Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum
| Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum | |
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  Location within Florida | |
| Established | 1977 |
| Location |
Space Coast Regional Airport 6600 Tico Road Titusville, Florida |
| Coordinates | 28°31′18″N 80°47′40″W / 28.52169°N 80.79431°W |
| Type | Historic Aircraft |
| Website | Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum |
Valiant Air Command insignia
The Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum is located at the Space Coast Regional Airport, 6600 Tico Road, in Brevard County, just south of Titusville, Florida. The VAC contains vintage aircraft and a 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2) hangar with a restoration area.[1] The VAC also has a Memorabilia Hall with flight gear, dress uniforms, weapons and artifacts. The collection includes fixed and rotary wing aircraft from World War I to the present time.[2] The museum frequently acquires and restores aircraft.[2] The flagship aircraft of the museum is a C-47 Skytrain called "TICO Belle" which returned to flying status in July 2009 after the aircraft was involved in an accident.[3]
The collection
The museum collection includes:
- A-4C Skyhawk-airworthy, received January, 2014 [4]
- TA-4J Skyhawk
- A-6 Intruder
- A-7A Corsair - restored in 2014
- B-25 Mitchell
- Canberra TT.18 - Under restoration
- C-47A Skytrain
- C-123 Provider
- DH-82A Tiger Moth
- FM Wildcat
- F-5E Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration
- F-4J Phantom - restored in 2014
- F-8K Crusader
- F9F-5 Panther
- F-11F Tiger[4]
- F-16A Fighting Falcon - received in 2014
- F-14A Tomcat
- F/A-18 Hornet
- F-86 Sabre
- F-101B Voodoo[4]
- F-105 Thunderchief - Under Restoration
- L-4J Grasshopper
- ME-208 Messerschmitt
- MiG-15[5]
- MiG-21
- OV-1D Mohawk
- OV-10 Bronco
- P-51 Mustang (3/4 scale)
- S-2F Tracker
- TBM-3E Avenger
- T-2C Buckeye
- T-28 Trojan
- T-33 Shooting Star
- T-34C Turbo Mentor
- Epps 1907 Monoplane
- UH-1 Huey
- H-19 Sikorsky
See also
Notes
- ↑ Florida Today. The Fact Book: Your Guide to Brevard County (Melbourne, Florida: Florida Today, February 28, 2004), p. 119.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lyn Dowling. "Warbird Air Museum opens hangar doors," Florida Today, November 09, 2007, TgIF 25.
- ↑ Valiant Air Command website
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum. Museum brochure, circa 2014.
- ↑ http://www.vacwarbirds.org/AirplaneGallery/index.html
External links
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- Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum (Official Website)
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