The Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum is home to several historic aircraft. We invite you to come see for yourself in person!
Below you’ll see the various aircraft on display at the museum — feel free to click through to learn more about them, their history, specifications, and more.
Single-engine, piston-powered, single-main-rotor utility / anti- submarine helicopter
Sikorsky UH-34D “Seahorse” (also “Sea Bat”)
A Sikorsky UH-34D “Seahorse,” a piston-engined utility helicopter that served the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps from the late 1950s through the early 1970s, including duty during the Vietnam era.
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Single-engine military trainer aircraft
Beechcraft T-34B Mentor
The T-34B is a lightweight, single-engine, propeller-driven trainer with tandem seating for an instructor and student. It was derived from the civilian Beechcraft Bonanza but built to a much sturdier structural standard for training maneuvers.
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Single-engine light utility helicopter
Bell H-13G Sioux
The H-13G is a small, single-engine, two-seat helicopter recognizable by its bubble-shaped canopy, open-frame tail boom, and skid landing gear.
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Single-engine utility and medical evacuation helicopter
Bell UH-1V Iroquois
The UH-1V is a specialized medical evacuation variant, fitted out to carry stretcher patients and a medical attendant in addition to its flight crew.
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Twin-engine carrier-based jet fighter
Chance-Vought F7U-3 Cutlass
The F7U-3 is a twin-engine, single-seat carrier-based fighter with a distinctive tailless, swept-wing design and a tall nose landing gear that placed the pilot unusually high off the ground.
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Single-engine, all weather day/night carrier-based jet fighter
Chance-Vought F8U-1 Crusader
The F8U-1 is a single-engine, single-seat carrier-based fighter notable for its variable-incidence wing, which could be raised to improve lift during takeoff and landing while keeping the fuselage level for better pilot visibility.
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Experimental supersonic seaplane fighter
Convair YF-2Y Sea Dart
The YF-2Y-1 is a small, single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft with a delta-wing design and a boat-like fuselage built to float and operate from water.
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Twin-engine close air support attack aircraft
Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
The A-10 is a twin-engine, single-seat, straight-winged jet attack aircraft, built for survivability, reliability, ease-of-maintenance with high amounts of armor protection and redundant systems that allow it to operate in low-to-medium threat environments at low-to-medium altitudes in support of ground forces.
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Twin-engine transport aircraft
Grumman C-1A Trader
The C-1A is a twin-engine, high-wing aircraft with a boxy fuselage designed to maximize cargo and passenger space, and wings that fold upward for storage aboard aircraft carriers.
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Single-engine carrier-based jet fighter
Grumman F9F-2 Panther
The F9F-2 is a single-engine, single-seat, straight-wing carrier-based jet fighter built for ruggedness and able to carry a substantial load of bombs and rockets in addition to its cannon armament.
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Unmanned drone anti-submarine helicopter
Gyrodyne QH-50 Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter (DASH)
The QH-50 is a small, unmanned, remotely controlled helicopter
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Twin-engine anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, mine detection and utility helicopter
Kaman SH-2G Sea Sprite
The SH-2G is a twin-engine, multi-crew helicopter equipped with sensors and weapons for locating and engaging submarines and surface targets.
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Four-engine maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft
Lockheed P-3B Orion
The P-3B is a large, four-engine, propeller-driven patrol aircraft built to carry a substantial crew and a wide array of submarine-detection equipment and weapons.
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Single-engine jet fighter
Lockheed P-80C/TV-1 Shooting Star
The P-80C/TV-1 is a single-engine, single-seat jet fighter with straight wings and a streamlined, rounded fuselage typical of early jet fighter design.
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Twin-engine, two-seat supersonic fighter-bomber
McDonnell Douglas F-4A Phantom II
The F-4A is a large, twin-engine, two-seat fighter-bomber capable of speeds over Mach 2 and able to carry a substantial weapons load for both air-to-air and ground-attack missions.
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Light attack, carrier-capable ground-attack aircraft
McDonnell-Douglas A-4M Skyhawk
The A-4M is a lightweight, single-engine, subsonic, carrier-capable attack aircraft. Optimized for simplicity and low cost without sacrificing capability, it was compact enough to operate from carriers without folding wings.
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Twin-engine carrier-based multi-role fighter and attack aircraft
McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18A Hornet
The F/A-18A is a twin-engine, single-seat carrier-based multi-role fighter and attack aircraft.
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Single-engine carrier-based fighter-bomber
North American FJ-4B Fury
The FJ-4B is a single-engine, single-seat, swept-wing carrier-based fighter-bomber.
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Single-engine carrier-based utility helicopter
Piasecki HUP-2 Retriever
The HUP-2 is a compact, single-engine helicopter with two overlapping three-bladed rotors mounted fore and aft, an unusual configuration that became a Piasecki trademark used in later, larger helicopter designs.
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Single-engine biplane airmail aircraft
Pitcairn PA-8 Super Mailwing
The PA-8 is a single-seat, single-engine biplane built primarily to carry airmail, with an open cockpit and a fabric-covered steel-tube and wood structure typical of aircraft from this era.
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Single-engine swept-wing jet fighter-bomber
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
The F-84F is a single-seat, single-engine, swept-wing jet fighter-bomber built for both tactical ground attack and high-altitude escort missions.
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