California Aerospace Museum, Los Angeles Photos

A small aviation collection in Exposition Park run by the California Science Center is housed in a building noted for an F-104 Starfighter jet on the facade. The building is by architect Frank O. Gehry. Outside the museum sit an A-12 Blackbird & a DC-8 Jet Mainliner.

See also: Aviation Museums, Los Angeles & Orange Counties, Frank Gehry Architecture, Exposition Park Area
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A-12 Blackbird (1963) trainer with two cockpits at California Science Center.

Titanium skin of A-12 Blackbird trainer at California Science Center.

Doubled cockpits of A-12 Blackbird painted black to cut glare.

A-12 Blackbird nose view before California African American Museum.

Engines of A-12 Blackbird before California Science Center Air & Space Museum.

California Aerospace Museum (1982-4) with jet fighter cantilevered off front in Exhibition Park. Architect: Frank O. Gehry.

Details of Gehry's Los Angeles Air & Space Museum with F-104 Starfighter jet.

Detail of F-104 Starfighter jet on California Aerospace Museum building.

United DC-8 Jet Mainliner at Los Angeles Air & Space Museum.

California Aerospace Museum (1982-4) with jet fighter cantilevered off front in Exhibition Park. Architect: Frank O. Gehry.

Detail of California Aerospace Museum building.

Detail of F-104 Starfighter jet on California Aerospace Museum building.

Satellite models in California Aerospace Museum.

Police helicopter in California Aerospace Museum.

Jets hung for ceiling of California Aerospace Museum.

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