Place is a great visit for a step back in time. Planes and vehicles from the Golden era of American might. My son loved being able to look out the hangar doors and view the planes flying in out and out of john Wayne Airport.

This is actually the LYON AIR MUSEUM, SantaAna- CA. What an education and collection by this former pilot. Great for all ages. WW2 memorabilia, planes, vehicles and historical videos. Our guide Bill was really informative.

Excellent place to take your kids to they have war planes vehicles motorcycles all from world war II on up it is just a really cool place for the family to go to and the prices are very reasonable

What an amazing museum! There are some beautiful antique cars on display in pristeen condition! There is a mini theater that shows a very informative history about Henry Ford. It is right next to the airports ding strip and you can watch planes coming in and taking off! Great displays of the different war time heroes from past wars. A must see!!!

Wonderful tour with David Speakman of the World War II aircraft and capital a n d motorcycles and the incredible vintage vehicles. At the end opportunity for photo in front of aircraft.

Awesome to visit. Alot of cool tho gs with knowledgeable veterans able to speak about WWII.

This museum is very cool! Its completely indoors, so the wind, heat and rain are no issue when visiting. They change out displays every few months so there is something new to see all the time. They have a kid interactive area where there are some cars and a plane that the kids can climb into and have fun. They have a huge selection of planes inside of this hangar. It is amazing! The staff are very knowledgeable and they will take you around on a tour as well.The prices are very reasonable. I really like that school groups are FREE to attend! The museum is tucked away, so be sure to take the service road all they way to the back. You will not be disappointed.

Interested in old airplane and cars? Pay this place a visit. Check Groupon for discount.

Love airplanes, right off the John Wayne Airport runway..look whichever way..planes!!

Unbelievable amount of history and knowledge packed into this facility. Highly recommend. The displays are constantly changing and evolving.

Great little museum. Theve got some really neat stuff. You can get around the whole place pretty quick, but the docents always have fun stories and the items change as well.

Found it while out riding my motorcycle. Did not go in due to time restrictions but looks cool.

Overall a great educational experience: The atmosphere invites your imagination to relieve history. Guides are a pleasure to listen to: I say it for myself and from observing a 10-12 YO listen attentively to his guide. My 8YO loved the museum. The place is impecable and every detail is considered. I wish could have stayed the whole day.

Nice but needs a larger pedestrian/bike/etc walkway.

Cool place for aviation buffs some real classics thank the lord I did not have to serve on one of these highest respect for those that fought fascism in one bravest men there ever was hats off boys.

We had a blasty blast here at the Lyon mueseum. They have a small movie theather here where we saw a film on D Day. Not a long film just long enough to learn a few things! Admission was only $12.00 and parking was great. There was a hotdog cart outside for fend off the hungries! Over all I give the Lyon Mueseum of Avaition two props up!!

Great collection of vehicles. Perfect for a local day attraction!

Took the tour of lyon air museum

They have nice airplanes to watch plus historic cars. You can see active airplanes

A great place to visit and explore!

History Rich, amazing air museum.,very knowledgeable veteran volunteers to answer any and all questions. Great time..😎👍

Lovely experience, great time with the kids. People there were very helpful

We loved visiting this little museum! Awesome to see the planes taking off on one side of the museum. Great exhibit! Friendly staff!

Must see.... great historical value...

A very nice museum. It was smaller than expected, but great to get up close to the planes and vehicles.

Awesome exhibit!! Beautiful cars, planes, everything. Were bringing friends back this weekend!

Amazing experience♡♡♡Friendly staff (seriously really good customer service), airplanes and cars in excellent conditions (Actually, I think is highly import to emphasize that nowadays this planes STILL flying on air faires and random expositions during the year), they play a movie (black&white long version) about strategies and US airport bases during WW2 (in their own and unique theater inside the museum for the same price), also I find out that you can request a private fly for about 200$ or 300$ an hour. Dudee!! that is freaking awsome!!! Plenty to watch and learn if you are really into Airfield or WW2 like me. Please come by early!! Dont make my mistake of getting there noon because they close at 4pm, so I did not finish to look at everything. I fall in love with the museum♡ I will be back for sure!!♡♡♡.

