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  • WWII 8th Air Force Control Tower

    Note: This reproduction of the 1942 standard control tower, representative of 8th Air Force control towers used in Great Britain during World War II, is located on the museum grounds in the Air Park. This building is closed indefinitely.A weather detachment, manned by two forecasters and two weather

  • WWII Nissen Hut

    Note: This Nissen Hut is representative of those used during World War II. It is located in the museum's Air Park and depicts a briefing room and a recreation area. This building is closed indefinitely.American Air Forces in EnglandAmerican airpower based in England in World War II involved the 8th

  • Bensen X-25A Gyrocopter

    In early 1968, the U.S. Air Force ordered three X-25 type aircraft to test methods of improving the odds of a downed flyer’s escape. At the time, the USAF was suffering heavy losses in the Rolling Thunder air campaign over North Vietnam.The unpowered Bensen X-25 Discretionary Descent Vehicle (also

  • Ryan X-13 Vertijet

    The X-13 was built to prove the concept that a jet could take off vertically, transition to horizontal flight, and return to vertical flight for landing.Equipped with a temporary tricycle landing gear, the first of two X-13s flew conventionally in December 1955 to test its overall aerodynamic

  • North American X-10

    The turbojet-powered X-10 tested flight characteristics and guidance, navigation and control systems for the planned SM-64 Navaho. The Navaho was intended to be a ramjet-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile launched by rocket boosters.North American built 13 X-10s (10 of which were test flown), and

  • Barbed Wire

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This is one of five items that provide a special peek into the footlocker of a World War I American soldier. 1st Lt. Carroll DeWitt McClung was a pilot with the 28th Aero Squadron, 3rd Pursuit Group. He was trained as a pilot in the Nieuport aircraft and then

  • Kodak Autographic Camera

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This is one of five items that provide a special peek into the footlocker of a World War I American soldier. 1st Lt. Carroll DeWitt McClung was a pilot with the 28th Aero Squadron, 3rd Pursuit Group. He was trained as a pilot in the Nieuport aircraft and then

  • Douglas X-3 Stiletto

    The twin-turbojet X-3, the only one built, was designed to test sustained flight at twice the speed of sound. It also explored the use of very short wings and titanium airframe construction.Engine development difficulties forced the use of lower-powered engines than originally planned, prohibiting

  • Bell X-1B

    The X-1B was one of a series of rocket-powered experimental airplanes designed to investigate supersonic flight problems. The X-1B’s flight research primarily related to aerodynamic heating and the use of small “reaction” rockets for directional control.The X-1B made its first powered flight in

  • Avro Canada VZ-9AV Avrocar

    The Avrocar was the result of a Canadian effort to develop a supersonic, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter-bomber in the early 1950s. However, its circular shape gave it the appearance of a “flying saucer” out of science fiction movies of the period.A.V. Roe (Avro) Aircraft Limited (later