Classic Rotors Museum
Aviation museum in Ramona, California
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Classic Rotors is a flying aviation museum specializing in helicopters and other rotorcraft, located at Ramona Airport in Ramona, California, United States.
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  Location within southern California | |
| Established | 1992 |
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| Location | Ramona, California |
| Coordinates | 33.040883°N 116.912198°W |
| Type | Aviation museum |
| Founder | Mark DiCiero |
| Curator | Mark DiCiero |
| Website | rotors |
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][2][3]
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]
Collection
- Adams-Wilson Hobbycopter[4]
- Aérospatiale Alouette III[5]
- Aérospatiale SA 341G Gazelle[6]
- Air & Space 18A[7][8]
- Bell 47[9]
- Bell 47G[10]
- Bell 47G[11]
- Bell 47G[12]
- Bell 47J[13]
- Bell UH-1N Iroquois[14]
- Bensen B-8[15]
- Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight[16]
- Bölkow Bo 102[17]
- Brantly 305[18]
- Cessna 172M[19]
- Convertawings A Quadrotor[20]
- de Lackner 125[21]
- DuPont Aerospace DP-1[22]
- Eagle Helicycle[23]
- Goodyear GA-400R Gizmo[24]
- Gyrodyne QH-50 DASH[25]
- Helipod[26]
- Hiller 1094 Camel[27]
- Hiller UH-12[28]
- Hiller YH-32 Hornet[29]
- Hiller YH-32 Hornet[citation needed]
- Hughes 269[30]
- Hughes OH-6 Cayuse[31]
- Hughes RWV[32]
- Jovair YH-30[33]
- Kaman HOK[citation needed]
- Kaman HUK[34][35]
- Kamov Ka-26[36]
- Kelly Ranger II[37]
- McCulloch J-2[38]
- Mil Mi-2[39]
- Monte-Copter Model 15 Triphibian[40]
- Piasecki H-21[41][42]
- Piasecki H-25[43]
- Piasecki HRP Rescuer[44][45]
- Piasecki HUP-3[46]
- Pressure Jet[47]
- PZL M28 Skytruck[48]
- Revolution Mini-500[49]
- Robinson R22[50]
- Robinson R44[51]
- RotorWay Exec[52]
- Rotorway 133 Scorpion[53]
- Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave[54]
- Sikorksy H-34J[55]
- Sikorsky HH-52 Seaguard[56]
- Sikorsky S-52[57]
- Sikorsky S-55[58]
- SNCASO SO.1221 Djinn[59]
- Westland Wasp[60]
See also
- American Helicopter Museum, Pennsylvania, USA
- The Helicopter Museum, Somerset, England
- Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg, Germany
- List of aerospace museums
