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OPEN COCKPIT three WingS over the great War Saturday SePtember 9 10am-2Pm triPlane FighterS in World War i period, the large wings blocked pilot Sopwith Triplane visibility in many directions—an impor- tant consideration in aerial combat. Sopwith engineers sought to address this by designing a new fighter replac- ing two broad-chord wings with three narrow ones—and the Sopwith Triplane was born. The new Sopwith had been designed with pilot visibility in mind, but pilots By Jon Welte discovered that the three-wing configu- ration gave it remarkable maneuverabil- HALLOWEEN HANGAR HAUNT century ago it created a sensa- ity and climb performance. When intro- tion when it appeared in the Saturday duced in combat in 1917, the Triplane warn-torn skies of Western october 28 gained an enviable reputation in a very Europe. Sporting three wings and A short time. Canadian ace Raymond 10am-12Pm flown by a fearless squadron with dis- Collishaw flew the Triplane while lead- tinctively-painted markings, the new helicoPter ing 10 Naval Squadron’s B flight in com- aircraft alarmed enemy pilots on sight. PumPkin droP bat over the Western Front. Painting In the hands of its most skilled opera- their aircraft black, the Canadians at 12noon tors these planes felled nearly a hun- met with enormous success—even dred hostile aircraft in scarcely three when they tangled with the legendary months. The aircraft that achieved all Jagdstaffel 11, commanded by Manfred of this at the beginning of 1917…was von Richthofen. the Sopwith Triplane, designed and PENINSULA built in Great Britain. The experience of von Richthofen and his Flying Circus (then a squadron of bright- OKTOBERFEST Biplane construction, used success- ly painted Albatross fighters) and other fully by the Wright Brothers for their Saturday German pilots led to a proliferation of first airplane in 1903, remained com- triplane designs in the Imperial German october 14 mon throughout the First World War. war machine. Designer Anthony Fokker 5Pm – 10Pm Fighters—airplanes capable of attack- inspected a Sopwith Triplane that had ing other airplanes—became supremely See Page 7 been forced down behind German lines. important, as without control of the air For detailS Impressed, Fokker led his team in an the reconnaissance airplanes that the effort to develop a triplane with superior competing armies increasingly relied performance, and the first prototypes on had no hope of survival. B2: Two-Line Lock-up flew in the summer of 1917. The new 1/3 In 1916 Britain’s Sopwith Aviation plane, designed Fokker Dr. I (“Dr” for 1/3 Company introduced the Sopwith Pup, dreidecker, or triplane), was taken up by 1/3 Smithsonian Institution a traditional biplane fighter. While von Richthofen’s squadron for evaluation 1/3 Affiliations Program easy to fly and effective for its time at the end of August. Von Richthofen 1/3 1/3 1/3 1/3 himself flew the new Fokker at the beginning of September 1917 Sopwith Camel ruled the skies at the time of the Armistice— HILLER AVIATION MUSEUM BENEFITING THE MUSEUM’S and quickly shot down two Allied aircraft, reporting back that yet even these would be obsolete long before the shadow of war PRESENTS the Dr. I was superior to existing equipment. fell across Europe once more just two decades later. AVIATION AND STEM EDUCATION PROGRAMS Both the Sopwith and Although two Fokker triplanes had excep- Sopwith Triplanes tional maneuverability due are preserved Keynote by Airline Captain, Olympian, to a convergence of two in museums, no and JetBlue Technology