States... and from our closest allie and northern neighbour Canada, comes the Avro Canada (A.V. Roe Canada, Ltd.) CF-100 Canuck Mk V... the first straight-winged aircraft to ever break the sound barrier!

Website
http://www.castleairmuseum.org/

Opening Times
Summer/Fall: April 1 - September 30 -- 9:00am - 5:00pm.
Fall/Winter: October 1 - March 31 -- 10:00am - 4:00pm

Prices
Adults: $10.00
Seniors (60+): $8.00
Youths (6-17): $8.00
Children 5 & under (with paid adult): FREE
Active duty military personnel (with I.D.): FREE