Great place

Great place. Great staff and history.

Excellent museum of period aircraft, cars, motorcycles, and other displays. Good signage, history, nice people. Can get quite close to displays. Good views of active runways as well.

A must see and take a tour if youre in Orange County and near the John Wayne Airport especially of you like vintage cars and WWII war planes.

The Lyon Air museum had an amazing collection. The docents were knowledgeable and helpful.

This is an incredible museum! Skip the docent gave us an incredible one on one tour. He is very knowledgeable and informative. Thank you Skip!

This is the most incompetent group of business people and mechanics you will ever come across. Dont waste your time and money!Sincerely,Michael D.

At this place Martin Aviation you will be able to have all your needs met anything that needs to be done will be done professionally outstanding service very helpful staff thank you very much.

Talk about living history! The beautifully restored planes, vehicles and artifacts are up close and personal allowing you to feel a connection with the people that flew them. There’s lots of informational postings as well. If that’s not enough the docents are a trove of living history as many flew the very aircrafts on display.

We loved it, very interesting, and even the kids liked it and learned a lot!

Multiple visits to Lyon Air Museum.Never disappointed as it is a very patriotic environment with working airplanes from WW Ii as well as very informative exhibits.Have had my grandsons there and will definitely visit again.

What a great trip back in time. Nice selection of fine aircrafts ready to take the air. And being on John Wane airport add to the feel.

Right next door to the Lyon Air Museum, Martin Aviation has been at John Wayne airport longer than Ive been alive. Used to be next to TallMantz Aviation which also had an impressive warbird collection years ago.

Awesome Service on my plane!

The Lyon Air Museum exhibits mainly World War 2 era aircraft and vehicles along with memorabilia from the War era. When I was there they also had a Helms Bakery truck that bought back sweet childhood memories. There were also several Porsches on display. I was impressed by the B17 Flying Fortress and an American Airlines DC 3. They are both magnificently restored. There are helpful, knowledgeable docents who are happy to answer questions or, in case, toot the whistle in the Helms truck and bring back memories of happy days.

Great service. Great people that know how to treat their customers and visitors. Their museum has a variety of things to look at from world war 1 and 2. Really recommend going and seeing what they have. Their planes are air worthy so you can take a flight in a world War 2 airplane. I had a lot of fun here. It was awesome.

Wonderful place for kids. My 5 year old grandson loves it!! The planes on exhibit change throughout the year, so always interesting. There are special event days, so be sure to check out the website.

For those not aware of WW2 this would be a good place to start your education. Lots of airplanes on display plus all kinds of other vehicles from that era. The docents are the absolute best. Great people. Not an expensive ticket either. Only downside is there are only vending machines for drinks and no snack bar.

Cool place. Lots of history

Always a great place to visit with the family. Kids have a wonderful time as they watch airplanes take off from the John Wayne Airport.

Really fun, cool place to go if you love aeronautical history! On top of that, they always have some other display (typically historical vehicles) with their amazing airplanes.

An interesting place

So many beautiful planes, cars, and motorcycles. All of them are in good enough condition to fly. You are able to look into the insides of the planes which I really appreciate. The volunteers are super knowledgeable as well. You also have some great views of the planes taking off at John Wayne Airport.

I decided to check this place out when I kept seeing WW2 planes fly around my work area. The museum has a lot of history. If you love planes you definitely need to check this place out. I signed up to fly on the B-24 AKA Witchcraft. It was expensive but well worth it. I got to see parts of Orange County, and Long Beach that not many get to see. The pilots were amazing, professional, and very friendly. I have a higher respect for the troops of WW2. The planes have a lot of history. Its amazing its still in very good shape when it was built in 1939. The mechanics take very good care of the planes. I highly recommend flying on the planes if you have the money to do so. It is pricey. However if you add the cost of plane fuel, the maintenance of the craft, plus the flight paths. Its pretty fair. Im definitely going to check out the other planes once the event goes on again. Its a life time experience that you simply can not pass up. This is also coming from someone thats afraid of heights.