Ventures President unrelated factors. First, the original Fokker Bonny Warner Simi Fokker Dr. 1 triplane structure itself. By Dr. I triplanes Triplane spreading the lift required exist today. A to make the airplane fly handful of surviv- Not Even among three wings instead of two, the individual wings could ing aircraft found NAME their way to exhi- be smaller. In the Sopwith Triplane, the wings were made nar- Restoration team working on the new their way to exhi- rower, improving pilot visibility (and also aerodynamic efficien- bitions in German DR.1 Fokker Triplane ADDRESS cy). The Fokker triplane took a different approach and short- museums, but the ened the wings instead. Although the initial Fokker prototypes all were destroyed during World War II. However, the iconic is had inadequate aileron control (the British plane had ailerons design remains a popular subject for reproduction aircraft. Sky CITY, STATE, ZIP on each wing, while the Fokker did not), in service both planes The Hiller Aviation Museum’s Restoration Shop is fabricating a had excellent turn rates and exceptional climb performance. full-scale replica, authentic in design from its steel tube-welded PHONE construction to the intricate wooden ribs of its triple wings. the Turning performance in both designs was further enhanced Destined for the Museum’s Beginnings of Flight collection, the by their use of rotary engines. The first adapted to use in air- EMAIL Fokker tells a story of rapid technological progress, and equally Limit planes was the French Gnome engine, designed and built by rapid obsolescence, that resonates in Silicon Valley today much the Seguin brothers. The rotary engine differs from either in- £ My payment is enclosed as it did in the skies of Western Europe a century ago. line or radial engines in that the entire engine rotates around BENEFIT GALA £ Contact me about sponsorship a crankshaft that is stationary and bolted to the airframe. The Resources £ I cannot attend; enclosed is my donation propeller is simply attached to the engine and rotates along Fokker: The Creative Years, A R Weyl, 1965 £ I would like to donate an in-kind auction prize with it. Rotary engines were mechanically simple, relatively Fokker – The Man and His Aircraft, Henri Hegener, 1961 lightweight and had excellent cooling characteristics. Lincoln MAIL TO: Richthofen, Beyond the Legend of the Red Baron, Peter Kilduff, 1993 Rebecca Duran, VP of Development Beachey famously traveled to France before the war to secure Hiller Aviation Museum two such engines for use in his aerobatic aircraft. 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welCome members! We would like to welcome the following new President’s and returning members May through July: Perspective Shari and Soam Acharya, Raul Aguilar and Eva Chapa, Aadel Al-Jadda and William Levin and Nina Shulman, Leya and Steve Leydiker, James Li and Diana Droubi, Jason and Christine Allen, Mustafa Arisoylu and Mujgan Frances Chiu, Huiqiu LI and Gang Sun, Yanping Li and Yun Wang, Jiali Li Dilek Arisoylu, Ana Arriaga and Bernabe Chavez, R.L. and N. Atchison, Eric and Yan Ye, Shu Dong Li and He Qiu Zhen, Issac Lian and Hengle Li, YiLi t’s been an and Erika Bailey, Jayaprakash Balachandran and Kalyani Rengarajan, Liang and Cindy Lee, Philip Liang and Isabella Tsao, Bella Liberman and Dennis Baras, Susan Battaglia, Carol Bauman and Robert, rzykucki, Ron Todd Drullinger, Don Lintz, Cece Liu and James Atkinson, Mary and Kahai exciting summer Berkovits and Laura Schleusz, Shawn and Suzette Berry, Deepthi Bhupathi Logan, Chris Logan, Ki Lok and