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Open Cockpit Day

  • Oakland Aviation Museum 8252 Earhart Road Oakland, CA, 94621 United States (map)

Sit in a Korean War MiG-15 and feel what it would have been like to fly for the "other side" in America's first war of the Jet Age. Get a glimpse of the training involved for Naval Flight Officers in the 1970s in our Navy A-6 simulator trailer. Imagine yourself taking off and landing on a carrier deck in the Navy A-3 Sky Warrior. 

Open Cockpit Day is a tri-annual event when a handful of the museums planes open up to museum’s visitors, Our famous aircraft including A-3 Skywarrior, A-4 Skyhawk, A-7 Corsair and sit in a Harrier, Mig-15, ¾ replica of a Mustang P-51, Cessna 0-2, T-39 Business Jet, Glasair and Ercoupe, The Short Solent Mk 111.

Out Flying Boat, featured in Indian Jones and the Lost Ark, will be open for viewing, $7 per person. (No free admission during Open Cockpit Day)

Earlier Event: September 8
Sunday Streets: Western Addition
Later Event: September 8
Marin TV 10th Anniversary