North Bay Air Museum

The North Bay Air Museum is an aviation museum located at Sonoma Valley Airport in Sonoma, California.

North Bay Air Museum

Location within California
Location	Sonoma, California
Coordinates	38.2241°N 122.4564°W / 38.2241; -122.4564
Type	Aviation museum
Founder	Chris Prevost
Website	www.northbayairmuseum.org

History

Background

Chris Prevost became interested in aviation after visiting the Sonoma Valley Airport on a field trip. In 1984, he took over the Vintage Aircraft Company, which had been founded in 1975, and began offering rides in Stearman biplanes.^[1] Eventually, he became co-owner of the airport in 2002 and bought it outright in 2008.^[2][1] The following year he flew a P-40 that had been purchased as a wreck from New Zealand and under restoration since 2004.^[3][4]

Establishment

Prevost began planning for the California Aviation Heritage Museum in June 2010.^[5]

Collection

• Aviat Husky^[6]
• Beechcraft D18S^[7]
• Christen Eagle^[6]
• Curtiss P-40N Warhawk – on loan^[8][9]
• de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk^[6]
• North American P-51D Mustang – on loan^[8][10]
• Piper L-4B Grasshopper^[6]
• Pipistrel Virus^[6]

Programs

The museum offers rides in two aircraft on loan to it.^[11]