Enjoyable. Kids love watching the plans take off from JWA. I like learning history.

The events they hold at the museum are incredible. My kid loves coming here and it has become a second home to us.

Nice little museum.

A Wonderful Experience!!!

What great steel back in time.

Fun place to see some air planes.. but be warned!!!! No ac there so if hot outside then hot I side and not fun at all .. I was there and it was hell trying to enjoy planes and the heat gets to you fast...buy other than that if you go on a cool day its cool....

My father is the historian, we went for him. He love it to pieces. Real vets volunteering on staff, tons of history, everything a WW2 aficionado could ask for. Just not for me.

Clean place, organized and full of history.

Great place

A really great little museum. Lived in OC my entire life and just discovered this place. Out docent Larry was terrific.

Great place. The museum is wonderful

Martin Aviation was a great experience they had some really good bombers in the plains and they had motorcycles and cars everything was in excellent condition and we couldnt be more happy because they had people there that would escort you around and explain everything about all the old planes of World War II I recommended highly

Took my daughter here and it was amazing

Very cool. Limited collection, but incredible to see a B17 in all its glory. Dont miss Hitlers actually parade car.

The museum is a little hidden off a main road but it is worth it! The collection is on the smaller side but its well taken care of and it isnt overwhelming. They also have a great view of the runway so you can see a lot of aircraft movement too.

Ive never been here before, and you like old WWII planes and other equipment you to go check it out. If you are car enthusiast they have several Ferraris on display. Old and new, theyll be on display until September!

Was a little $$ for the size (took about 45 min to get around everything) but the staff was pretty knowledgeable... they also followed us around and watched us like hawks. I guess it was a slow day. Haha

Very cool airplane and military museum, lots of world war 2 planes and vehicles, a few things previously owned by Steve McQueen. Well worth the price of admission. They were even flying some old fighters while we were there.

Brought my wife along with my parents. We all enjoyed it.

Beautiful collection of military aircraft and vehicles. Had an amazing conversation with a veteran pilot who helped explain some of the displays and got to swap some stories of being in the military.

Super cool place with amazing old cars, planes, motorcycles. Look inside an old bomber plane from WWII.

Excellent museum! Great guides full of information. Fun for the entire family

Very cool. Amazing place. The history.

Did a catering job there, its nice inside. I have to check it out more next time.

Lyon is not a very big Museum but what is there is a very high quality. I very much enjoy this place.

Eclectic collection of areo and automotive memorabilia including one of Dan Gurneys Indy cars and a classic 1960s Ferrari. They actually had one of two half track Mercedes armored vehicles made for top brass during WWII. The collection is always in flux, so you never know what youll see when you get there.

Didnt visit Martin Aviation. Actually went to the Lyon Air Museum. The museum is incredible, no clue how to rate Martin Aviation.

Great museum on the opposite side of John Wayne Airport. Ask the volunteers in the blue shirts about the items in the museum, they love talking about the items.

What a nice museum. Clean and bright inside. A very friendly staff as well.

Love this place

Just simply amazing to see, a must if you like Planes & History! Perfect for kids too!👍💙

Had a very impressive selection of planes and ferraris, very much worth the price of admission

Docents very helpful. Exhibits first class

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Since I was there to apply for a job .... I can say it was AWESOME. 😄

Great place for seeing airplanes that made history.

Its cool small experience with the kidss

Great to take kids and groups. Got to sit in a fighter plane cockpit and fool around.

Loved the new movie about General Lyon

Loved the exhibits and staff hands on were great well done

Really nice small museum. Lots of history!

I had a great time checking out the bombers and vintage bikes!

I love planes

Small but very cool museum attached to aviation company.

Excellent. Very helpful and informative docents.

Awesome place with passionate guides! Highly recommend!

Great Military Museum also to watch the planes fly over.

Super cool place to just look around.

A beautiful collection of world War 2 planes, cars and motorcycles