Wings of History Museum, Aviation museum in San Martin, California.

The Wings of History Museum is an aviation museum in San Martin housing two large hangars filled with aircraft components, restored engines, and a full-size replica of the Wright Flyer. The collection documents decades of flight development through carefully preserved objects.

Wings of History is a nonprofit aviation museum in San Martin, California, run on donations and membership dues. Its two hangars hold antique aircraft parts and complete aircraft, among them a full-size non-flying replica of the Wright Flyer and a donated car-helicopter. Outside stand a 1938 American Eagle A-101, a 1934 Aeronca C-3, a 1934 Pietenpol Air Camper, a 1940 Stinson Model 10 and a Vickers Viscount.

The museum displays restored aircraft where visitors can understand how flight controls work by operating the movable surfaces directly from the cockpits. This hands-on approach helps people of all ages grasp the principles of flight.

The museum is run by volunteers and funded by donations and membership dues, so it is worth confirming opening times before travelling. The two hangars and the outdoor aircraft display are unheated, so dress for the weather in San Martin. Allow time to look at the engine and propeller collections as well as the aircraft.

Hangar 2 holds a donated car-helicopter, a hybrid vehicle combining an automobile body with helicopter rotor equipment. Near the exit of the same hangar stand a flight simulator and a collection of radar and flight instruments. The museum also runs a restoration shop, a library and a propeller shop on site.