United States Army Aviation Museum

Military and aviation museum at Fort Novosel, AL, USA

United States Army Aviation Museum

An AH-1S Cobra helicopter in front of the museum

Established| 1956
Open to public: 1968
Location| Fort Novosel, Alabama 36362
Coordinates| 31°19′27″N 085°42′47″W﻿ / ﻿31.32417°N 85.71306°W﻿ / 31.32417; -85.71306
Director| Army Aviation Museum Foundation
Website| ArmyAviationMuseum.org

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

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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 be open to the public.[5][6][7][8] The new building opened on 12 April 2024.[9]

## Collection

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Sikorsky R-4B AH-56A Cheyenne UH-60 Blackhawk

World War I aircraft

* Wright Model B
replica
* Curtiss JN-4D Jenny
* Nieuport 28C-1
* Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2C
* Curtiss SE-5A
* Sopwith F.1 Camel \- replica

Fixed-wing aircraft

* Taylorcraft L-2 Grasshopper
* Piper L-4B Cub
* Aeronca L-16A Champ
* Cessna L-19A Bird Dog
* de Havilland Canada L-20 / YU-6A Beaver
* de Havilland Canada U-1A Otter
* de Havilland Canada YC-7A Caribou
* Grumman OV-1B Mohawk

Helicopters

* Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly I
* Sikorsky R-5 x 2
* Sikorsky R-6 Hoverfly II
* Bell OH-13C Sioux
* Bell OH-13E Sioux
* Bell TH-13T Sioux
* Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw
* Piasecki CH-21C Shawnee
* Hiller H-23A Raven
* Hiller OH-23B Raven
* Piasecki H-25A Army Mule
* McCulloch YH-30
* Hiller YH-32 Hornet
* Sikorsky VH-34A Army One
* Sikorsky CH-37B Mojave
* Sikorsky XH-39
* Bell XH-40
* Bell UH-1B Iroquois (Huey) x 2
* Bell UH-1H Iroquois
* Bell YUH-1D/H Iroquois
* Bell AH-1G Cobra
* Bell AH-1S Cobra
* Hughes OH-6A Cayuse x 2
* Cessna YH-41A Seneca
* Boeing-Vertol CH-47A Chinook
* Lockheed XH-51
* Sikorsky CH-54A Tarhe
* Hughes TH-55A Osage
* Bell OH-58D Kiowa
* Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne
* Sikorsky YUH-60 Black Hawk
* Hughes YAH-64A Apache
* McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache
* Boeing–Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche

Other notable aircraft

* McDonnell XV-1 Convertiplane
* Ryan XV-5B Vertifan
* General Atomics MQ-1C
* Ryan VZ-3RY Vertiplane
* Curtiss-Wright VZ-7
* Lockheed CL-475
* Sikorsky S-72 \- Rotor Systems Research Aircraft (RSRA)

Sources: US Army Aviation Museum collection pages[10][11][12]

## See also

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* List of aerospace museums
* List of museums in Alabama
* Southern Museum of Flight
* National Museum of the United States Air Force
* National Naval Aviation Museum

## References

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1. ^ Phillips 1992, p. 37.
2. ^ Purner 2004, p. 204.
3. ^ Army Aviation Museum Collection Archived 2016-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, ArmyAviationMuseum.org.
4. ^ Rawls, Phillip (10 May 1977). "Rucker Hopes to Dress Treasure More Fancily". Montgomery Advertiser. p. 11. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
5. ^ Hughes, Jim (19 November 2019). "Fort Rucker breaks ground on Army Aviation Training Support Facility". U.S. Army. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
6. ^ "Fort Rucker sees progress on new training facility construction". WDHN. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
7. ^ Nelson, Abby (2 July 2021). "Fort Rucker Army Aviation Museum". News 4. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
8. ^ "Robins & Morton receives Training Support Facility construction contract at Fort Rucker". Robins & Morton. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
9. ^ Trumbull, Brittany (15 April 2024). "William A. Howell TSF opens its doors on Fort Novosel". U.S. Army. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
10. ^ Museum Collection, rotary wing Archived 2016-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, ArmyAviationMuseum.org.
11. ^ Museum Collection, fixed wing Archived 2016-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, ArmyAviationMuseum.org.
12. ^ Museum Collection, vertical flight Archived 2016-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, ArmyAviationMuseum.org.

* Phillips, Cody R. A Guide to U.S. Army Museums, DIANE Publishing, 1992. ISBN 0-7881-4671-8.
* Purner, John. 101 Best Aviation Attractions. McGraw-Hill, 2004. ISBN 0-07-142519-5.

## External links

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