Pacific Coast Air Museum, Aviation museum at Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, US.
The Pacific Coast Air Museum is an aviation museum at Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, California, holding over 30 American military, propeller and jet aircraft. Its building is the former dope and fabric shop of Santa Rosa Army Airfield, and the collection is displayed outdoors on the tarmac.
A group of aviation enthusiasts founded the museum in 1989, starting with a small number of aircraft displayed at the Santa Rosa airport. Over the following decades, the collection expanded through donations and volunteer restoration work.
The museum's annual open house began in 1989 as a two-day weekend event and grew by 2000 into the Wings Over Wine Country airshow, held until 2020. Today it hosts a Wings and Wheels Car Show. A museum division called Flight Wing keeps some aircraft airworthy, and the museum runs an aviation summer school, a Boy Scouts aviation merit badge program and an oral history program.
Since most aircraft are displayed outdoors, wearing comfortable shoes and bringing a layer of clothing is a good idea, as conditions can shift with the season. Arriving earlier in the day generally makes the visit more comfortable, especially in warmer months.
Some special events allow visitors to climb into cockpits and explore the interior of aircraft that are normally off-limits. Many of the restorations are carried out by volunteers, and on certain days you can watch them working directly on the planes.
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