United States Army Aviation Museum: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Military and aviation museum at Fort Novosel, AL, USA}}

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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.<ref name="Phillips_p37">Phillips 1992, p. 37.</ref><ref name="Purner_p204">Purner 2004, p. 204.</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.armyaviationmuseum.org/index.php/museum/aircraft-collection Army Aviation Museum Collection], ArmyAviationMuseum.org.</ref>

The museum announced plans to raise money to build a new structure to replace the wooden buildings in which it was housed in 1977.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rawls |first1=Phillip |title=Rucker Hopes to Dress Treasure More Fancily |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/257632402 |access-date=1 January 2024 |work=Montgomery Advertiser |date=10 May 1977 |page=11}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=Jim |title=Fort Rucker breaks ground on Army Aviation Training Support Facility |url=http://www.army.mil/article/229765/fort_rucker_breaks_ground_on_army_aviation_training_support_facility |access-date=12 June 2022 |work=U.S. Army |date=19 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Fort Rucker sees progress on new training facility construction |url=http://www.wdhn.com/news/local-news/fort-rucker-sees-progress-on-new-training-facility-construction |access-date=12 June 2022 |work=WDHN |date=15 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Nelson |first1=Abby |title=Fort Rucker Army Aviation Museum |url=http://www.wtvy.com/2021/07/02/fort-rucker-army-aviation-museum |access-date=12 June 2022 |work=News 4 |date=2 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Robins & Morton receives Training Support Facility construction contract at Fort Rucker |url=http://www.robinsmorton.com/robins-morton-receives-training-support-facility-construction-contract-at-fort-rucker |access-date=12 June 2022 |work=Robins & Morton |date=16 September 2019}}</ref> The new building opened on 12 April 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Trumbull |first1=Brittany |title=William A. Howell TSF opens its doors on Fort Novosel |url=http://www.army.mil/article/275357/william_a_howell_tsf_opens_its_doors_on_fort_novosel |access-date=16 June 2024 |work=U.S. Army |date=15 April 2024}}</ref>

;World War I aircraft

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* [[Wright Model B]]<br />replica

* [[Curtiss JN Jenny|Curtiss JN-4D Jenny]]

* [[Nieuport 28|Nieuport 28C-1]]

* [[Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2]]C

* [[Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5|Curtiss SE-5A]]

* [[Sopwith Camel|Sopwith F.1 Camel]] - replica

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;Fixed-wing aircraft

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* [[Taylorcraft L-2]] Grasshopper

* [[Piper J-3 Cub|Piper L-4B Cub]]

* [[Aeronca L-16|Aeronca L-16A Champ]]

* [[Cessna O-1 Bird Dog|Cessna L-19A Bird Dog]]

* [[de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver|de Havilland Canada L-20 / YU-6A Beaver]]

* [[de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter|de Havilland Canada U-1A Otter]]

* [[de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou|de Havilland Canada YC-7A Caribou]]

* [[Grumman OV-1 Mohawk|Grumman OV-1B Mohawk]]

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;Helicopters

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* [[Sikorsky R-4|Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly I]]

* [[Sikorsky H-5|Sikorsky R-5]] x 2

* [[Sikorsky R-6|Sikorsky R-6 Hoverfly II]]

* [[Bell H-13 Sioux|Bell OH-13C Sioux]]

* [[Bell H-13 Sioux|Bell OH-13E Sioux]]

* [[Bell H-13 Sioux|Bell TH-13T Sioux]]

* [[Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw|Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw]]

* [[Hiller OH-23 Raven|Hiller H-23A Raven]]

* [[Hiller OH-23 Raven|Hiller OH-23B Raven]]

* [[Piasecki HUP Retriever|Piasecki H-25A Army Mule]]

* [[McCulloch MC-4|McCulloch YH-30]]

* [[Hiller YH-32 Hornet]]

* [[Sikorsky H-34#Variants|Sikorsky VH-34A Army One]]

* [[Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave|Sikorsky CH-37B Mojave]]

* [[Sikorsky XH-39]]

* [[Bell XH-40]]

** [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois|Bell UH-1B Iroquois]] (Huey) x 2

** Bell UH-1H Iroquois

** Bell YUH-1D/H Iroquois

** [[Bell AH-1 Cobra|Bell AH-1G Cobra]]

** [[Bell AH-1 Cobra|Bell AH-1S Cobra]]

* [[Hughes OH-6 Cayuse|Hughes OH-6A Cayuse]] x 2

* [[Cessna CH-1 Skyhook|Cessna YH-41A Seneca]]

* [[Boeing CH-47 Chinook|Boeing-Vertol CH-47A Chinook]]

* [[Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe|Sikorsky CH-54A Tarhe]]

* [[Hughes TH-55 Osage|Hughes TH-55A Osage]]

* [[Bell OH-58 Kiowa|Bell OH-58D Kiowa]]

* [[Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne|Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne]]

* [[Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk|Sikorsky YUH-60 Black Hawk]]

* [[Boeing AH-64 Apache|Hughes YAH-64A Apache]]

* [[Boeing AH-64 Apache|McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache]]

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;Other notable aircraft

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* [[McDonnell XV-1]] Convertiplane

* [[Ryan XV-5 Vertifan|Ryan XV-5B Vertifan]]

* [[Hawker Siddeley P.1127|Hawker XV-6A Kestrel]]

* [[Ryan VZ-3 Vertiplane|Ryan VZ-3RY Vertiplane]]

* [[Curtiss-Wright VZ-7]]

* [[Lockheed CL-475]]

* [[Sikorsky S-72]] - Rotor Systems Research Aircraft (RSRA)

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