Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum

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The Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum is located on the former grounds of Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado. The museum, which opened in 1994, is housed in the 40,000 sq-ft Hangar #1 built in 1939. The museum preserves the history of Lowry AFB's operations from 1938 to 1994 in its collection and research library. Features of the museum's collection include an Alexander Eaglerock biplane built in Englewood and a B-1A Lancer bomber.

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The museum holds over three dozen aircraft in its collection.

Adam A500 civilian utility aircraft based on a Burt Rutan design
Alexander Eaglerock, 1926 OX-5-powered biplane produced in Colorado
Nord 3202 French trainer aircraft
Vought A-7D Corsair II (No. 73-0996, "Speedwell") attack aircraft
Rockwell B-1A Lancer (No. 74-0160) strategic bomber, prototype number 3 and one of only two surviving B-1As
Douglas B-18A Bolo (No. 39-25) 1938 bomber based on the Douglas DC-2 airliner
Boeing GB-52B Stratofortress (No. 52-0005) strategic bomber
Martin EB-57E Canberra (No. 55-4293) electric warfare aircraft
McDonnell-Douglas F-4E Phantom II (No. 66-0286, "Julie") fighter-bomber
Grumman F-14A Tomcat fighter
Republic RF-84K Thunderflash (No. 52-7266) parasite tactical reconnaissance aircraft from the FICON project
North American F-86H Sabre (No. 53-1308) fighter
North American F-100D Super Sabre (No. 56-3417) fighter-bomber
McDonnell F-101B Voodoo (No. 58-0271) interceptor
Convair F-102A Delta Dagger (No. 56-0984) fighter
Lockheed F-104C Starfighter (No. 56-0910) fighter-bomber
Republic F-105D Thunderchief (No. 60-0508) fighter-bomber
General Dynamics FB-111A (No. 68-0297) fighter-bomber
Goodyear FG-1D Corsair racer
Vertol H-21B Shawnee (No. 55-4218) transport helicopter
Lear Jet executive jet transport
Piper J-3-65 Cub light aircraft
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (No. 56-1710) trainer aircraft
Cessna U-3 Blue Canoe (No. 57-5894) trainer aircraft
Beech UC-45 Expeditor (No. 42-37496) transport aircraft

Other notable displays include:

Space Station Freedom module mockup built by Martin Marietta
Eisenhower Room, displaying artifacts from President Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Summer White House" in Denver, Colorado
Lucasfilm X-Wing, 3/4 scale starfighter built to promote the rerelease of the first three Star Wars films in 1997, on long-term loan from Lucasfilm