U.S. Aviation Museum
The United States Army Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located on Fort Novosel near Daleville, Alabama. It has the largest collection of helicopters held by a museum in the world. The museum features some 50 aircraft on public display with aviation artifacts ranging from a replica of the Wright brothers' Model B military biplane to an RAH-66 Comanche. The museum has over 160 aircraft in its collection and holds 3,000 historical items.
Sikorsky R-4B 
AH-56A Cheyenne 
UH-60 Blackhawk 
History
The museum announced plans to raise money to build a new structure to replace the wooden buildings in which it was housed in 1977.
The museum broke ground on a new building called the William A. Howell Training Support Facility in November 2019, which will not be open to the public. The new building opened on 12 April 2024.
Collection
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- World War I aircraft
- Fixed-wing aircraft
- Helicopters
- Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly I
- Sikorsky R-5 x 2
- Sikorsky R-6 Hoverfly II
- Bell OH-13C Sioux
- Bell OH-13E Sioux
- Bell TH-13T Sioux
- Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw
- Piasecki CH-21C Shawnee
- Hiller H-23A Raven
- Hiller OH-23B Raven
- Piasecki H-25A Army Mule
- McCulloch YH-30
- Hiller YH-32 Hornet
- Sikorsky VH-34A Army One
- Sikorsky CH-37B Mojave
- Sikorsky XH-39
- Bell XH-40
- Bell UH-1B Iroquois (Huey) x 2
- Bell UH-1H Iroquois
- Bell YUH-1D/H Iroquois
- Bell AH-1G Cobra
- Bell AH-1S Cobra
- Hughes OH-6A Cayuse x 2
- Cessna YH-41A Seneca
- Boeing-Vertol CH-47A Chinook
- Lockheed XH-51
- Sikorsky CH-54A Tarhe
- Hughes TH-55A Osage
- Bell OH-58D Kiowa
- Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne
- Sikorsky YUH-60 Black Hawk
- Hughes YAH-64A Apache
- McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache
- Boeing–Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche
- Other notable aircraft
- McDonnell XV-1 Convertiplane
- Ryan XV-5B Vertifan
- General Atomics MQ-1C
- Ryan VZ-3RY Vertiplane
- Curtiss-Wright VZ-7
- Lockheed CL-475
- Sikorsky S-72 - Rotor Systems Research Aircraft (RSRA)
Sources: US Army Aviation Museum collection pages
See also
- List of aerospace museums
- List of museums in Alabama
- Southern Museum of Flight
- National Museum of the United States Air Force
- National Naval Aviation Museum
References
- ^ Phillips 1992, p. 37.
- ^ Purner 2004, p. 204.
- ^ Army Aviation Museum Collection Archived 2016-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, ArmyAviationMuseum.org.
- ^ Rawls, Phillip (10 May 1977). "Rucker Hopes to Dress Treasure More Fancily". Montgomery Advertiser. p. 11. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ Hughes, Jim (19 November 2019). "Fort Rucker breaks ground on Army Aviation Training Support Facility". U.S. Army. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "Fort Rucker sees progress on new training facility construction". WDHN. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ Nelson, Abby (2 July 2021). "Fort Rucker Army Aviation Museum". News 4. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "Robins & Morton receives Training Support Facility construction contract at Fort Rucker". Robins & Morton. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ Trumbull, Brittany (15 April 2024). "William A. Howell TSF opens its doors on Fort Novosel". U.S. Army. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ Museum Collection, rotary wing Archived 2016-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, ArmyAviationMuseum.org.
- ^ Museum Collection, fixed wing Archived 2016-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, ArmyAviationMuseum.org.
- ^ Museum Collection, vertical flight Archived 2016-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, ArmyAviationMuseum.org.
- Phillips, Cody R. A Guide to U.S. Army Museums, DIANE Publishing, 1992. ISBN 0-7881-4671-8.
- Purner, John. 101 Best Aviation Attractions. McGraw-Hill, 2004. ISBN 0-07-142519-5.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to United States Army Aviation Museum.
- Official website
- US Army Aviation Museum page Archived 2008-08-19 at the Wayback Machine on IPMSSantaRosa.org
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