Hannes Magnusson, Donald J. and, hyllis E. atI the Museum! and Srikanth Kurmana, Jonas Blanck, Jessica and Daniel Blatnik, Jen M. Long, Tony and Tracy Lucia, Silvano Luciani and Maier Arail Castillo, Paul Aviation Camp and Ueyn Block, Mark Jon Bluth and Michelle Danzer, Dave and Carolyn Maa and Jamie Johnston, Akhil Madhani and Shannon, eavey, Harish and Bolan, Dariusz and Stanley Bolski, Alex Bonne, David Bower and Sally Shubha Magganmane, Niloo and Navid Mansourian, Beth and Mario soared with over Glaser, Leigh Bradbury, Marco and Anna Brambille, Kris and Kim Branson, Marcondes, Roselena Martinez and Jose Arocha, Yoshinori and Yukiko 1,200 participants Leo Bridgeford and Cong Luo, Patricia Burchat and Anthony Norcia, Anna Matsunobu, Leslie and Mark Matteucci, Jeanne McElhatton, Eric and and a heavy focus and Alex Burlyga, Nicoline Buttler, Vitaly Bychuov and Mariya Shannon McGovern, Becky and John Medina, Theeraputh Mekathikom Stepanischeva, Stella Calder and David Balfe, John Canny and Nicole and Warista Ananraya, Salma Merritt, David and Virginia Merwin, Jason on aviation science, Vanausdall, Meredith Carpenter and Gregory Hamilton, Mira and Mike and Katherine Miller, Thomas Miller, D.G. Mitchell, Jackson Reza Moezi bringing young people Carrington, Nathan Carroll and Yume, hung, Natalie and Albert Cerussi, and Victoria Farr, Lionel and Ewa Mohri, Mia and John Moretti, Rand a bit closer to their Ana and Jenny Chairez, Saurev and Bornali Chatterjee, Seema and Morimoto and Ana Henderson, Lisa and Merrin Morse, John Mulcahy and Hatinder Chawla, John Chen and Chuyung Lin, Xi Chen and Xianbiao Shu, Nancy Bui, Sam Muppalla and Meera Sripathy, Peter Murray and Robin dreams of flight with hands-on experiences that Zhezhe Chen and Lingdi Zhao, Hui Chen and Jin Zhou, Mary and Chih- Talmadge, Boyoung Myeong and Seounghun Lee, Clarissa Naftzger and are unique in the Bay Area. Cheng Chen, Roger and Jennie Chen, Ida Cheng and, atrick Egloff, Hitesh Jorge D. Martino, Assaf and, enni Namer,, aul K.C. and Maria Antonia R We are steadily making progress in Chhatrala and Sunny Trikha, Shou Chin and Ying Ji, Wallace and Carol Narth, Lori Newkirk and Aldo Gomez, Caren and Alex Neydavoud, David A. developing new exhibits for the museum. Chin,, atricia and John Chocano, Jae and Yoon A. Choi, Hemant Choksi and Norris, Isabelle Nuage and Xavier Launay, Julian O’Dea, Elizabeth Oliva Amishi, atel, Max and Lisa Chuang, Henry Chun and Jayne Chu, Jeremy and Erik Merilo, James O’Neill and Tatiana Grzeszkiewicz, Deborah and Work continues on our real time air traffic and and Stephanie Clark, Jennifer and Kevin Coakley, Steven Cobbledick, Ken Frans Op den Kamp, Geoffrey and, erfecta Oxholm, Arzu Ozkan and Eric meteorology display along the south wall of the and Keri Cochran, Louis C. Cogliani, David and Tal Cohen, Doug Coke, Evan, Mark , alatucci and Katie Antypas, Bridgette and Michael, aravati, aircraft gallery, funded by the JetBlue Foundation. Gloria and David Comfort, Lance and Charlie Conn, Rochel Cook and Hollis Jacqueline , arr, James , aton, Michael and Stephanie, atterson, William , Shoor, Coreen Cousins and Zachary Amsden, Rachel and, aul Cross, Juan atterson,, eter and Beata, eal, Benjamin , erley, Charles and Almira, ilgrim, Part of this project includes a program in which Cruz, Brent Cyca and Sunita Sastry, Yejun Dai and Feifeng Yang, T. Roger Milagros , ineda and Emiliano Camilli, Marta , inilla and Tomas Barreto, W. participants perform the roles of dispatchers, crew Danielson, Andrei Danin and Olga Danina, Janet and Brian Davis, Venita Jay and Cynthia