The Air Force Flight Test Museum – the only museum in the world dedicated to flight test and flight test history – opened in 2000 with an 8,500 square foot facility. Visit Palmdale’s donation will contribute toward the development of a new, 75,000 square foot location that will be more accessible to the public and expand the museum’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programming for young students.
“The new Air Force Flight Test Museum will be a publicly accessible, showstopping landmark for all who visit our community,” said Austin Bishop, Chairman of Visit Palmdale. “We are incredibly excited to support the Flight Test Museum Foundation with the development of the new location and contribute another gem to our region’s buzzworthy aerospace scene.”
The new museum will be located just outside the West Gate of Edwards Air Force Base, allowing both residents and tourists the chance to explore historical air and spacecraft and rare artifacts. The larger Air Force Flight Test Museum location will also facilitate the expansion of its STEM programming, which teaches STEM subject matter to students by using aerospace and flight test principles.
The new Air Force Flight Test Museum is currently under construction. An opening date has not yet been determined. For more information on the Air Force Flight Test Museum, visit flighttestmuseum.org. For more information on Visit Palmdale, visit cityofpalmdaleca.gov/visitpalmdale.
[Information via news release from Visit Palmdale.]
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Stormy says
Austin Bishop’ Print Boss uses cheap Chinese film substrate for their outdoor prints and signs. Installed in the desert these print signs do not last past 15 to 24 months as they crack, peel, fissure and go black
It is not by chance 30 something Austin Bishop decided to go politica -l job security is a given payday
Palmdale Taxpayer says
Austin Bishop has made a ton of money doing work for AVTA, the AV Fair and the city of Lancaster. Who knows how much he does for Marvin’s other pet projects like AVC and all the good old boy businesses. If you ever wanted to know why he sells Palmdale out, look no further than the ledgers of these organizations.
Iconoclast says
And we have people living on the streets in Lancaster and Palmdale wearing filthy rags. Yea, we need a new building at the Fairgrounds and we need this museum! Oh, please!
JB says
Be nice if they invested into the actual community, fix the streets, build some things for the citizens and tourists to do like out door activities. A nice panned city center. Tear down all the eye sores and rebuild. Invest in the city as a whole not just one side of town. Gentrify the hell out of all problem areas that attract scum from LA .
TF says
Invest in the actual community? With Bishop, Loa, Alacarn, and Ohlson? They are very good at sending Palmdale money out of the community. Millions to Lancaster. This museum is nice but why not invest in the airpark that is in Palmdale?
JB says
Not sure I’m understanding what you’re saying what does best shop have to do with Palmdale, those other places that be never heard about of. This is referring to Palmdale and their tourist branch investing into a museum that’s on heavily funded megalith of a company property. There are many parts of Palmdale that need immediate attention, you want tourists to be safe and willing to come out here address the socioeconomic root of the issue.
Tim Scott says
So you don’t count a museum under “things for tourists and citizens to do”?