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Edward Chavez (1917-2004) is a recognized master within the aircraft model-making community. In 1961, the Nut Tree Restaurant commissioned its first Chavez model after Edwin Power, a pilot and one of the restaurant's owners, had seen Chavez's work in the collection of the National Air and Space Museum. Over the next 27 years, from 1961 to 1988, Chavez built 27 models for the restaurant with occasional assistance from his friend Robert Fogg. In 1996, after 75 years of successful operation, the Nut Tree Restaurant closed. The airfield, donated to Solano County in 1973, continues to operate as the Nut Tree Airport.
The models in the Nut Tree Restaurant and Airfield Model Aircraft Collection represent aircraft of historic importance. In 1997, the majority of the collection was acquired by the San Francisco Airport Museums. This ongoing exhibition is a selection of artist's work from the collection of San Francisco Airport Museums.