United_States_Army_Aviation_Museum

United States Army Aviation Museum

United States Army Aviation Museum

Military and aviation museum at Fort Novosel, AL, USA

31°19′27″N 085°42′47″W

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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.[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 RAH-66 Comanche. The museum has over 160 aircraft in its collection and holds 3,000 historical items.[3]

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.[4]

The museum broke ground on a new building called the William A. Howell Training Support Facility in November 2019, which will not routinely be open to the public.[5][6][7][8]

Collection

Sikorsky R-4B
AH-56A Cheyenne
UH-60 Blackhawk
World War I aircraft
Fixed-wing aircraft
Helicopters
Other notable aircraft

Sources: US Army Aviation Museum collection pages[9][10][11]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Phillips 1992, p. 37.
  2. [2]
    Purner 2004, p. 204.
  3. [3]
    Army Aviation Museum Collection, ArmyAviationMuseum.org.
  4. [4]
    Rawls, Phillip (10 May 1977). "Rucker Hopes to Dress Treasure More Fancily". Montgomery Advertiser. p. 11. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  5. [5]
    Hughes, Jim (19 November 2019). "Fort Rucker breaks ground on Army Aviation Training Support Facility". U.S. Army. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Fort Rucker sees progress on new training facility construction". WDHN. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  7. [7]
    Nelson, Abby (2 July 2021). "Fort Rucker Army Aviation Museum". News 4. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  8. [8]
    "Robins & Morton receives Training Support Facility construction contract at Fort Rucker". Robins & Morton. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  9. [9]
    Museum Collection, rotary wing, ArmyAviationMuseum.org.
  10. [10]
    Museum Collection, fixed wing, ArmyAviationMuseum.org.
  11. [11]
    Museum Collection, vertical flight, ArmyAviationMuseum.org.
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