S., lank, Mike and Claudia, ohl, Wolfgang , olak, Brad and schedulers, meteorologists and ATC specialists De Almeida and Sanjeev Satyal, Kimberly Dempsey and Fredrick Randall Leslie, orter, Adam and Heather, rewett, Scott , ribble, Leigh M. and Brian Wilburn, Jindrich Dinga and Jitka Dingova, Kiran Dintakurthi and, adma- J., yle, Yufeng Qin and Qiong Liu, Phong Quach and, hung Tran, Karen and in a role-playing simulation of real world airline vathi Singamsetty, Louie Donesa and Melinda Lojo, Elizabeth Dougherty Daniel Rabe, Gilead and Mika Raday, Robert Raffai and Yoko Kuramoto, operations. Primarily intended for use in our and Jeffrey Blair, Mary and Gary Driedger, Daphna Dror and Nicolas Anand Ramanathan, Hector Ramos and Ligia Camara, Knute and Rachel school programs, plans also include creating a Lidzborski, Robin and Dejana Dua, Jonathan Dubin, David and Katherine Ream, Michelle Regner and Lynn Duong, Katherine Reilly and Randy version in which casual visitors on weekends, both Dulany, William and Johanna Durrett, Shalyn and Randall Eason, Dan and Shoup, Josip Relota, Jenny and Gerald Risk, Jessalyn Rizzi, Alisha and Margaret Edwards, Alex Eisenhart, Dave and Sue Ellis, Kjell Enander, Larry Jason Roberts, Sarah and Struan Robertson, Kristen and Rian Robison, adults and children, can participate in regularly Enoksen, Hector A. Espinola, Robin Estrada and Jeronimo Soriano Estrada, Veronica Rodriguez Nava and Tim Owens, Melissa and Robert Roselli, scheduled programs to discover the fascinating Mary Ezra and Yeuk Yuan, Kirsi and Carsten Fichte, Eugene and Marina Mary and Jane Rosenberger, Mark and Lisa Rosenthal, Al Ruffinelli, behind-the-scenes activities that take place during Flyash, Anna Fomina and Valentin Kuzuetsou, Jae and Keith Foy, Tamir and Shellie Sakamoto and John Takemoto, Bonni-Jo and Sergio Salazar, Marie Lisa Frankel, Robert Freedman, Abhay Gangadharan and Sartay Chanchal, Elise Sallat and Jose Luis Villasante, Katie and Laith Salma,, am and Oscar airline operations. Ying Gao, Katherine Garcia and John Brown, Crystal and Divonne Garza, Salvatierra, Miguel and Kara Sanchez, Saket Saurabh and Barkha Saxena, Thank you for supporting our mission to Jon and Ruth Gavin,, ippa and Alex Gawley, Cathy and Charlie Gerstbacher, William Schick, Christopher Schmidt, Ken Schmidt, Kim and Karen Andre and Christine Gharagozian, Kripa Ghoman, Madhumita Schoknecht, Lisa and Marc Schonbrun, Hans and Mimi Schulz, Luciana and improve understanding of science and technology Ghoshdastidar, Jo Rawlins Gilbert, Ophelia and Eric Gillespie, Robert Ben Serridge, Anjani and Sanjay Shah, Anne Shahinian and Matthew using aviation as a gateway. There are great things Ginda and Tatiana Bachniak, James Giulianotti and Lois Wang, Tammy and Svrcek, Nidhi Sharma and Manvendu Bharadwaj, Donald G. and Elta coming, and we look forward to seeing you this Dimitri Glazkov, Hilary and Aumijo Gomes, Huiling Gong and Jun Zhao, Sharp, Thomas Shaughnessy, Subha and, rashanth Shetty, Wengfang Shi Pamela Gonzalez and Samuel Lopez, Ruth Gordon, Anca and Oscar R. and Hua Yang, Shailendra and Monica Shrotri, Geraldine Silverio and Leo fall at the Hiller Aviation Museum.. Goussen, James Green and Mike Grove, Stephanie Grethen and Michael Sevilla, Bonny and Anthony Simi, Aristotelis and Silke Sionides, Rukmini — Jeffery Bass, President & CEO Weisgerber, Vidyasagaya Grumtaka and Lino Abraham, Sandra Gu and Sivaraman and Arun Rajagopalan, Philip and Dea Smeed, Mellissa and Joshua Walker, Richard Yu Gu and Runmei Wu, Jun Hang Guan and Yan Brandon Smith, Jack Soares, Min-Kuk Song and Eunice Kim Song, Tong Lin, Melissa and Eric Gunsberg, Dinkar Gupta and Surabhi Agarwal, Jonathan and Joseph Sorger, David and Darin Spelber, Mukundan Michael Guthrie and Jeffrey Welser, Dave and Shana Hackworth, Charles Srinivasan and Rooplavanya Rangadurai, Madeline J. and Isaac Stein, and Crisanta Hafner, Ronna Haglili and Ran Milo, Thomas Hahn, Eugene and Alexandra Steinberg, Vincent and, atricia B. 