Palm Springs Air Museum

Adjacent to the airport, this vast museum has an exceptional collection of WWII aircraft (many still flyable) and flight memorabilia along with a movie theater and interactive stations, including an F-16 flight simulator. A highlight for many is a clamber around the WWII-era Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. There's also a hangar with aircraft and exhibits from the wars in Korea and Vietnam.

Hardcore fans can book a flight on a C-47 Skytrain used in the1944 D-Day invasion.

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