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  • April 2026

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    Easter at Yanks Air April 4, 2026

    EASTER CELEBRATION & Eggs-citing Egg-Hunt!

    Featured Saturday, April 4 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Yanks Air Museum 15121 Stearman Drive, Chino, United States

    Looking for some Family Fun? Easter takes flight at Yanks Air! Join us for...

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    Halloween Hangar Trick or Treat event at Yanks Air Museum

    HAUNTED HANGAR TRICK OR TREAT at YANKS!

    Featured Saturday, October 24 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Yanks Air Museum 15121 Stearman Drive, Chino, United States

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On 31 March 1945, Messerschmitt test pilot Hans Fa On 31 March 1945, Messerschmitt test pilot Hans Fay made one of the most valuable “deliveries” of the war when he defected to the Allies in a brand‑new Me 262 A‑1. He had been ordered to ferry one of twenty‑two fresh jets from the assembly plant at Schwäbisch Hall to Neuburg an der Donau ahead of advancing Allied troops, but instead turned north‑west and landed at Frankfurt/Rhein‑Main, by then in American hands. There, he surrendered both himself and the intact jet, giving U.S. engineers their first close look at a front‑line production Me 262.

The Me 262 Schwalbe “Swallow” was the world’s first operational jet fighter, a single‑seat, twin‑engine aircraft with its Junkers Jumo 004 turbojets slung in nacelles under the wings. It measured about 34 ft 9 in in length with a 41 ft 5 in wingspan, and Fay described an empty weight of around 8289 lbs and around 15652 lbs at takeoff. Its mildly swept wing, 20° at the leading edge with complex trailing‑edge geometry, kept the aerodynamic center where the designers wanted it as speed increased, an early step toward the swept‑wing fighters of the late 1940s.

As a bomber interceptor, the A‑1 variant packed formidable short‑range firepower: four 30 mm MK 108 cannon in the nose, with optional R4M rockets under the wings and provision for bombs on fuselage racks. Roughly 1,430 Me 262s of all types were built, and Luftwaffe pilots claimed hundreds of Allied aircraft destroyed, though numbers remain debated. Fay’s aircraft, 111711, was shipped to the United States and evaluated at Wright Field after the war; it was eventually lost in 1946 when an engine fire forced U.S. test pilot Walter “Mac” McAuley to bail out, destroying the airframe but leaving behind a rich flight‑test record.
Long before jets crossed oceans in a single hop, P Long before jets crossed oceans in a single hop, Pan Am was doing it with flying boats.

The Sikorsky S-42 was built in 1934 to meet Pan American’s demand for a long-range, ocean-spanning airliner. Designed by Igor Sikorsky, it featured major aerodynamic improvements over earlier flying boats, including cleaner lines, wing flaps, and variable-pitch propellers. The prototype set ten world records for payload to altitude, proving that long overwater air travel was no longer just an experiment.

Pan Am used the S-42 to survey and open routes across the Caribbean, South America, the Pacific, and eventually the Atlantic. These aircraft helped map the path from California to Hawaii, from the U.S. to New Zealand, and later across the North Atlantic. At a time when most airlines were still flying short domestic legs, the S-42 was helping define what global air travel could look like.

Only ten were built, all for Pan Am, and none survive today.
We know Easter is coming up soon and plans are bei We know Easter is coming up soon and plans are being made already, so don't forget that we have an egg hunt right here at our museum one week from today! 

You and the whole family can search for eggs, meet the Easter Bunny, and stop by Ark Coffee (@_arkcoffee) for some delicious drinks to fuel up before (and after) the hunt. What kind of plane do you think the bunny would deliver eggs in? 

Find tickets here: https://shop.yanksair.org/products/easter-celebration-eggs-citing-egg-hunt
Tomorrow, from 10am-12pm, we are honored to welcom Tomorrow, from 10am-12pm, we are honored to welcome Vietnam Veterans for a special morning dedicated to gratitude, remembrance, and connection. You'll be able to find our Huey Helicopter as our featured aircraft on display for the event, as well as complimentary coffee, donuts, museum admission, and a guided tour, all free for Vietnam Veterans. 

We look forward to spending time together, listening to stories, sharing memories, and recognizing the lasting legacy of those who served.
Casey is back from vacation! He's got a lot in sto Casey is back from vacation! He's got a lot in store for you coming up, but we had to start with a new project that's been right under our noses for a long time. Can you believe we found this so close to home? Check out what a WACO UPF 7 looks like stripped down, as we work on getting it back in the air someday. Ever flown in a barnstormer plane before?
On March 25, 1955, Vought test pilot John W. Konra On March 25, 1955, Vought test pilot John W. Konrad took the prototype XF8U-1 Crusader (Bu. No. 138899) up from Edwards AFB, and made history on its very first flight. The Navy fighter went supersonic in level flight, the first U.S. jet to crack 1,000 mph without a dive, vaulting carrier aviation into the Mach 1 era.

From drawing board to sky in just 21 months, this swept-wing jet featured a revolutionary variable-incidence wing: hinged to tilt 7° upward for carrier launches and traps (dropping landing speeds below 105 knots) while keeping the fuselage level for improved visibility. A single Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojet lit the afterburner for Mach 1.5+ flights up to 42,000 feet, arming it with four 20 mm Colt cannons helping earn it the nickname "The Last of the Gunfighters". 

Over 1,260 built flew Navy and Marine Vietnam missions, French carrier ops, even NASA fly-by-wire tests. The prototype endures, restored at Seattle's Museum of Flight.

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