United States Army Aviation Museum
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| Established | 1956 Open to public: 1968 |
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| Location | Fort Rucker, Alabama 36330 |
| Director | Army Aviation Museum Foundation |
| Website | ArmyAviationMuseum.org |
The United States Army Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located on Fort Rucker near Daleville, Alabama. It has the largest collection of helicopters held by a museum in the world.[1][2] The museum features some 50 aircraft on public display with aviation artifacts ranging from a replica of the Wright brothers' Model B military biplane to an AH-64 Apache from Operation Desert Storm. The museum has over 160 aircraft in its collection and holds 3,000 historical items.[3]
Collection
On display
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- Wright Model B replica
- AH-64 Apache from Operation Desert Storm
- Bell AH-1G and AH-1S Cobras
- Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw
- Piasecki CH-21C Shawnee
- Sikorsky CH-37B Mojave
- Boeing-Vertol CH-47A Chinook
- Sikorsky CH-54A Tarhe
- H-23A Raven
- H-25A Army Mule
- OH-13C and OH-13E Sioux
- OH-23B Raven
- OH-58D Kiowa
- OH-6A Cayuse x 2
- R-4B Hoverfly I
- R-5 Dragonfly x 2
- Sikorsky R-6A Hoverfly II
- TH-13T Sioux
- TH-55A Osage
- UH-1B Iroquois (Huey) x 2
- UH-1H Iroquois
- YUH-1D/H Iroquois
- VH-34A Army One
- AH-56A Cheyenne
- YAH-64A Apache
- YUH-60 Black Hawk
- Nieuport 28C-1
- Royal Aircraft Factory BE-2C
- Sopwith F.1 Camel replica
- Piper J-3 Cub
- Curtiss JN-4D Jenny
- Aeronca L-16A Champ
- Cessna L-19A Bird dog
- Taylorcraft L-2A Grasshopper
- Piper L-4B Cub
- Grumman OV-1B Mohawk
- Curtiss SE-5A
- de Havilland Canada U-1A Otter
- de Havilland Canada YC-7A Caribou
- de Havilland Canada YU-6A Beaver
Other notable aircraft
- Sikorsky S-72 Rotor Systems Research Aircraft (RSRA)
- McDonnell XV-1 Convertiplane
- Ryan XV-5B Vertifan
- Hawker XV-6A Kestrel
- Ryan VZ-3RY Vertiplane
- YH-41A Seneca
- Curtiss-Wright VZ-7
Sources: US Army Aviation Museum collection pages[4][5][6]
See also
References
- ^ Phillips 1992, p. 37.
- ^ Purner 2004, p. 204.
- ^ Army Aviation Museum Collection, ArmyAviationMuseum.org.
- ^ Museum Collection, rotary wing, ArmyAviationMuseum.org.
- ^ Museum Collection, fixed wing, ArmyAviationMuseum.org.
- ^ Museum Collection, vertical flight, ArmyAviationMuseum.org.
- Phillips, Cody R. A Guide to U.S. Army Museums, DIANE Publishing, 1992. ISBN 0-7881-4671-8.
- Purner, John. 101 Best Aviation Attractions. McGraw-Hill, 2004. ISBN 0-07-142519-5.
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