Classic Rotors Museum

Classic Rotors Museum
Established 1992
Location Ramona Airport, Ramona, California, USA
Coordinates 33°02′21″N 116°54′55″W / 33.039167°N 116.915278°W / 33.039167; -116.915278
Type Aviation Museum
Curator Mark DiCiero
Website www.rotors.org
View from the H-21's cockpit of the museum rotorcraft collection.

Classic Rotors is a flying aviation museum specializing in helicopters and other rotorcraft, located at the Ramona Airport in Ramona, California, United States.[1][2][3][4]

The museum bills itself as "the rare and vintage rotorcraft museum" and claims to be one of the "three dedicated rotorcraft museums in the world".[1]

History

The museum was founded in 1992 by Mark DiCiero after he built and learned to fly his own helicopter. The museum is a non-profit and all-volunteer organization, with no paid staff. The museum currently has five helicopters in flying condition, which are flown in air displays.[1]

The museum describes its mission as being:

...dedicated to the preservation of rare and vintage rotorcraft. Our mission is to preserve these rotorcraft as a tribute to the pioneers who risked so much to develop vertical flight technology. A key objective is to provide education about, and demonstrate various designs in rotor technology including tandem, co-axial, conventional (single), sync (intermeshing) and tip powered.[1]

Aircraft

The Piasecki H-21B in the Classic Rotors hangar.
A front view of the H-21.
The inside of the H-21 showing where the crew sits looking to the back of the helicopter.

The museum collection includes:[1][5]

Airworthy
On display
Under restoration
Other

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Classic Rotors Museum (n.d.). "About Us". Retrieved 2009-11-13.
  2. Kaman H-43 Huskie (April 2009). "Classic Rotors, Ramona, California". Retrieved 2009-11-13.
  3. Riordan, Jack (August 2009). "Public treated to inside look at county airport". Retrieved 2009-11-13.
  4. Musicar, Jessica (July 2005). "Museum pays homage to 'rotorcraft'". Retrieved 2009-11-13.
  5. Classic Rotors Museum (n.d.). "Rotorcarft". Retrieved 2009-11-13.
  6. "N4106H". Federal Aviation Authority. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  7. "FAA REGISTRY: N64606". Federal Aviation Administration. 11 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
  8. Classic Rotors Museum (n.d.). "Vertol H-21 Shawnee/Work Horse - (Last "Flying Banana" Still Flying)". Retrieved 2009-11-13.

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