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Paso Robles
Paso Robles Pioneer Museum
2010 Riverside Ave.
(805) 239-4556
Open:
Thursday - Sunday
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
www.PasoRoblesPioneerMuseum.org
1214 Pine St., Paso Robles • Downtown near the Park
805-237-7516 • Open 11am until 8:30pm - 9pm Fridays & Saturdays
Estrella Warbirds Museum salutes veteran
and first responder heroes
Salute to our Heroes is a special
event at Estrella Warbirds
Museum and Woodland Auto
Display to honor veterans and
first responders. This not-to-be-
missed November 8 event, open
between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the
museum on Dry Creek Road, is a
day that includes reenactments and
paratrooper drops, first responder
displays, the Show N Shine Car
Show, and a Kid Zone, in addition
to the museum’s regular displays.
The $10 admission includes entry
to the Estrella Warbirds Museum.
Admission is free for veterans and
kids under 12. Food and drink are
for sale. Tickets are on sale through
the website at ewarbirds.org.
Spend a day at the Estrella
Warbirds Museum and Woodland
Auto Display. See rare military
aircraft and vehicles, as well as an
amazing collection of restored au-
tomobiles ranging from American
and European classics to racetrack
winners. The Woodland Auto Dis-
play has been called the best auto
museum on the Central Coast.
The museum was established
in 1992 at the Paso Robles Mu-
nicipal Airport and is dedicated to
restoring and preserving military
aircraft, vehicles, and memorabilia.
From its first hangar, the museum
has grown to a 20-acre, 14-build-
ing complex of exhibit halls,
workshops, a library, a gift shop,
and conference facilities.
Estrella Warbirds Museum
Experience history firsthand by
standing next to an amazing array
of military aircraft and armored
vehicles.
The displays features fighter
airplanes from the Cold War to the
present and includes a Link Trainer
Flight Simulator to a state-of-the-
art full-size F/A-18 cockpit simula-
tor used for pilot training. Make
an appointment for a Friday or
Sunday, and reserve your own flight
time in the simulator! The displays
in Freedom Hall include artifacts
from WWI to the present, featuring
actual cockpit instrument displays
from US and Japanese fighters, as
well as a Norden bombsight used
by US bombers in WWII.
The museum hosts the Gooney
Bird Group (GBG) and its C-47,
Betsy’s Biscuit Bomber. Betsy has
chronicled quite a history, logging
over 9400 flight hours in service
with the air forces of the US,
Belgium, France, and Israel. The
group acquired Betsy from Canada,
where she had been mothballed for
six years, and returned her to full
flight status in 2009. In 2019, Betsy
flew to the UK to participate in the
75th D-Day anniversary reenact-
ment along with many of her sister
C-47s and DC-3s. For a visual
treat, search online for “Daks over
Duxford,” and watch your choice of
YouTube videos of this anniversary
celebration.
Honoring heroes at
a special November
8 event