Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum
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  Location within Florida | |
| Established | 1977 |
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| 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.[2] The flagship aircraft of the museum is a Douglas 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:
- Planes under restoration:[4]
| Aircraft | Registration | Joined | Restoration start date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North American F-100C Super Sabre | 2015 | April 2016 | In Resto For Static Display | |
| Boeing B-52 Stratofortress | Cockpit only. | |||
| English Electric Canberra TT.18 | ||||
| Grumman TBM-3E Avenger | Flight Testing |
- Planes built by American manufactures:[5]
| Aircraft | Registration | Joined | Last Restored | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor | ||||
| Bell UH-1 Iroquois | ||||
| Douglas A-4C Skyhawk | January 2014 | Airworthy. | ||
| Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk | ||||
| Douglas C-47A Skytrain | Airworthy | |||
| Epps 1907 Monoplane | N1907 | Replica | ||
| Fairchild C-123 Provider | ||||
| General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon | 2014 | |||
| Grumman F-11F Tiger | 2016 | |||
| Grumman A-6 Intruder | ||||
| Grumman FM Wildcat | ||||
| Grumman F9F-5 Panther | ||||
| Grumman F-14A Tomcat | ||||
| Grumman OV-1D Mohawk | ||||
| Grumman S-2F Tracker | ||||
| Lockheed T-33 | ||||
| Ling-Temco-Vought A-7A Corsair II | 2014 | 2014 | ||
| McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II | 2014 | |||
| McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet | ||||
| McDonnell F-101B Voodoo | ||||
| North American B-25 Mitchell | Killer "B" | |||
| North American F-86 Sabre | ||||
| North American P-51 Mustang | 3/4 scale replica | |||
| North American T-2C Buckeye | ||||
| North American T-28 Trojan | ||||
| North American SNJ-5 Texan | ||||
| North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco | ||||
| Northrop F-5E Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration | ||||
| Piper L-4J Grasshopper | ||||
| Republic F-105 Thunderchief | 2015 | |||
| Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw | ||||
| Vought F-8K Crusader |
Planes built by other manufacturers:
| Aircraft | Registration | Joined | Last Restored | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth | ||||
| ME-208 Messerschmitt | ||||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 | ||||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 |
See also
References
- ↑ Florida Today. The Fact Book: Your Guide to Brevard County (Melbourne, Florida: Florida Today, February 28, 2004), p. 119.
- ↑ Lyn Dowling. "Warbird Air Museum opens hangar doors," Florida Today, November 09, 2007, TgIF 25.
- ↑ Valiant Air Command website
- ↑ "Restoration Hangar". VACWM. February 3, 2016.
- ↑ "Static Collection". VACWM. February 3, 2016.
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