The Kissimmee Air Museum is located at the Kissimmee Gateway Airport in Kissimmee, Florida. It houses vintage aircraft from World War II to the Vietnam War including an outdoor showroom. It is a working museum with restorations of vintage aircraft in progress. It has been cofounded by Thom Richard, famously known for flying a the P-51XR with contra-rotating-propellers at the Reno Air Races.
When the Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum closed in 2004 due to Hurricane Charley, Warbird Adventures, Inc. saw a need for a museum and opened the Kissimmee Air Museum in 2007.
Exhibits
The museum displays a number of vintage aircraft owned by the associated Warbird Adventures, Inc. as well as on loan from private individuals and other organizations.
Operational Aircraft
- Boeing Stearman N2S-5
- Cessna L-19
- Fouga Magister
- Grumman S-2 Tracker
- Hiller OH-23 Raven
- North American P-51 Mustang
- North American T-6 Texan
- Robinson R44
- PZL TS-11 Iskra
- Taylor Aerocar
Aircraft Under Restoration
- Boeing Stearman PT-17
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F
- PZL TS-11 Iskra
Aircraft Engines
- de Havilland Goblin
- General Electric CJ610
- Kinner R-5
- Klimov VK-1
- Rolls-Royce Griffon
Notes
- ^ a b Frommer’s. "Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum", Frommers.com website, 2007. Retrieved on November 02, 2007.
External links
- Kissimmee Air Museum
- Warbird Adventures
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