Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum facts for kids
The Valiant Air Command, Inc. Warbird Museum (VAC) is located at the Space Coast Regional Airport 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. 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. 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.
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History
The museum began raising money as part of a four phase plan for expansion in 2021.
Following an accident a year prior, the museum was forced to sell its damaged TBM Avenger in March 2022.
Aircraft on display
Aircraft on display
- Beechcraft RU-21A Ute
- Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor
- Bell H-13 Sioux
- Bell UH-1 Iroquois
- de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
- English Electric Canberra TT.18
- Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk
- Douglas C-47A Skytrain – Airworthy
- Douglas SBD Dauntless
- Epps 1907 Monoplane – Replica
- General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon
- Grumman F-11F Tiger
- Grumman A-6 Intruder
- Grumman FM Wildcat
- Grumman F9F-5 Panther
- Grumman F-14A Tomcat
- Grumman OV-1C Mohawk
- Grumman S-2F Tracker
- Lockheed T-33
- Ling-Temco-Vought A-7A Corsair II
- McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II
- McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
- McDonnell F-101B Voodoo
- McDonnell F-101 Voodoo
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
- Nord Noralpha
- North American B-25 Mitchell
- North American F-86 Sabre
- North American F-100D Super Sabre
- North American T-2C Buckeye
- North American SNJ-5 Texan
- North American XP-82 Twin Mustang – On loan
- Piper L-4J Grasshopper
- Republic F-105 Thunderchief
- Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw
- Northrop F-5E Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration
- Stearman PT-17
- Stewart S-51D Mustang – 3/4 scale replica
- Stinson L-5 Sentinel
- Vought F-8K Crusader
Aircraft under restoration
Restoration to static display
- Cessna O-2 Skymaster
- Fouga CM.170 Magister
- Grumman F-11 Tiger - To be Displayed at California Science Center
See also
- List of aerospace museums