US Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Alabama

This excellent museum is inside the base, so foreign visitors must make contact before visiting, and US citizens need photo ID and are recommended to contact them before visiting.

In 2023 the location was renamed Fort Novosel, and in 2024 I went back for another visit. Click here to see those photos.

Aircraft Reg'n Thumbs Notes
Aeronca L-16A (7BCM) Grasshopper (Champ) 47-0924 LH-924  
Bell AH-1G Cobra 66-15246 One of two prototypes as a YAH-1G, later brought up to production standard.
Bell AH-1S Cobra 68-17109  
Bell AH-1S Cobra 70-16072  
Bell GUH-1D Iroquois 63-12972  
Bell OH-1D Iroquois 60-6030 Used by Bell in 1965 as a twin-engine testbed YUH-1D (Model 208 Twin Huey), then returned to production standard.
Bell UH-1H Iroquois 63-8781 At the main gate
Bell UH-1H Iroquois 66-16325 134 In Daleville, just outside Fort Rucker's entrance.
Bell OH-13C (47D) Sioux 48-0845  
Bell OH-13E (47D-1) Sioux 51-14218  
Bell OH-58C Kiowa 68-16734  
Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 92-00581  
Bleriot XI replica   Built in the 1930's.
Boeing BV-347 65-7992 Stretched fuselage, four-blade rotors, tilt-wing, retractable ventral control cabin and undercarriage, successfully tested from 1970-72.
Boeing CH-47A Chinook 60-3451  
Boeing YMQ-18A A-160 Hummingbird 015 Autonomous UAV project broke several records but was plagued by crashes and cancelled in 2012.
Cessna O-1A (L-19A) Bird Dog 50-1327 Operated in Korea and flew Eisenhower, Jack Benny and Marilyn Monroe.
Cessna T-37B Tweet 56-3466 '56-3465' Possibly a painter's error.
Curtiss 1C (JN-4D) Jenny N5162 (NX5162) '18-2780 525' An original, ex A2525.
De Havilland Canada U-1A (DHC-3) Otter 57-6135 Used for a few years by the Golden Knights parachute team.
De Havilland Canada YU-6A (YL-20A DHC-2) Beaver 51-6263  
De Havilland Canada YC-7A (DHC-4) Caribou 57-3080 Ex CF-LKU-X. Operated in Vietnam, as South Vietnam's presidential aircraft, and for Air America in Laos.
Fokker E.V (D.VIII) replica '143-18' Built by Vintage Aviation Services, Texas.
Grumman OV-1B Mohawk 62-5860  
Hiller OH-23A (UH-12A) Raven 51-3975  
Hughes OH-6A Cayuse 68-17340 C-16 Miss Clawd IV. Vietnam veteran then in the Silver Eagles Army display team.
Hughes TH-55A Osage 67-16795  
Lockheed AP-2E Neptune 131485 The Burbank Boomerang - SIGINT version for Vietnam war. Officially an RP-2E, but called an AP-2E as a disguise. Five converted.
Nieuport 28C-1 6531 '17-6531' WW1 survivor sent to the US Army soon after the war. Was in the film Dawn Patrol. Restored as G-BSKS by the Historic Aircraft Collection, UK.
North American T-39A Sabreliner 61-0685  
Piasecki CH-21C Shawnee 56-2040  
Piasecki H-25A Army Mule (Retreiver) 51-16616  
Piper J-3C-65 (L-4) Cub '40-0003' 3 Correct serial unknown.
Piper L-4B (J-3C-65) Cub 43-515  
Royal Aircraft Factory BE2c replica '1780'  
Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a replica 'F8010' Scarlet Lady
Ryan U-18B (L-17B) Navion A 48-1046 Ex N555U
Ryan XV-5B Vertifan N705NA NASA, ex Army 62-4506. Survivor of two XV-5As built. It crashed and was rebuilt with fixed undercarriage and uprated systems as the B version.
Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly 1 43-46592 346592 Ex NL68351 (N68351).
Sikorsky H-5G (S-51) Dragonfly 48-0558  
Sikorsky R-5D (H-5D) (S-51) Dragonfly 43-46645 346645 Ex N4964C
Sikorsky R-6A Hoverfly II 43-45473 Ex N5282N (NL5282N).
Sikorsky VH-34C Choctaw (S-58A) 56-4320 With Army Executive Flight Detachment as Army One presidential. Flew many VVIPs including JFK and Khrushchev.
Sikorsky CH-37B Mojave (S-56) 55-0644  
Sikorsky CH-54A Tarhe (S-64A) 68-18438  
Sikorsky VH-60A (VH-60N) White Hawk 23594  
Sikorsky UH-60L DAP Black Hawk 90-26288 Razors Edge. DAP = Direct Action Penetrator - heavily armed special operations version.
Sopwith F.1 Camel replica 'B6291 4' The real B6291 (the only Sopwith-built Camel survivor) moved to the NASM Udvar-Hazy Centre in 2017.
Taylorcraft L-2A DCO-65 Grasshopper 42-35872 Ex N47652
Wright Flyer Model B replica    

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