Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins)

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Museum of Aviation
Museum of Aviation - Robins AFB GA.jpg
2006 aerial photo of museum buildings and aircraft
Established 1981
Location Robins Air Force Base, Georgia
Type Aerospace
Owner United States Air Force
Website http://www.museumofaviation.org/

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For the similarly named museum in Serbia, see Museum of Aviation (Belgrade).

The Museum of Aviation is the second-largest aerospace museum of the United States Air Force. The museum is located just outside Warner Robins, Georgia, and near Robins Air Force Base. It has a total of five different buildings containing fewer than its previous 93 different aircraft on 51 acres (21 ha). The SR-71A Blackbird on display is the current record holder for flight airspeed. Serial number 61-7958 set an absolute speed record of Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). on July 28, 1976, which stands today.[1]

Aircraft on display

Bombers

  • North American B-25J "Mitchell"
  • Douglas (B-26C) A-26C "Invader"
  • Boeing B-29B "Superfortress"
  • Boeing B-52D "Stratofortress"
  • Martin RB-57A "Canberra"
  • Lockheed RB-69A "Neptune"
  • Douglas WB-66D "Destroyer"
  • Rockwell International B-1B "Lancer"

Cargo aircraft

  • Lockheed AC-130 "Spectre" Gunship
  • DeHavilland C-7A "Caribou"
  • Beechcraft C-45G "Expeditor"
  • Curtis C-46 "Commando"
  • Douglas C-47A "Skytrain"
  • Douglas C-54G "Skymaster"
  • Lockheed C-60 "Lodestar"
  • Fairchild C-119B "Flying Boxcar"
  • Douglas C-124C "Globemaster" II

Fighters

  • Cessna Cessna A-37A "Dragonfly"
  • McDonnell-Douglas F-4C "Phantom II"
  • McDonnell-Douglas F-4D "Phantom II" MiG Killer
  • Lockheed F-80C "Shooting Star"
  • Republic F-84F "Thunderstreak"
  • Northrop F-89J "Scorpion"
  • McDonnell F-101B "Voodoo"
  • Convair F-106A "Delta Dart"
  • MiG-17 "Fresco"
  • Curtiss P-40N "Warhawk"
  • North American P-51D "Mustang"
  • McDonnell-Douglas F-15A "Eagle"
  • Republic F-84E "Thunderjet"
  • North America F-86H "Sabre"
  • N. American F-100C "Super Sabre"
  • Convair F-102A "Delta Dagger"
  • Republic F-105G "Thunderchief"
  • General Dynamics F-111E "Aardvark"
  • McDonnell RF-101C "Voodoo"
  • General Dynamics F-16A "Fighting Falcon" Former USAF Thunderbird

Helicopters

Missiles and drones

Trainers
  • North American T-6G "Texan"
  • North American T-28 "Trojan"
  • Lockheed T-33A "Shooting Star"
  • Cessna T-37B "Tweety Bird"
  • Northrop T-38A "Talon"

Special aircraft

  • Grumman HU-16B "Albatross"
  • Cessna L-19A/O-1E "Bird Dog"
  • Cessna O-2A "Super Skymaster"
  • Lockheed SR-71A "Blackbird"
  • Lockheed U-2D "Dragon Lady"
  • Cessna U-3B "Blue Canoe"
  • Rockwell U-4B "Aero Commander"

Gallery

  • F4 Phantom II at entrance to the museum

  • B1 Bomber at entrance to the museum

  • F15 Eagle inside main entrance

  • North American P51D Mustang

  • Curtiss P40N

  • SR-71A Blackbird in hangar (#61 7958)

  • Lockheed U2 in hangar (#66682)

  • SR-71A Blackbird in hangar

  • B-29 Superfortress

  • Airplanes in rear of museum

  • Airplanes in rear of museum

  • Airplanes in rear of museum

Other Air Force museums

See: National Museum of the United States Air Force and National Museum of the USAF #Other Air Force museums

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ A-12, YF-12A, & SR-71 Timeline of Events
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