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Stewart and Doug Stewart, Philip and Catherine Houdek, Ken Howarth Sutton, Edward Sweeney and Kathy Hansen Sweeney, Daniel Swinehart, donate your car, truck, rv, and Croft Family, Stephanie and Michael Hsai, Chunbo Huang and Liu Mark and Briana Tabery, Ariel Tang and Steven Mih, Shelley and Jonathan Wang, Bill Hudson and Nora Gibson, Ying Huo and Dahua Xie, Octavian Tang,, raveen Tayakuniyil and Adarna Shetty, Elke and Mustafa Tekin, boat, airplane and Flora Iancu, Rekha Iyer and Vinod Subramanian, Alan and Jennifer Radka Tezaur and Scott Coakley, David Theis, Joe Thomas and Soniya or helicopter Jacobs, Monali and Bhupendra Jain, Ankur Jain, Martin and Samantha Vijayakumar, Carlo and Viola Tognina, Wanyu Tseng and, hillip Lee, Michael Jameson, Heather and Matthew Javaheri, Karen Jenvey, David Jiang and, and Dana Uhl, Nicolai Utehin, Hans and Babette Van Antwerpen, Debra Van ui Shan Law, Li Jiang and LanLan Tang, Mauricio Joffre,, atrick Johnson Duynhoven and Chris Sine, George and Esther F. 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Education Programs Fall 2017

aviation camp Aero Design Challenge Fall/Winter Aviation Camp Open to Grades 5-12 Special Holiday Programs School Programs November 2017 – January 2018 Mon-Fri, October 23-27, 9:30 – 12:30 9 AM – 4 PM (Extended Hours Available) Public Program Take flight this holiday season at Aviation Camp! Build and fly model Wed, October 25, 2:00 – 5:00 aircraft, take on challenging flight simulations, explore Museum Launch an adventure in design and engi- aircraft and more while exploring a unique subject in flight. neering! Offered in conjunction with the Extreme Flight Bay Area Science Festival and through the generous support of Peaxy and SAP, the November 27 – December 1* Aero Design Challenge provides students Flight Science Lab unique aerospace-themed challenges. This December 21-22 year students design, build and test a high- Wright Flight performance glider. Space is limited and advance reservations are required December 26-29 Aero Engineers January 2-5 *No camp November 30. Partial week enrollment avail- Paper Planes able. Visit www.hiller.org for National Paper Airplane Contest more information. We’ll see you there! Fly for Fun Workshops Sundays, August 27 & September 17, 1 PM – 3 PM Competition Saturday, October 7, 10 AM – 2 PM Drone Rangers Do you have what it takes to join the best of the best? Join the National Adventures in Multirotor Flight Paper Airplane Contest and find out! Following internationally-accepted Grades K-5 rules, build and fly competition-worthy Saturdays, 10 AM – 12:30 PM paper planes in two different Fly for Fun workshops. To compete, register September 16, October 21, to fly with author and world-record November 11, December 2 holder John Collins on October 7. Join the robotic revolution at the Hiller Aviation Museum! Chil- Fly for Fun workshops are included with Museum admission. dren Grades K-5 investigate the technology of remotely piloted Pre-registration and a special program fee are required for the vehicles, master multirotor flight in the Drone Plex’s simulator competition. Visit www.hiller.org