United States Army Aviation Museum

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. 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.

History
The museum announced plans to raise money to build a new structure to replace the wooden buildings in which it was housed in 1977.

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. The new building opened on 12 April 2024.

Collection


• Wright Model B
 * World War I aircraft

• replica

• Curtiss JN-4D Jenny

• Nieuport 28C-1

• Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2C

• Curtiss SE-5A

• Sopwith F.1 Camel - replica

• Taylorcraft L-2 Grasshopper
 * Fixed-wing aircraft

• 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

• Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly I
 * Helicopters

• 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

• McDonnell XV-1 Convertiplane
 * Other notable aircraft

• Ryan XV-5B Vertifan

• Hawker XV-6A Kestrel

• 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