{"id":24796,"date":"2021-08-22T17:10:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T15:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?page_id=24796"},"modified":"2025-01-12T16:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T14:31:08","slug":"rowland-freedom-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/rowland-freedom-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Rowland Freedom Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Rowland Freedom Center<\/strong> is a nonprofit aviation and military museum located at the Nut Tree Airport in <strong>Vacaville<\/strong>, <strong>California<\/strong>. Its mission is to honor America&#8217;s aviation heroes and technology of the past, present, and future. Visitors can explore a variety of exhibits featuring historic aircraft, including the Yakovlev Yak-11, a Soviet military trainer aircraft developed in the late 1940s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Center for Freedom &amp; Flight (former name)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">300 County Airport Rd Suite C4, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vacaville, CA 95688<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/north-america-2\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"15\">United States<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rowlandfreedomcenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.rowlandfreedomcenter.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:info@rowlandfreedomcenter.org\">info@rowlandfreedomcenter.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daily 10:00 &#8211; 16:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Admission fee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d200185.87184713336!2d-122.09944478990032!3d38.374336479654694!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x808522cf9291b121%3A0x5bea3316826b8235!2sCenter%20For%20Freedom%20%26%20Flight!5e0!3m2!1snl!2snl!4v1629642827734!5m2!1snl!2snl\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Aircraft collection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Naval-Aircraft-Factory-N3N-3-N45070-2804-US-Navy-240x181.png\" alt=\"Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 N45070\/2804 US Navy, Rowland Freedom Center\" class=\"wp-image-24797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Naval-Aircraft-Factory-N3N-3-N45070-2804-US-Navy-240x181.png 240w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Naval-Aircraft-Factory-N3N-3-N45070-2804-US-Navy.png 396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table><tbody><tr><td>N5DD<br><br>67-17146<br><br>N281AH<br><br>&#8211;<br> <br>NC14963 <br><br>N20PV<br><br>N45070\/2804<br><br>N103AS<br><br>N17352<br><br>NC949H<\/td><td>Aviat Pitts S-1 Special<br><br>Bell UH-1H Iroquois<br><br>Bell UH-1H Iroquois<br><br>Gonzales Brothers Biplane<br><br>Kinner Playboy R <br><br>Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon<br><br>Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3<br><br>North American T-28B Trojan<br><br>Ryan STA<br><br>Waco CTO<br><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the current exhibits on display are a replica of General George S. <strong>Patton\u2019s briefing room<\/strong>, an authentic Willy\u2019s Jeep from 1944, a replica of General Erwin Rommel\u2019s W31 Command Car used in the 1951 movie \u201c<strong>The Desert Fox<\/strong>,\u201d the remains of a B-25 that crashed near Lake Berryessa in 1954, a replica of a Japanese Zero created for the 1970 film \u201c<strong>Tora! Tora! Tora<\/strong>!,\u201d 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo Rowland Freedom Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rowland Freedom Center is the new name of the former Center For Freedom &#038; Flight at Vacaville,CA USA Aircraft on display Aviat Pitts S-1 Special, Bell UH-1H Iroquois,<br \/>\nLockheed PV-2 Harpoon,<br \/>\nNaval Aircraft Factory N3N-3,<br \/>\nNorth American T-28B Trojan,<br \/>\nPlayboy R, Ryan ST-A, Waco CTO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24796","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24796"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31885,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24796\/revisions\/31885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}