Museum of Flying reopens at Santa Monica Airport
After a nearly 10-year hiatus, the Museum of Flying has reopened at Santa Monica Airport. About two dozen flying machines are on display in a new 22,000-square-foot facility, which also features exhibits on Southern California companies that helped propel the region’s once-robust aviation and aerospace industry.
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The Lopez family, from left, Eric, who is studying to be an aircraft mechanic, father Art, Ruby and Eleanor get a closer look at one of the vintage airplanes.
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Michael Bullard, 5, of Whittier peers into a Howard Aircraft DGA-15 at the reopening of the Museum of Flying, where hundreds of aviation enthusiasts stood in line for a chance to check out the exhibits..
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After the opening ceremony, visitors wait in line to enter the museum at 3100 Airport Ave. in Santa Monica. Regular hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays through Sundays. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for senior citizens and $6 for children ages 6 to 12.
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Visitors walk past the nose section of a Boeing 727, donated by FedEx, that juts straight out of the museum’s corrugated metal wall on Airport Avenue. Guests can work the controls in the cockpit.
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