McClellan Air Force Base, Military air base in North Highlands, Sacramento County, US.
McClellan Air Force Base covered 3,400 acres of land and operated as a maintenance facility for aircraft, electronics, and communication equipment.
The base began operations in 1935 as the Pacific Air Depot and was renamed in 1939 to honor Major Hezekiah McClellan, who died in a flight test.
The Aerospace Museum of California, formerly McClellan Aviation Museum, displays military aircraft and provides educational programs to the public.
The base closed in 2001 and transformed into McClellan Business Park, which now houses multiple companies and government organizations.
The Environmental Protection Agency designated the site for cleanup due to chemical and radiological contamination, including radium-226 from aircraft instruments.
Location: California
Inception: 1935
GPS coordinates: 38.66778,-121.40056
Latest update: May 27, 2025 06:51
Aerospace museums hold airplanes that have marked the history of flight, often displayed in large hangars or outside. You can see military aircraft used during world conflicts, commercial planes that carried the first passengers, as well as experimental prototypes and objects from the early days of flying. These collections tell the story of how flying has grown, from early attempts to space rockets. Important places include the national museum of the United States Air Force in Ohio, which shows hundreds of aircraft sorted by period, and the Royal Air Force Museum in London, which shares British aviation history. In Europe, the Museo del Aire in Madrid displays over 150 Spanish military planes, and the Caproni Museum in Trentino gathers dozens of Italian aircraft along with many technical documents. In Russia, the Central Museum of the Air Forces near Moscow keeps Soviet-era airplanes and engines. These museums help visitors understand how flying developed in each country and how it changed travel and moving around.
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