Western Museum of Flight is a well-maintained museum in Torrance, California. The Museum is located at Zamperini Field, the municipal airport in Torrance, California. The museum's collection contains numerous aircraft, warbirds, target drones, piston and aircraft components, jet engines, ejection seats, World War II instruments, aircrew accessories, and an extensive model aircraft collection. It is a non-profit educational institution that displays and preserves aircraft history and Southern California's aviation heritage artifacts. The Western Museum of Flight's educational programs allow children to touch and see the airplanes that made aviation history, and the museum offers a variety of aviation products in the gift shop, including t-shirts.
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• Offer Free Admission For Members
• Free For Children Under 12 Years.
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WESTERN MUSEUM OF FLIGHT REVIEWS
This museum is growing and recently got more hanger space to display their aircraft. The main museum and artifacts are one hanger, along with a few planes. The space between the hangers now is a place where they can park their collection of F14 and A4 aircraft. The second hanger has an amazingly kept harrier jet. In our visit, the main attractions are the YF17, which was the test plane that became the F18, and the GE powered YF23 stealth fighter. The fighter, better known as the one that lost to the F22 in flight trials. The staff was awesome and does great with kids, showing them interesting things to keep them engaged. Hopefully the museum can expand more to share their collection of aviation items better.
The only place to see one of two YF-23 prototypes. The Only other one being in Dayton, Ohio at the national airforce museum. Friendly staff and super knowledgeable, would absolutely reccomend.
Such an amazing, small aviation museum. Awesome aircraft, lots of history. Absolutely loved it.
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Torrance Historical Society Museum is a historical museum in Torrance, California. The museum exhibits an ever-growing collection of photos, documents, books, artifacts, and other materials relevant to the city's past. The mission of the Torrance Historical Society is to promote interest in and education about the history of Torrance and San Pedro Rancho. The Torrance Historical Society also hosts walking tours of Old Torrance on the fourth Sunday every month from May to October. Housed in a 1936 library, this museum offers permanent and rotating local history exhibits and archives. Additionally, they allow you to contribute to the success of the Torrance Historical Society and Museum by presenting exhibitions, programs, and services of the highest quality. The Historical Society's mission includes promoting history through a Plaque Program by placing bronze plaques on significant historical landmarks throughout the community.
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TORRANCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS
Great, historical items there, plus all of the Torrance high schools (all of them) annuals going back many decades.
Love the annual Rock Around the Block event. Hula hoops, bubble gum, pie eating...how much fun!
Great local history museum! Will definitely visit on our next visit to Torrance.
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Point Vicente Lighthouse is a famous lighthouse in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The Lighthouse stands on a cliff at 130 feet. The place is between Point Conception Lighthouse to the north and Point Loma Lighthouse to the south. The point was originally named in 1790 by Captain George Vancouver. The United States federal government owns the Lighthouse, which the United States Coast Guard manages. The Lighthouse was included in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The Lighthouse is a scenic delight and a continual attraction to sightseers, tourists, photographers, and painters. Point Vicente Lighthouse is located 7.2 miles from downtown Torrance. The Lighthouse was manned until automated equipment and remote control operators took over in 1971 and the Auxiliary performs search and rescue duty in local waters, teaches free boating safety classes, performs safety checks on pleasure boats, flies aircraft patrols and maintains a radio communications network in Southern California.
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• 67 Feet Tall.
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POINT VICENTE LIGHTHOUSE REVIEWS
Point Vicente Lighthouse is not only a picturesque coastal landmark but also a vital navigational aid. Its unique feature is its distinctive three white flashes every 20 seconds, which help sailors distinguish it from other nearby lighthouses. The lighthouse, surrounded by scenic cliffs and stunning views of the Pacific Ocean, is not only a functional beacon but also a charming piece of maritime history.
The best place to see the sunset! Parking spaces are enough and atmosphere is good. But the lighthouse closes very early so if you want to visit there, please get there before 3pm. However I think the best time to visit this area is around sunset time. There is also a very nice tracking track around this place. Highly recommend for a sunset!
Great views in a lovely, scenic setting. Small museum was free and informative for us as visitors from the Midwest. Wish we could have gotten closer to the Lighthouse but it was fenced off. Otherwise a great place to look at local flowers and ocean views, or just relax.
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