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Estrella Warbirds Museum

4251 Dry Creek Road

(805) 227-0440

www.ewarbirds.org

* FREE!

From Highway 101 turn east onto Highway 46, turn left onto Airport Road, then right onto Dry Creek Road.

More than 200 volunteers have developed this private museum of historic aircraft, military machinery and war-era memorabilia ranging from pictures to uniforms. An onsite reference library of some 5,000 books documents American involvement in war around the world.

The museum was named after the World War II U.S. Army Air Corps P-38 training base once situated on the adjacent Paso Robles Municipal Airport. Estrella Warbirds operates on land leased from the city and most of the aircraft on display are on loan from the U.S. Naval Museum in Pensacola, Florida.

The official hours are Saturdays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sundays noon to 3 p.m., but weekday tours are available by appointment, and special events are also scheduled occasionally throughout the year.

The Estrella Squadron meets the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the meeting hall on site. Young people are welcome to take part in most aspects of the organization, including aircraft renovation.

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