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Vintage Aero Flying Museum
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VAFM's Fokker Dr.1 and SE.5 taxiing at Platte Valley Airpark
Established 1997
Location Platte Valley Airpark
Fort Lupton, Colorado
Type Aviation

Vintage Aero Flying Museum (VAFM), formally LaFayette1 Escadrille Flying Museum, is Colorado's international aviation museum at Platte Valley Airpark, 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Hudson, Colorado and 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Denver, Colorado.

Andy Parks, son of the last World War I Lafayette Escadrille member who 'flew west', James Parks², maintains the legacy and history of the LaFayette Escadrille pilots. The collection of each of these pilots' original uniforms and memorabilia is on display in custom cabinets in a secured hangar of World War I aircraft. There is no other collection of this magnitude in the world today. The Parks have created a museum in a rural setting, much like a French rural World War I air field.

VAFM is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and its foundation was created by James Parks in 1984 as a historical and educational foundation.

Flying aircraft on display

  • 1917 Fokker Dr.I (replica)
  • 1918 Fokker D.VII
  • 1918 Fokker D.VIII
  • 1917 Sopwith Pup
  • 1917 SE5a
  • 1939 Vultee BT-13 Valiant
  • Mullicoupe by Younkin/Dake (Mulicoupe is a combination of a Monocoupe 90 and a MrMulligan)

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