KMER Castle Airport CA - Castle Air Museum

[JC Chan]

The Castle Air Museum is very closed to KMER, Merced-Castle airport, there are lot of awesome airplanes in the museum.

 

[Leyrah]

I've been to castle airport at least 12 times. I felt like a kid in a candy store every single time.
Highly recommend if you haven't been, Castle Air Museum is a very short walk from the airport and admission is pretty cheap and completely worth it.

 

[JC Chan]

Leyrah, thanks. Totally agreed with you.

 

[bflynn]

The Castle Air Museum is very closed to KMER, Merced-Castle airport

Very close or very closed? By context I think you meant the first.

 

[JC Chan]

Sorry, typo.

 

[Peter Anderson]

Castle is an awesome spot.

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[baboss]

The Castle Air Museum is very closed to KMER, Merced-Castle airport, there are lot of awesome airplanes in the museum.
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B-50? Don't see those around much.

 

[SFDukie]

It’s well worth a trip. Fabulous resource!
As a bonus, you can ask yourself if you think you could land perpendicularly to the 11,800’ runway or how many times you could do a full stop landing, takeoff, and repeat on the long axis.

 

[clear_prop]

They do an open cockpit day a few times a year. Something to check for if you're planning a visit.

 

[Pinecone]

It’s well worth a trip. Fabulous resource!
As a bonus, you can ask yourself if you think you could land perpendicularly to the 11,800’ runway or how many times you could do a full stop landing, takeoff, and repeat on the long axis.

I did 6 t/o and landing to a full stop in one pass down the similar length runway at Barksdale in an Aero Club 7KCAB.