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The Flying Fortress: March Field Air Museum
November 18th, 2009 at 9:35 pm  |  No Comments  |  Photography

March Field Air Museum gives everyone the opportunity to get up close with our warbirds and appreciate their machinery and craftsmanship. Throughout March Field Air Museum you will get to check out some cockpits, engines, biplanes, simulations, history of March Field Airbase and get to view some of the cameras and lenses that they used during those periods. March Field Air Museum has such a diverse amount of historical items that you can spend all day just admiring and appreciating what our men and women had to use. I do enjoy photographing at March Field Air Museum, but it can be very tricky since the planes are so close next to each other and the bright skies make for tricky shooting conditions. The best bet when visiting March Field Air Museum is to use a Graduated Neutral Density or Circular Polarized Filter.

 

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About March Field Air Museum:
March Field Air Museum, and the P-38 National Museum are adjacent to the March Air Reserve Base, Riverside, California. March Field Air Museum serves as home to over 70 historic aircraft and many inside displays relating to the history of March Field, now known as March Air Reserve Base. The main building was erected in 1993. Its style reflects the traditional hangars of earlier aviation days. The distinctive checkerboard roof can be readily seen from the Interstate 215 freeway. At the museum visitors can watch modern military aircraft as they land and take off daily. Inside the museum the visitor will find thousands of artifacts on display covering the years from 1918 to the present. Also displayed in the hangar are some rare and unusual aircraft, including a P-59 fighter, the first operational jet adopted by the U.S. Air Force over 50 years ago. The building also contains a theater in which visitors may view films about the history of March Field and U.S. military aviation, the General Curtis E. LeMay Library, a well-stocked Museum Store, a G-force Flight Simulator, and the museum offices.

Admission:
$8 Adults $5 children (5-11) children under 5 are free
For tour group rates, call 951-902-5949
Hours of Operation:
Open daily 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Tuesdays thru Sundays)
Closed Mondays and most holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and Easter)
Location:
Open daily 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Tuesdays thru Sundays)
Closed Mondays and most holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and Easter)

 

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