Center for Freedom & Flight (former name)
300 County Airport Rd Suite C4,
Vacaville, CA 95688
Daily 10:00 – 16:00
Admission fee
Aircraft collection
N5DD 67-17146 – NC14963 N20PV N45070/2804 N103AS N17352 NC949H | Aviat Pitts S-1 Special Bell UH-1H Iroquois Gonzales Brothers Biplane Kinner Playboy R Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 North American T-28B Trojan Ryan STA Waco CTO |
Among the current exhibits on display are a replica of General George S. Patton’s briefing room, an authentic Willy’s Jeep from 1944, a replica of General Erwin Rommel’s W31 Command Car used in the 1951 movie “The Desert Fox,” the remains of a B25 that crashed near Lake Berryessa in 1954, a replica of a Japanese Zero created for the 1970 film “Tora! Tora! Tora!,” a 1935 Kinner Playboy plane, a 1937 Ryan STA that was displayed at the Nut Tree Restaurant for many years and a tractor biplane constructed by teen brothers Willy and Arthur Gonzales in 1912. Built in San Francisco, it is considered one of the first planes to be successfully flown in the Bay Area.
Photo Rowland Freedom Center