The Santa Maria Valley's long-standing aviation history is set to enter a new chapter with the expansion of the Planes of ...

The Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California, is set to host an engaging “Hangar Talk” event on Saturday, April 5, 2025. This event will feature a special presentation on the Battle of ...

Planes of Fame Air Museum and Santa Maria airport representatives join with aviation pioneers for the groundbreaking ceremony Thursday. Janene Scully/Noozhawk photo The Santa Maria Valley’s ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday morning to officially kickoff construction of the long-awaited Planes of Fame Air Museum in Santa Maria. Plans to create the new ...

CHINO – The crowd at the Planes of Fame Museum on Saturday seemed drawn to the plane painted a bright carmine, like the brightest, shiniest shade of lipstick. And for good reason, it is an exact ...

The Planes of Fame Air Museum lives up to its name. Out front is one of the most famous planes of the 20th century: a Boeing B-17. This example was actually the last B-17 on active duty ...

Planes of Fame Air Museum (POF), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is in the process of raising public funds to develop a new museum campus at the Santa Maria Airport (SMX Campus). Founded in 1957 ...

Cars of the Stars and Planes of Fame Museum” in Buena Park. Eventually the collection and a whole lot of other planes wound up at the Chino Airport, the largest non-commercial airport in San ...

Ready for takeoff: Organizers for 2023 Central Coast AirFest, which will be hosted by the Planes of Fame Air Museum, hold kickoff event ...

The Planes of Fame Air Museum held a groundbreaking ceremony for their new $12 million aviation museum at the Santa Maria Airport (SMX) Thursday at the build site adjacent to the Radisson Hotel.

Credit: Janene Scully / Noozhawk photo The Santa Maria Valley’s decades of aviation history will gain another chapter with the Planes of Fame Air Museum’s expansion to the Central Coast ...

A project to expand the Planes of Fame Air Museum to the Central Coast broke ground Thursday in Santa Maria. The new museum will feature dozens of of aircraft on display, flight demonstrations ...