December 3rd, 2017 No: 17013
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December 3, 2017

 
Dear Museum Members and Friends;

Do you know that Trip Advisor and Yelp rank our museum as the best area attraction outside of the wine industry in Paso Robles?  I want to share with you exciting highlights of 2017 and provide a sense of our strategic goals for 2018, goals we hope to achieve with the help of our loyal donors and volunteers.

The year 2017 saw the conclusion of three years of negotiations with the City of Paso Robles when we signed a 40 year lease for an adjacent ten acres.  This affords the opportunity for a dramatic expansion of the museum, including additional hangars in which to house our aircraft.  There is nothing more disheartening than watching a meticulously restored airplane sit and bake under the summer sun.  The new hangars will help preserve these wonderfully restored aircraft, and could include donor name recognition of the building.

During 2017, the restoration crew completed magnificent restorations of an extremely rare US Navy F9F reconnaissance jet and a US Army H-19 Chickasaw helicopter which saw service in Korea, and (as I draft this letter) the final touches are being applied to a Marine Corps H-34 Choctaw helicopter which served in Vietnam.  Come out and see the planes!

2017 witnessed a successful combined Warbirds Wings and Wheels Car Show and Mega Swap Meet.  This attracted 250 exhibitors and well over 3,000 visitors.  Also, aviation legend Dick Rutan - he flew around the world nonstop - visited the museum and donated a large portion of his personal library to the museum.      

In 2018, we want to build on t his momentum and achieve:
* Hangar Construction
* Museum Solar Project
* Added Display Space
* Increase our Visitor Count with emphasis on Education.

We depend on financial and other kinds of civic backing and community support.  Your contribution is extremely important to us and we are grateful for each and every gift. Come see us for a tour.  Thank you!

Yours very sincerely,







Ren Stelloh, President
Estrella Warbirds Museum


OUR MISSION
We are dedicated to the restoration and preservation of military aircraft and memorabilia and to those who flew and worked on them.  Our approach, however, is not to glorify conflict, but rather to make future generations aware of the fact our way of  life does not come without sacrifice. 

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