Museum of Aviation

For the similarly named museum in Serbia, see Museum of Aviation (Belgrade).

The Museum of Aviation is the second-largest aerospace museum of the United States Air Force. The museum is located just outside Warner Robins, Georgia, and near Robins Air Force Base. It has a total of five different buildings containing 93 different aircraft on 51 acres (21 ha). The SR-71A Blackbird on display is the current record holder for flight airspeed. Serial number 61-7958 set an absolute speed record of 1,905.81 knots (2,193.2 mph; 3,529.6 km/h) on July 28, 1976, which stands today.[1]

Contents

Aircraft on Display

Bombers

  • North American B-25J "Mitchell"
  • Douglas (B-26C) A-26C "Invader"
  • Boeing B-29B "Superfortress"
  • Boeing B-52D "Stratofortress"
  • Martin RB-57A "Canberra"

Cargo Aircraft

  • Lockheed AC-130 "Spectre" Gunship
  • DeHallivand C-7A "Caribou"
  • Beechcraft C-45G "Expeditor"
  • Curtis C-46 "Commando"
  • Douglas C-47A "Skytrain"
  • Douglas C-54G "Skymaster"
  • Lockheed C-60 "Lodestar"
  • Fairchild C-119B "Flying Boxcar"
  • Douglas C-124C "Globemaster" II
  • Lockheed C-141C "Starlifter"
  • Lockheed EC-121K "Constellation"
  • Boeing KC-97L "Stratofreighter"
  • Fairchild UC-123K "Provider"
  • Cessna UC-78 "Bobcat"
  • Lockheed VC-140B "Jetstar"
  • Lockheed YMC-130H "Hercules"
  • Boeing EC-135N "Stratolifter"

Fighters

  • Cessna Cessna A-37A "Dragonfly"
  • McDonnell-Douglas F-4C "Phantom II"
  • McDonnell-Douglas F-4D "Phantom II" MiG Killer
  • Lockheed F-80C "Shooting Star"
  • Republic F-84F "Thunderstreak"
  • Northrop F-89J "Scorpion"
  • McDonnell F-101B "Voodoo"
  • Lockheed F-104A "Starfighter"
  • Convair F-106A "Delta Dart"
  • MiG-17 "Fresco"
  • Curtiss P-40N "Warhawk"
  • North American P-51D "Mustang"
  • McDonnell-Douglas F-15A "Eagle"
  • Republic F-84E "Thunderjet"
  • North America F-86H "Sabre"
  • N. American F-100C "Super Sabre"
  • Convair F-102A "Delta Dagger"
  • Republic F-105G "Thunderchief"
  • General Dynamics F-111E "Aardvark"
  • BAE Lightning Mk.53Ê
  • McDonnell RF-101C "Voodoo"
  • General Dynamics F-16A "Fighting Falcon" Former USAF Thunderbird

Helicopters
  • Bell TH-13M "Sioux"
  • Bell UH-1F "Iroquois"
  • Bell UH-1P "Iroquois"
  • Benson X-25A "Gyrocopter"
  • Sikorsky MH-53M Pave Low

Missiles and Drones

  • AIM 4D, E, F, G "Falcon"
  • AIM 9L "Sidewinder"
  • AIM 26A "Super Falcon"
  • Douglas AIR-2A "Genie"
  • Northrop AGM-136A "Tacit Rainbow"
  • Ryan AQM-34V "FireBee"
  • Ryan BQM-34F "FireBee"
  • Lockheed D-21 Drone
  • Martin MGM-13A "Mace"
  • Martin TM-61A "Matador"
  • Cessna MGM-107D Target Drone
  • Boeing YCGM-121B "Seek Spinner"
  • Raytheon AGM-88 "HARM"
  • Raytheon AIM-120

Trainers
  • North American T-6G "Texan"
  • North American T-28 "Trojan"
  • Lockheed T-33A "Shooting Star"
  • Cessna T-37B "Tweety Bird"
  • Northrop T-38A "Talon"

Special Aircraft

  • BaE Concorde
  • Grumman HU-16B "Albatross"
  • Cessna L-19A/O-1E "Bird Dog"
  • Cessna O-2A "Super Skymaster"
  • Lockheed SR-71A "Blackbird"
  • Lockheed U-2D "Dragon Lady"
  • Cessna U-3B "Blue Canoe"
  • Rockwell U-4B "Aero Commander"
  • DeHavilland U-6A "Beaver"
  • Helio U-10D "Super Courier"
  • Aeronca Champ 7AC
  • 1896 Chanute Glider
  • Epps 1912 Monoplane
  • Laister-Kauffman TG-4A "Yankee Doodle"
  • Rockwell OV-10 "Bronco"

Gallery

Other Air Force museums

See: National Museum of the United States Air Force and National Museum of the USAF #Other Air Force museums

References

  1. ^ A-12, YF-12A, & SR-71 Timeline of Events

External links