United States Army Aviation Museum
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The United States Army Aviation Museum is an aviation museum
located on Fort Rucker
near Ozark, 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 a AH-64 Apache from Operation Desert Storm. The museum has over 160 aircraft in its collection and holds 3,000 historical items.
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Sources: US Army Aviation Museum collection pages
Aviation museum
An aviation museum, air museum or aerospace museum is a museum exhibiting the history and artifacts of aviation. In addition to actual or replica aircraft, exhibits can include photographs, maps, models, dioramas, clothing and equipment used by aviators.Aviation museums vary in size from housing...
located on Fort Rucker
Fort Rucker
Fort Rucker is a U.S. Army post located mostly in Dale County, Alabama, United States. It was named for a Civil War officer, Confederate General Edmund Rucker. The post is the primary flight training base for Army Aviation and is home to the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence and...
near Ozark, Alabama
Ozark, Alabama
Ozark is a city in and the county seat of Dale County, Alabama, United States. In 1990 the city population was 12,922. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city was 15,119....
. 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
Aviation
Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.-History:...
artifacts ranging from a replica of the Wright brothers' Model B military biplane to a AH-64 Apache from Operation Desert Storm. The museum has over 160 aircraft in its collection and holds 3,000 historical items.
Other notable aircraft
- Sikorsky S-72Sikorsky S-72|-See also:-External links:* * *...
Rotor Systems Research Aircraft (RSRA) - McDonnell XV-1McDonnell XV-1|-See also:-Bibliography:* Connor, R. and R. E. Lee. . 24 September 2001. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC. Accessed 4 December 2007....
Convertiplane - Ryan XV-5B Vertifan
- Hawker XV-6A KestrelHawker P.1127The Hawker P.1127 and the Hawker Siddeley Kestrel FGA.1 were the experimental and development aircraft that led to the Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first vertical and/or short take-off and landing jet fighter-bomber...
- Ryan VZ-3RY VertiplaneVZ-3 Vertiplane|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Andrade, John M. U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Earl Shilton, Leicester, UK: Midland Counties Publications, 1979, p. 178. ISBN 0-904597-22-9....
- YH-41A SenecaCessna CH-1The Cessna CH-1 is the only helicopter ever built by the Cessna Aircraft Company. It was the first helicopter to land on the summit of Pike's Peak and the last piston-engined helicopter to set the helicopter altitude record. The CH-1 had a single, two-bladed main rotor, and a front-mounted...
- Curtiss-Wright VZ-7Curtiss-Wright VZ-7-See also:...
Sources: US Army Aviation Museum collection pages