Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum facts for kids
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| Established | 1977 |
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| Location | Space Coast Regional Airport 6600 Tico Road Titusville, Florida |
| Type | Aviation 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. 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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Aircraft on display
The museum collection includes:
Aircraft under restoration
Restoration to static display
- Cessna O-2 Skymaster
- McDonnell F-101 Voodoo
- Grumman F-11 Tiger - To be Displayed at California Science Center
Restoration to airworthy
- Grumman TBM-3E Avenger
- Grumman S-2F Tracker
Aircraft on display
- Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor
- Bell UH-1 Iroquois
- de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
- English Electric Canberra TT.18
- Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk
- Douglas C-47A Skytrain – Airworthy
- Epps 1907 Monoplane – Replica
- Fairchild C-123 Provider
- Fokker Dr.I – Replica
- Fouga CM.170 Magister
- 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-1D Mohawk
- 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
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
- Nord Noralpha
- North American B-25 Mitchell
- North American F-86 Sabre
- North American T-2C Buckeye
- North American SNJ-5 Texan
- North American XP-82 Twin Mustang – On loan
- Northrop F-5E Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration
- Sopwith Camel – Replica
- Stearman PT-17
- Stewart S-51D Mustang – 3/4 scale replica
- Piper L-4J Grasshopper
- Republic F-105 Thunderchief
- Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw
- Vought F-8K Crusader
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