for details. lab, and earn their wings with basic flight training inside the Drone Plex cage. Each participant will take home a lightweight drone (no FAA registration required). Starlab Sky Shows Saturdays, September 30, October 14, November 25, December 9, 10:30 AM & 2 PM Explore the stars, planets and constellations of autumn beneath the Starlab dome! Each 30-minute presentation highlights night sky objects visible from your own backyard. Space is limited. Starlab ticket required www.hiller.org in addition to Museum admission, may be purchased the Admis- (650) 654-0200 sions Counter on the day of the program. OPEN DRONE STRIKE COCKPIT PRESENTATION & BOOK SIGNING calendar SATURDAY BY BILL YENNE SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 9 SATURDAY SEPT 23, 11AM Sat, SePt 9 • 10am-2Pm 10AM-2PM Open Cockpit Sun, SePt 17 • 1Pm-3Pm Who isn’t Paper Plane Contest – Fly for Fun fascinated with sitting Sat, SePt 23 • 10am-5Pm in an aircraft Smithsonian Museum Day cockpit? The Sat, SePt 23 • 11am Hiller Aviation Drone Strike, Presentation & Book Signing Museum regularly provides access to aircraft in Sat, SePt 30 • 10am-3Pm its exhibits. On September 9th the doors swing San Carlos Airport Open House open on many others, including the Boeing 737, Sat. SePt. 30 • 10:30am & 2Pm Grumman HU-16 Albatross, Aero L-39 and more to Starlab Sky Show provide a pilot’s eye view of theseB2: Ticonicwo-Line aircraft. Lock-up OCTOBER 1/3 SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE Sat, oct 7 • 10am-2Pm MUSEUM DAY Paper Airplane Contest - Competition 1/3 The idea of an armed, combat-configured SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 Sat, oct 14 • 10:30am & 2Pm 1/3 unmanned aerial vehicle, entered the Twenty-first Free admission all day for any SmithsonianCentury much as the idea of military airplanes Institutio had nStarlab Sky Show person (plus1/3 a guest) who entered the twentieth century – an untried and Sat, oct 14 • 5Pm-10Pm presents a Museum Day Admission untested concept suddenly thrust into the spotlight Peninsula Oktoberfest Card available in the September issue of Affiliationsin an unexpected global war. By 1999, Pr few peopleogra mSat, oct 21 • 5:30Pm-10:30Pm Smithsonian1/3 Magazine, or visit www.smithson- outside the military recognized the potential of Not Even the Sky is the Limit Gala ian.com/museumday to download1/3 your Museum 1/3 armed, unmanned flying vehicles, or Unmanned oct 23-27 •1/3 9:30am-12:30Pm Day Admission Card. Each card provides museum Combat Air Vehicles (UCAVs) as they were called. Aero Design Challenge access for two people (one Admission Card per Today, UCAVs form a vital arm of U.S. strike forces and are controlled from halfway around the world. Sat, oct 28 • 10am-12:00Pm household). Halloween Haunted Hangar In this book, the author picks up the UCAV story where he left off in his 2010 Specialty book NOVEMBER BIRDS OF PREY: Predators, Reapers and America’s Newest UAVs in Combat. Since that time, both thurS, nov 23 technology and battlefield doctrine have evolved Closed for Thanksgiving considerably and this book is a new window into Sat, nov 25 • 10:30am & 2Pm that world, providing a detailed inside look into Starlab Sky Show the present and future of robotic aerial warfare Sat, nov 25 • 9:30am-12Pm systems and technologies. Event included with Santa Arrives by Helicopter museum admission

