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The Fleet Air Arm Museum is devoted to the history of British naval aviation. It has an extensive collection of military and civilian aircraft, aero engines, models of aircraft and Royal Navy ships (especially aircraft carriers ), and paintings and drawings related to naval aviation.
Fleet Air Arm Museum, Nowra; Powerhouse Museum, Sydney; RAAF Wagga Heritage Centre, ... Shannon Air Museum, Fredericksburg; Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton;
124447 – Mid-America Air Museum in Liberal, Kansas. [85] F4U-7. 133704 – Currently on display at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in San Diego, California. [86] This aircraft was formerly on display at the USS Alabama Museum. It was heavily damaged in Hurricane Katrina. It was taken apart and sent to the San Diego Air and Space Museum in 2008.
66-0469 - Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. [73] 67-0452 - Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida [74] 69-0372 - Air Power Park and Museum, Hampton, Virginia. [citation needed] NF-4C. 65-0905 - Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill Air Force Base, Utah.Originally manufactured as NF-4C. [75] GRF-4C
No aircraft survives, but the Fleet Air Arm Museum holds a replica Flycatcher that was built in 1977. Registered as G-BEYB, it was flown until 1996, when it was put on static display. It is currently held in the museum's reserve collection, to which the public has only occasional access. [6]
The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is the naval aviation component of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy (RN). The FAA is one of five RN fighting arms. [7] As of 2023 it is a primarily helicopter force, though also operating the F-35 Lightning II carrier-based stealth fighter jointly with the Royal Air Force.
A military museum or war museum is an institution dedicated to the preservation and education of the significance of wars, conflicts, and military actions. These museums serve as repositories of artifacts (not least weapons), documents, photographs, and other memorabilia related to the military and war.
The Virginia Aviation Museum was an aviation museum in unincorporated Henrico County, Virginia, adjacent to Richmond International Airport (formerly "Richard Evelyn Byrd Flying Field"). Erected in 1986, the museum housed a collection of some thirty-four airframes, both owned and on-loan, ranging from reproductions of Wright Brothers kite ...