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The Estrella Warbirds Museum has always been known for its constant change and quality of the displays. If you have not been to the museum in a while, there is no better time then this summer to catch up on the latest aircraft, military vehicle or automotive display that has become part of the museum since the last time you visited.
If you have a little bit of extra time on your hands and are looking for a new hobby or willing to share your knowledge or even learn something new, we are always looking for
gift shop workers, docents or volunteers in the restoration or maintenance areas. We are all family and would like you to join us! It's fun! There are plenty of new friends to meet and enjoyable times to be had.
Contact us today! We'd love to hear from you.
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March Dinner
Special Guest Speakers
Troy Willman
Jennifer Bauman
Akaflieg - SLO
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 -
No Host Bar starts at 6:00 p.m.
Dinner starts at 7.p.m.
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Troy Wollman is a fourth-year aerospace engineering student at Cal Poly SLO. He transferred to Cal Poly after two years at Antelope Valley Community College. After discontinuing powered flight training for financial reasons, he is now flying gliders with CCSC (Central California Soaring Club).
Jennifer Bauman is a third-year aerospace engineering student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Jenn has devoted countless hours over the last seven years to the warbird restoration and education projects at the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) in Camarillo, California.
The Akafliegs (Academic Flying Clubs) are a collection of ten engineering student-operated glider clubs based in Germany. The clubs provide opportunities for flight training and engineering projects to students of their partner universities. Akaflieg students design, build, and fly experimental gliders. A group of Cal Poly Aerospace Engineering students have organized to implement the first U.S Akaflieg, in partnership with Akaflieg München. This is an awesome opportunity to get students involved in design projects, and low cost flight training in San Luis Obispo County.
Make sure you have signed up on line or have a current reservation. Hope to see you there! More information about Troy Wollman, Jennifer Bauman and the event
can be found at this link.
Dinner is catered and open to the public ($17/person), reservations are required prior to 6 p.m., Monday prior to dinner, either on-line or call 805 296-1935
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Dennis Gage and TV Show, My Classic Car, coming to Warbirds Wings & Wheels 8
If you are a fan of the SPEED, NBC Sports Network or the Velocity Channel, you will be familiar with the long running series, My Classic Car. The host, Dennis Gage, is bringing a film crew to Paso Robles and the WWW8 to film for a future segment on My Classic Car.
You are getting an early warning with this notice if you haven't registered your car for WWW8, or have not made plans yet for May 7th. Who knows? You or your car could become a national celebrity! For more information about My Classic Car & Dennis Gage, click on his picture to the left.
Everyone is also invited on Friday evening prior to WWW8 for a catered Dinner & Barn Dance with music by Monte Mills & The Lucky Horseshoe Band. Advance tickets of $30 are (required) and available by registering online.
It took several years of persistence by Toni Moore, Howard Love and Carol Verstuyft to help bring Dennis Gage to Warbirds Wings & Wheels. Kudos to you wonderful volunteers from EWM! You can find more information, vehicle & vendor registration, volunteer and sponsor opportunities for this upcoming event. Click here for more information! |
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General Atomic Gnat 750 Mounted in Hangar One
The EWM Restoration Crew signed off on yet another completed project, the General Atomic GNAT 750 Drone. It is with great pride that volunteer members of the restoration crew mounted the finished drone at the top of Hangar One for all to see. The Gnat is on loan from the US Navy. You can find a considerable amount of information on the drone and how it has been used by clicking on the picture below. Alas, one thing missing is most of this particular drone's history. That is just a bit classified. Estrella Warbird Museum is very fortunate, and honored, to be able to preserve this portion of military aviation history for generations to come.
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Woodland Auto Display Adds Even More Classic Cars!
These new vehicles on display are a car lovers dream! If you haven't toured the Woodland Auto Display buildings lately, you have missed quite a bit! It's time to round up the family for a fun new visit!
Since completion of the latest building, some incredible vehicles and displays have been added. This growing collection is continuing to attract automotive and race fans from all over the country. The Estrella Warbird Museum has been blessed many times over by the Woodland Family, whom have honored us with one of the more diverse and quality automotive collections on the West Coast. The display highlights racing history alongside many classics and all time popular (Oh, I wish I could drive one of those!) favorite vehicles. You can spend days doing nothing but reviewing just the automotive memorabilia adorning the walls! Click on any of the pictures below for additional information on that particular vehicle.
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| 2007 Shelby GT 500 40th Anniv. |
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| 1954 Corvette "Red on Red" 1 of only 100 made |
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