Virgina Aviation Museum

 Avg. visitor rating: (74 visitors)
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Address(1)5701 Huntsman Rd
Address(2) 
CitySandston
StateVirginia
Zip23150-1946
CountryUSA
Contact 
Phone804-222-8690
Fax 
GiftshopYes

 
 
Exhibits - By Primary role
Commercial Transport (USA)
 Bellanca CH-400 Serial No: nx237 
 Fairchild FC-2W2 Serial No: nx8006 
 Ford 4-AT-A (Tri-motor) Serial No: nc9612 
 Pitcairn PA-5 (Mailwing) Serial No: nc3835 
 Stinson SR-10G (Reliant) Serial No: NC21135 
Homebuilt (USA)
 Heath Super Parasol Serial No: n1926 
 Pietenpol Air Camper Serial No: n9040n 
Pioneer (Pre WW-I) (USA)
 Wright 1901Glider Serial No: Unknown  
Racer
 Monocoupe 110S Serial No: n36y 
Reconnaissance - 'R' 1962-Present
 Lockheed SR-71A (Blackbird) Serial No: 61-7968 
Trainer, Ground (USA)
 Link Trainer Serial No: Unknown 
Undesignated Aircraft - '!UND' 1909-1919
 Spad VII Serial No: B9913 
 Standard E-1 Serial No: Unknown  
Undesignated Aircraft - '!UND'
 Curtiss-Wright CW-A14D Serial No: n12323 
Utility Transport (USA)
 Aeronca C-2N Serial No: n11417 
 Aeronca C-3 Serial No: nc14640 
 Bucker 133-C (Jungmeister) Serial No: n133bu 
 Curtiss RobinJ-1D Serial No: N542N 
 ERCO Ercoupe415 (-D) Serial No: n99143 
 Fairchild 24-G Serial No: nc19123 
 Fleet Model 1 Serial No: Unknown  
 Piper J3 (Cub) Serial No: N42535 
 Taylor E-2 (Cub) Serial No: NC12628 
 Travel Air 2000 Serial No: nc6282 
 Vultee V1-AD Serial No: NC16099 

 

Reviews / Comments by our visitors
 Kev Slade
 Saltford, Bath,

An excellent museum. The exhibits are not too crowded and lighting is good. Well worth a visit, especially for the Vultee.
07/30/2008 @ 23:21 [ref: 8295]
 Al K.
 , Florida

A nice little museum. Worth the time if you are in the area, but slightly overpriced. I especially liked the early general aviation collection. The Aeronca C2 and C3, Taylor E-2 Cub, Piper J-3 Cub are (what we now think of as) the planes that started affordable private flying. The rest of the collection is an interesting cross-section, including a few planes of local interest. The SR-71 and F-14 are great to see, but it’s a shame to have them sitting outside, unrestored. There are some good educational demonstrations. I know that some people think I’m under-rating it, but the web-site’s definition of 2 stars is not bad it's “Interesting” and I think that is a good fit for the Virginia Aviation Museum.
02/10/2008 @ 04:46 [ref: 6757]
 Scott
 Sandston, Virginia

There is nothing cooler than having a SR-71 parked less than 2 miles from your home. Small museum with a good variety of planes and friendly staff including a lot of older volunteers usually with some background in aviation. About 3-4 times a year they have an interesting symposium (ex. former SR-71 pilots, or former Tuskegee Airmen). Parking is right up agaist the building, so you wont be delayed much if you take a quick detour en route to some other destination, but probably not worth making a specific trip to the area for.
12/04/2004 @ 22:33 [ref: 3612]
 Scott Shea
 Londonderry, New Hampshire

Great display of classic and golden aged airplanes! Well worth admission price to see some of these aircraft! Not a great gift shop but great display of airplanes!
10/15/2004 @ 19:39 [ref: 3476]
 Joe
 Richmond, Virginia

The Virginia Air and Space Museum is the only private museum with an actual SR-71 on display.
10/17/2001 @ 14:02 [ref: 1515]
 Charles Trainor
 Baltimore, Maryland

An excellent smaller museum with approximately 25 aircraft on display. Some of them are extremely rare such as the Bellanca Skyrocket & the Vultee V1-A which are the only surviving examples of their type. Museum personnell are knowledgable, friendly & helpful.
07/24/2001 @ 06:04 [ref: 1319]
 Paul Galanti
 Richmond, Virginia

One of the finest small aviation museums I've ever visited. Docents were very well informed and everyone I talked to was a pilot! Great experience for this retired Naval Aviator!!!
12/21/2000 @ 17:32 [ref: 693]
 John Pittman
 Charlotte, North Carolina

The focus is on civil aviation in Virginia. The aircraft on display are well maintained and easily viewed. The only reason I didn't give it a higher rating is because I'm into military aviation.
07/01/2000 @ 12:32 [ref: 228]


 

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Last updated: 02/14/00.

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