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Colonel Vernon P. Saxon Aerospace MuseumNorthern Gateway To The Aerospace Valley
Located next to the Twenty Mule Team Museum in downtown Boron, the Colonel Vernon P. Saxon Aerospace Museum is dedicated to collecting, interpreting, preserving and displaying aeronautical and aerospace memorabilia from experimental flight research performed over the skies of Boron and the surrounding Aerospace Valley. Often referred to as the "Northern Gateway to the Aerospace Valley," the town of Boron has served as an entrance corridor for the runaways of Edwards Air Force Base for over 55 years. From the X-1's first breaking the sound barrier in 1947 to the first landing of NASA's Space Shuttle Enterprise the skies over Boron have been filled with thousands of experimental test flights by our NASA and Air Force neighbors at Edwards. The Saxon Aerospace Museum was dedicated on September 13, 1997 to the memory of Colonel Vernon P. Saxon, a former Vice-Commander at the Air Force Test Flight Center at Edwards. During his illustrious career Colonel Saxon spent 17 of his 30 years of military service stationed at Edwards. He also logged more than 4,000 flight hours and many of the missions he flew were over the skies of Boron and the surrounding areas. Some of the aircraft he flew during his 30 year career include the F-4, the A-1, the T-38 and his favorite the F-15. The Boron Chamber of Commerce would like to thank U. S. Borax, KJC Solar, the U. S. Air Force, and Team Boron ( James Welling, Ken Ross, Hugh Jamison, Melvin English, Bob Cunningham, and George LaMoureaux) for their generous donations of both time and money in making the dream of the Saxon Aerospace Museum, a reality. Click here to visit the official Colonel Vernon P. Saxon Aerospace Museum web site.
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