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]

Valiant Air Command, Inc. Warbird Museum

Location within Florida
Established	1977 (1977)
Location	Space Coast Regional Airport 6600 Tico Road Titusville, Florida
Coordinates	28.52169°N 80.79431°W / 28.52169; -80.79431
Type	Aviation museum
Website	Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum

Aircraft on display

The museum collection includes:

Aircraft under restoration

Restoration to static display

• Grumman S-2F Tracker[4]
• North American F-100C Super Sabre[5]
• Boeing B-52 Stratofortress – Cockpit only[6]

Restoration to airworthy

• Grumman TBM-3E Avenger[7]

Aircraft on display

• Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor
• Bell UH-1 Iroquois[4]
• de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth[4]
• English Electric Canberra TT.18[8]
• Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk[4]
• Douglas C-47A Skytrain – Airworthy[9]
• Epps 1907 Monoplane – Replica
• Fairchild C-123 Provider
• Fokker Dr.I – Replica[10]
• General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon[4]
• Grumman F-11F Tiger[4]
• Grumman A-6 Intruder[4]
• Grumman FM Wildcat
• Grumman F9F-5 Panther[4]
• Grumman F-14A Tomcat[4]
• Grumman OV-1D Mohawk
• Lockheed T-33[4]
• Ling-Temco-Vought A-7A Corsair II[4]
• McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II[4]
• McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet[4]
• McDonnell F-101B Voodoo[4]
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15[4]
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21[4]
• Nord Noralpha[4]
• North American B-25 Mitchell[10]
• North American F-86 Sabre[11]
• North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco[4]
• North American T-2C Buckeye
• North American T-28 Trojan[10]
• North American SNJ-5 Texan[10]
• North American XP-82 Twin Mustang – On loan[12]
• Northrop F-5E Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration[4]
• Sopwith Camel – Replica[10]
• Stearman PT-17[10]
• Stewart S-51D Mustang – 3/4 scale replica
• Piper L-4J Grasshopper[4]
• Republic F-105 Thunderchief[4]
• Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw[4]
• Vought F-8K Crusader[4]

See also

• List of aerospace museums

References

1. Florida Today. The Fact Book: Your Guide to Brevard County (Melbourne, Florida: Florida Today, February 28, 2004), p. 119.
2. Lyn Dowling. "Warbird Air Museum opens hangar doors," Florida Today, November 09, 2007, TgIF 25.
3. Valiant Air Command website
4. "Static Non-Flying Collection". Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum. Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
5. "F-100C Restoration". Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum. Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
6. "B-52 Restoration". Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum. Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
7. "Grumman TBM Avenger". Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum. Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
8. "English Electric TT.18 WJ574 Canberra Restoration". Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum. Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
9. "Douglas C-47 Skytrain 42-100591 "Tico Belle"". Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum. Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
10. "Resident Flying Aircraft". Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum. Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
11. "F-86 Sabre". Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum. Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
12. "VALIANT AIR COMMAND EVENTS/news". Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

External links

• Official website