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]
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  Location within Florida | |
| Established | 1977 |
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| Location | Space Coast Regional Airport 6600 Tico Road Titusville, Florida |
| Coordinates | 28.52169°N 80.79431°W |
| Type | Aviation museum |
| Website | Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum |
Aircraft on display
The museum collection includes:
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
Aircraft on display
- Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor
- Bell UH-1 Iroquois[5]
- de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth[5]
- English Electric Canberra TT.18[6]
- Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk[5]
- Douglas C-47A Skytrain – Airworthy[7]
- Epps 1907 Monoplane – Replica
- Fairchild C-123 Provider
- Fokker Dr.I – Replica[8]
- Fouga CM.170 Magister
- General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon[5]
- Grumman F-11F Tiger[5]
- Grumman A-6 Intruder[5]
- Grumman FM Wildcat
- Grumman F9F-5 Panther[5]
- Grumman F-14A Tomcat[5]
- Grumman OV-1D Mohawk
- Lockheed T-33[5]
- Ling-Temco-Vought A-7A Corsair II[5]
- McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II[5]
- McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet[5]
- McDonnell F-101B Voodoo[5]
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17[5]
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21[5]
- Nord Noralpha[5]
- North American B-25 Mitchell[8]
- North American F-86 Sabre[9]
- North American T-2C Buckeye
- North American SNJ-5 Texan[8]
- North American XP-82 Twin Mustang – On loan[10]
- Northrop F-5E Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration[5]
- Sopwith Camel – Replica[8]
- Stearman PT-17[8]
- Stewart S-51D Mustang – 3/4 scale replica
- Piper L-4J Grasshopper[5]
- Republic F-105 Thunderchief[5]
- Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw[5]
- Vought F-8K Crusader[5]
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
- "Grumman TBM Avenger". Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum. Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- "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.
- "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.
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