31°19′27″N 085°42′47″W / 31.32417°N 85.71306°W / 31.32417; -85.71306
Established | 1956 Open to public: 1968 |
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Location | Fort Novosel, Alabama 36362 |
Director | Army Aviation Museum Foundation |
Website | ArmyAviationMuseum.org |
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.[1][2] 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 AH-64 Apache from Operation Desert Storm. The museum has over 160 aircraft in its collection and holds 3,000 historical items.[3]
The museum broke ground on a new building called the Training Support Facility in November 2019.[4][5][6][7]
Aircraft | Year Introduced |
Type | Notes |
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Curtiss JN-4D Jenny | 1915 | Single-engined biplane piston trainer | |
Nieuport 28C-1 | 1917 | Single-engined biplane piston fighter | |
Royal Aircraft Factory BE-2C | 1912 | Single-engined biplane piston light bomber | |
Curtiss SE-5A | 1917 | Single-engined biplane piston fighter | |
Sopwith F.1 Camel replica |
1917 | Single-engined biplane piston fighter | |
Wright Model B replica |
1910 | Single-engined biplane piston aircraft |
Aircraft | Year Introduced |
Type | Notes |
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Aeronca L-16A Champ | 1946 | Single-engined monoplane piston observation aircraft | Replaced the Piper L-4B Cub in service. |
Cessna L-19A Bird Dog | 1974 | Single-engined monoplane piston observation aircraft | Developed from the Cessna 170 |
de Havilland Canada U-1A Otter | 1953 | Single-engined monoplane piston utility aircraft | |
de Havilland Canada YU-6A Beaver | 1948 | Single-engined monoplane piston utility aircraft | |
de Havilland Canada YC-7A Caribou | 1961 | Twin-engined monoplane piston utility aircraft | |
Grumman OV-1B Mohawk | 1959 | Twin-engined monoplane turboprop observation aircraft | |
Piper J-3 Cub | 1941 | Single-engined monoplane piston aircraft | |
Piper L-4B Cub | 1938 | Single-engined monoplane piston observation aircraft | |
Taylorcraft L-2A Grasshopper | 1941 | Single-engined monoplane piston observation aircraft |
Aircraft | Year Introduced |
Type | Notes |
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Bell XH-40 | 1954 | Single-engined turboshaft helicopter | |
Bell UH-1B Iroquois (Huey) x 2 | 1959 | Single-engined turboshaft utility helicopter | Developed from the Bell XH-40 |
Bell UH-1H Iroquois | 1959 | Single-engined turboshaft utility helicopter | |
Bell YUH-1D/H Iroquois | 1959 | Single-engined turboshaft utility helicopter | |
Bell AH-1G Cobra | 1967 | Single-engined turboshaft attack helicopter | Developed from the Bell UH-1 Iroquois |
Bell AH-1S Cobra | 1967 | Single-engined turboshaft attack helicopter | Developed from the Bell UH-1 Iroquois |
Bell OH-13C Sioux | 1945 | Single-engined radial piston observation helicopter | Military version of the Bell 47 |
Bell OH-13E Sioux | 1945 | Single-engined radial piston observation helicopter | Military version of the Bell 47 |
Bell TH-13T Sioux | 1945 | Single-engined radial piston training helicopter | Military version of the Bell 47 |
Bell OH-58D Kiowa | 1983 | Single-engined turboshaft observation helicopter | |
Boeing-Vertol CH-47A Chinook | 1962 | Twin-engined turboshaft transport helicopter | |
Hughes YAH-64A Apache | 1986 | Twin-engined turboshaft attack helicopter | |
McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache | 1986 | Twin-engined turboshaft attack helicopter | Operation Desert Storm veteran |
Boeing–Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche | 1996 | Twin-engined turboshaft attack helicopter | |
Hughes OH-6A Cayuse x 2 | 1966 | Single-engined turboshaft observation helicopter | |
Hiller H-23A Raven | 1948 | Single-engined radial piston utility helicopter | |
Hiller OH-23B Raven | 1948 | Single-engined radial piston observation helicopter | |
Hiller YH-32 Hornet | 1954 | Single-engined radial piston experimental helicopter | |
Hughes TH-55A Osage | 1956 | Single-engined radial piston training helicopter | |
McCulloch YH-30 | 1948 | Single-engined radial piston helicopter | |
Lockheed XH-51 | 1962 | Single-engined turboshaft experimental helicopter | |
Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne | 1967 | Single-engined turboshaft attack helicopter | |
Piasecki CH-21C Shawnee | 1951 | Twin-engined radial piston transport helicopter | |
Piasecki H-25A Army Mule | 1949 | Twin-engined radial piston utility helicopter | |
Sikorsky Hoverfly I | 1943 | Single-engined radial piston utility helicopter | |
Sikorsky R-5 x 2 | 1945 | Single-engined radial piston utility helicopter | |
Sikorsky Hoverfly II | 1945 | Single-engined radial piston utility helicopter | |
Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw | 1950 | Single-engined radial piston utility helicopter | |
Sikorsky VH-34A Army One | 1954 | Single-engined radial piston transport helicopter | |
Sikorsky CH-37B Mojave | 1956 | Twin-engined radial piston transport helicopter | |
Sikorsky XH-39 | 1954 | Single-engined turboshaft experimental helicopter | |
Sikorsky CH-54A Tarhe | 1962 | Twin-engined turboshaft cargo helicopter | |
Sikorsky YUH-60 Black Hawk | 1979 | Twin-engined turboshaft utility helicopter |
Aircraft | Year Introduced |
Type | Notes |
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McDonnell XV-1 Convertiplane | |||
Hawker XV-6A Kestrel | |||
Ryan VZ-3RY Vertiplane | |||
Ryan XV-5B Vertifan | |||
Curtiss-Wright VZ-7 | |||
Cessna YH-41A Seneca | |||
Lockheed CL-475 | |||
Sikorsky S-72 | Rotor Systems Research Aircraft (RSRA) |
Sources: US Army Aviation Museum collection pages[8][9][10]
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