[2][3] Late the following year, three members of the museum were killed when a PV-2D they were flying crashed into Clear Lake.

[5][6][7][8][9] The museum merged in 1999 with the Redwood Empire Aviation Historical Society, a smaller organization.

[3] In late 2001, the museum, which had rented a variety of hangars and tie-down spots for its collection of aircraft, at the Sonoma County airport, began the process of moving to a larger facility.

[10] In December 2010, the museum acquired an F-15 Eagle which, after launching from Otis Air National Guard Base in Massachusetts, was one of the first fighter aircraft over New York City during the September 11 attacks.

[12] The museum building is the former dope and fabric shop for Santa Rosa Army Airfield.