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 | Aviation museum |
| Website | Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum |
The Valiant Air Command, Inc. Warbird Museum 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.[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]
Aircraft on display[]
Aircraft on display[]
- Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor[citation needed]
- Bell UH-1 Iroquois[4]
- de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth[4]
- English Electric Canberra TT.18[5]
- Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk[4]
- Douglas C-47A Skytrain – Airworthy[6]
- Epps 1907 Monoplane – Replica[citation needed]
- Fairchild C-123 Provider[citation needed]
- Fokker Dr.I – Replica[7]
- Fouga CM.170 Magister[citation needed]
- General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon[4]
- Grumman F-11F Tiger[4]
- Grumman A-6 Intruder[4]
- Grumman FM Wildcat[citation needed]
- Grumman F9F-5 Panther[4]
- Grumman F-14A Tomcat[4]
- Grumman OV-1D Mohawk[citation needed]
- Lockheed T-33[4]
- Ling-Temco-Vought A-7A Corsair II[4]
- McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II[4]
- McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet[4]
- McDonnell F-101B Voodoo[4]
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17[4]
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21[4]
- Nord Noralpha[4]
- North American B-25 Mitchell[7]
- North American F-86 Sabre[8]
- North American T-2C Buckeye[citation needed]
- North American SNJ-5 Texan[7]
- North American XP-82 Twin Mustang – On loan[9]
- Northrop F-5E Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration[4]
- Sopwith Camel – Replica[7]
- Stearman PT-17[7]
- Stewart S-51D Mustang – 3/4 scale replica[citation needed]
- Piper L-4J Grasshopper[4]
- Republic F-105 Thunderchief[4]
- Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw[4]
- Vought F-8K Crusader[4]
Aircraft under restoration[]
Restoration to static display[]
- Cessna O-2 Skymaster[citation needed]
- McDonnell F-101 Voodoo[citation needed]
- Grumman F-11 Tiger - To be Displayed at California Science Center[citation needed]
Restoration to airworthy[]
- Grumman TBM-3E Avenger[10] (Ditched off Cocoa Beach during air show, 17 April 2021.[11])
- Grumman S-2F Tracker[4]
See also[]
- List of aerospace museums
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
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Static Non-Flying Collection". Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum. Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "English Electric TT.18 WJ574 Canberra Restoration". Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum. Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Douglas C-47 Skytrain 42-100591 "Tico Belle"". Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum. Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Resident Flying Aircraft". Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum. Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "F-86 Sabre". Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum. Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "VALIANT AIR COMMAND EVENTS/news". Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ "Grumman TBM Avenger". Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum. Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Avenger Ditches During Cocoa Beach Air Show". AVweb.com. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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