Hill Aerospace Museum
Personal Notes
This page presents our personal notes on our visit to the Hill Aerospace Museum in Utah.
Saturday, November 25, 2006
We drove up to Roy to visit the museum for the first time. It was a pleasant, sunny day, with temperatures in the upper 40s and almost no breeze at all. There is no entrance fee, but a donation is encouraged, since all of the work is done by volunteers.
There are quite a few exhibits of larger aircraft spread around the outside of the museum buildings, including planes from World War II up through the end of the Cold War. There are sidewalks that pass most exhibits. None of the exhibits is open for entry, but many of the larger planes have open bomb bay doors so that you can see up inside.
Inside the museum has drinking water and restrooms, as well as an information counter and a small gift shop. There are exhibits of uniforms and headgear, as well as a description of the history of Hill Air Force Base. As you pass through the Utah Air Force Honor Roll you'll find yourself in a large hangar with a variety of actual vintage fighters and models of those not displayed. There are displays and dioramas of life on a WWII airbase, and descriptions of each of the aircraft displayed. There is a large, well preserved selection.
From the back corner of the first building there is another passage that leads to another large hangar with more modern jet fighters as well as displays of atomic bombs, guided missiles, and rockets of various types. There is also an SR-71 and an A-10 Warthog, which I found especially interesting.
The museum is well worth the time to learn a bit about our aviation history. We spent just about three hours taking in all of the exhibits.
