Aviation museum in Titusville, Florida
The Valiant Air Command, Inc. Warbird Museum (VAC) 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.
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History
The museum began raising money as part of a four phase plan for expansion in 2021.
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Following an accident a year prior, the museum was forced to sell its damaged TBM Avenger in March 2022.
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Aircraft on display
Aircraft on display
Aircraft under restoration
Restoration to static display
Restoration to airworthy
See also
References
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Florida Today . The Fact Book: Your Guide to Brevard County (Melbourne, Florida: Florida Today, February 28, 2004), p. 119.
^ Lyn Dowling. "Warbird Air Museum opens hangar doors," Florida Today , November 09, 2007, TgIF 25.
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Valiant Air Command website
^ Reigada, Flora (1 February 2021).
"Four-phase Warbird Museum expansion forges ahead" . Senior Life . Retrieved 31 October 2022 .
^ Tribou, Richard (3 March 2022).
"Space Coast museum's crashed air show plane sold after failed restoration effort" . Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved 31 October 2022 .
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"Avenger Ditches During Cocoa Beach Air Show" . AVweb.com . Retrieved 19 April 2021 .
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"Beechcraft - RU-21A Ute" . Valiant Air Command . Retrieved 20 October 2022 .
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"T-34C Turbo Mentor" . Valiant Air Command . Retrieved 20 October 2022 .
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"Bell H-13 Sioux" . Valiant Air Command . Retrieved 20 October 2022 .
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"Static Non-Flying Collection" . Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum . Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 13 May 2017 .
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"English Electric TT.18 WJ574 Canberra Restoration" . Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum . Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 13 May 2017 .
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"Douglas C-47 Skytrain 42-100591 "Tico Belle" " . Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum . Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 13 May 2017 .
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"1943 SBD5N - Dauntless" . Valiant Air Command . Retrieved 20 October 2022 .
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"1907 Epps Monoplane" . Valiant Air Command . Retrieved 20 October 2022 .
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"FM-1 Wildcat" . Valiant Air Command . Retrieved 20 October 2022 .
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"OV-1C Mohawk" . Valiant Air Command . Retrieved 20 October 2022 .
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"LearJet 23" . Valiant Air Command . Retrieved 2024-05-20 .
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"Resident Flying Aircraft" . Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum . Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 13 May 2017 .
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"F-86 Sabre" . Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum . Valiant Air Command. Retrieved 13 May 2017 .
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"F-100D Super Sabre" . Valiant Air Command . Retrieved 20 October 2022 .
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"T-2C Buckeye" . Valiant Air Command . Retrieved 20 October 2022 .
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"VALIANT AIR COMMAND EVENTS/news" . Valiant Air Command . Retrieved 1 June 2020 .
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"Stewart S-51D Mustang" . Valiant Air Command . Retrieved 20 October 2022 .
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"1946 Stinson L-5 "Sentinel" " . Valiant Air Command . Retrieved 20 October 2022 .
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"Fouga CM.170 Magister" . Valiant Air Command . Retrieved 20 October 2022 .
Further reading
Savage, Mike (1990). Valiant Air Command . London: Osprey Publishing.
ISBN
0-85045-954-0 .
Sonnenberg, Maria (17 June 2021).
"Commanding Presence" . Space Coast Living . Retrieved 21 November 2022 .
External links