HALLOWEEN HANGAR HAUNT Saturday oct 28, 10am-12 noon AIRPORT DAY 2017 FOOD TRUCK CRAZE helicoPter PumPkin droP at 12 noon! SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 Visit the Hiller 10AM-3PM CONTINUES! Aviation Museum this October for at hiller every WedneSday AIRPLANE & HELICOPTER RIDES * a frightful treat! 11am to 2Pm —rain or Shine! AIRCRAFT DISPLAYS * Come in costume The parking lot of the museum turns into a food and see the Gallery EXHIBITORS & VENDORS * FOOD TRUCKS * court every Wednesday. Several food trucks par- decked out in its EVENT AND PARKING ARE FREE ticipate in this gourmet event. The trucks rotate spooky Hallloween weekly, so come for your favorite truck or try decorations. Join something new! Dine under our porte-cochere, the creepy carnival or indoors when it’s a little cold, or, grab and go! games to earn spe- cial prizes, meet our flying witch and sign her special Halloween pumpkin. Join a spooky honor guard to accompany the witch to her helicopter before she takes off and splats the great orange gourd across the landscape below in a festive salute to the Halloween spirit! Event included with Museum admission. calendar GOURMET FOOD TRUCKS WedneSdayS 11am - 2Pm FLIGHT SIM ZONE, INVENTION LAB AND FMX FLIGHT SIM WeekendS 11am - 2Pm DRONE PLEX WeekendS 1Pm - 4Pm

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 HALLOWEEN HANGAR HAUNT SANTA CLAUS ARRIVES BY PENINSULA OKTOBERFEST! NEW HOURS: 5PM - 10PM Saturday oct 28, 10am-12 noon HELICOPTER— helicoPter PumPkin droP at 12 noon! MICROBREWS AND SEASONAL BEERS: can bring your own glass, 16oz EARLY THIS YEAR! pours). Oktoberfest brews avail- Visit the Hiller German Beers: november 25 • 10:30am Hofbrau Oktoberfest, Hofbrau HEFE, able for $5/pour. Discount tickets Aviation Museum rain or Shine. Weltenburg Dunkel, Anders VolBier, available on Eventbrite www. this October for doorS oPen at 9:45 Stiegle Radler, Fruh Kolsch hiller.org The museum admission a frightful treat! fee is free for museum members Come in costume Join the West Bay Community Band and sing Great Microbrews and Seasonal to the event. and see the Gallery Christmas carols while the kids line up to tell Beers from: EVENT WILL BE HELD decked out in its Santa their Christmas gift list. Santa will be at Devil’s Canyon, Uncommon Brewers, RAIN OR SHINE the Museum between 10:30AM and 12:30PM Anchor Brewing spooky Hallloween Oktoberfest is at hand! Over two decorations. Join before he heads back to the North Pole! German food by Little Red Riding hundred years after Crown Prince Truck will be available for separate the creepy carnival FREE EVENT. Ludwig and Princess Therese games to earn spe- purchase. Plenty of sausages, brat- of Saxony-Hildburghausen wed, wurst and sauerkraut cial prizes, meet our the Hiller Aviation Museum joins flying witch and sign the celebration with a special Two bands, the San Mateo Elks Oktoberfest Band and the return her special Halloween pumpkin. Join a spooky Oktoberfest beer, music and din- honor guard to accompany the witch to her of Bayern Maiden, The Rockin’ ing event on Saturday evening, Oktoberfest Band, playing the hits helicopter before she takes off and splats the October 14. great orange gourd across the landscape below directly from the tents in Munich. in a festive salute to the Halloween spirit! In honor of the great festival held Museum admission required to enter Event included with Museum admission. in Munich each year, the Peninsula the event. Beer glasses (required Oktoberfest will pour: for drink purchases) $5/each (or you Non – Profit Organization US POSTAGE PAID 60601 Sk1yw Skayyw Roaday, Sa nRo Caadrlos, CaliSafornn iaCa 9407rlos0 www, Cali.hiller.fornorg ia 94070 www.hiller.org San Carlos, CA PERMIT No. 96

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