The Bob Pond collection was called "Planes of Fame East" when it was in Minnesota, as he was good friends with the Planes of Fame Museum founder, Ed Maloney. The Pond collection was relocated to the museum he built in Palm Springs, CA when he retired to that city. The Palm Springs Air Museum was established in 1996, but it probably took a year to get it ready to receive the collection. For those who don't know, Palm Springs is a retirement community and resort / retreat area of Los Angeles / Hollywood, a little less than a two-hour drive east of LA and about 30 minutes quicker from Planes of Fame. The museums continue to be closely affiliated today and often send aircraft to each other's events. You can see both in the same day in a pinch, but I would recommend the at least the better part of a day for each.
Aircraft Galley | Palm Springs Air Museum
Miss Angela is still around and is in beautiful condition. The last time I saw her they had a table and display selling the book
A Higher Call. She even has her own air conditioned hangar! In fact, a large portion of the collection is in air conditioned hangars (a nice feature in the Palm Desert) - it really is a beautiful museum and the WW2 collection is organized into European and Pacific theaters. I highly recommend it to anyone who is visiting Southern California.