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The United States Army Aviation Museum is an
Museum Collection, vertical flight
ArmyAviationMuseum.org.
''A Guide to U.S. Army Museums''
DIANE Publishing, 1992. . * Purner, John
''101 Best Aviation Attractions''
McGraw-Hill, 2004. .
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aviation museum
An aviation museum, air museum, or air and space museum is a museum exhibiting the history and cultural artifacts, artifacts of aviation. In addition to actual, replica or accurate reproduction aircraft, exhibits can include photographs, maps, P ...
located on Fort Rucker near Daleville, Alabama. It has the largest collection of helicopters held by a museum in the world.Phillips 1992, p. 37.Purner 2004, p. 204. The museum features some 50 aircraft on public display with aviation
Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' includes fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air craft such as hot air ...
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.
History
The museum broke ground on a new building called the Training Support Facility in November 2019.Collection
On display
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
The Curtiss-Wright VZ-7 (also known as the VZ-7AP) was a VTOL quadrotor helicopter aircraft designed by the Curtiss-Wright company for the US Army. Like the Chrysler VZ-6 and the VZ-8 Airgeep it was to be a "flying jeep".
Design and developmen ...
Sources: US Army Aviation Museum collection pagesArmyAviationMuseum.org.
See also
* List of aerospace museums *List of museums in Alabama
The list of museums in Alabama contains museums in the U.S. state of Alabama. A number of public and private institutions and organizations around the state make their collections available for public viewing. These museums contain artifacts an ...
*Southern Museum of Flight
The Southern Museum of Flight is a civilian aviation museum Birmingham, Alabama. The facility features nearly 100 aircraft, as well as engines, models, artifacts, photographs, and paintings. In addition, the Southern Museum of Flight is home to ...
* National Museum of the United States Air Force
* National Naval Aviation Museum
References
* Phillips, Cody R''A Guide to U.S. Army Museums''
DIANE Publishing, 1992. . * Purner, John
''101 Best Aviation Attractions''
McGraw-Hill, 2004. .
External links
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Aviation
Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' includes fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air craft such as hot air ...
Aerospace museums in Alabama
Museums in Dale County, Alabama
Military and war museums in Alabama
Helicopter museums