Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins)

Museum of Aviation
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/

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 museum is also the home of the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame.[1]

Aircraft on display

Bombers

Cargo aircraft

Fighters

Helicopters

Missiles and drones

Trainers

Special aircraft

The SR-71A Blackbird on display is the current record holder for flight airspeed. Serial number 61-7958 set an absolute speed record of 1,905.81 knots (2,193.2 mph; 3,529.6 km/h) on July 28, 1976, which stands today.[2]

Bombers

Cargo aircraft

Fighters

P-51

F-111

Helicopters

Trainers

Special aircraft

SR-71

Other Air Force museums

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

References

  1. ↑ Head, William; Iobst, Richard W. (Summer 1992). "Preserving the History of Air Power Logistics in the Southeast: The First Decade of the Museum of Aviation at Robins AFВ, Georgia" (PDF). Air Force Journal of Logistics: 25–29.
  2. ↑ A-12, YF-12A, & SR-71 Timeline of Events

Coordinates: 32°35′24″N 83°35′16″W / 32.59000°N 83.58778°W / 32.59000; -83.58778

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