Torrance is a city I have never really given much thought to, but it’s also a city that has a lot to recommend it. A few weeks ago we were invited to check out the sites, sounds and family fun in Torrance by the visitor’s center, Discover Torrance.
One of the places that we went to and visited was the Western Museum of Flight inside the Torrance Airport (3315 Airport Drive, Red Baron #3 ). The museum is open Wednesday thru Sunday 10am to 3pm. Kids 12 and under are free and anyone 12 and older are $5 pp.
My kids, age 4 and 7, had a wonderful time as we were led on a tour of the museum by Russ, who runs the place. He is very knowledgeable and he let the kids climb into some of the planes and explore. We saw some great artifacts and heard some great stories about the items on display at the museum.
The Western Museum of Flight is a non-profit, educational institution dedicated to preserving and displaying aircraft history and artifacts of Southern California's aviation heritage. The Air Museum's educational programs give children an opportunity to see and touch the airplanes that made aviation history.
Plus visitors get an inside look at completed and in-progress aircraft restoration projects. The Western Museum of Flight's collection includes numerous Warbirds, aircraft and target drones, piston and jet aircraft engines, aircraft components, aircraft ejection seats, World War II instruments, aircrew accessories, and an extensive model aircraft collection.
- The museum is located at 3315 Airport Drive, Red Baron #3 in Torrance
- For more info go to www.wmof.com
- For more information on the City of Torrance check out the Discover Torrance website at http://www.discovertorrance.com/.
Disclaimer: Macaroni Kid Camarillo was able to tour the Flight Museum as a guest of Discover Torrance so that we could review the attraction for our readers. The opinions in this article are true and our own and I was not compensated for them.
