You’ll experience the thrill of a lifetime as you soar high above Virginia Beach, across the Intracoastal Waterway, and over the grassy dunes of Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Want to know what it was like to fly in a 1940s aircraft? During flight season – April 23 through October 27 – you can book a flight on a WWII warbird piloted by an expert veteran aviator. The Fighter Factory, the museum’s high-tech maintenance and restoration facility, where 15 highly skilled aviation technicians expertly maintain classic warbirds, fighters, bombers, training aircraft, and liaison planesīut Don’t Just See the Planes – Fly in One!.Goxhill Tower, the very same WWII control tower (not a reproduction) built for British Royal Air Force Station Goxhill in Lincolnshire, England – the only authentic tower of its type now in the United States.The Cottbus, a genuine 1930s Luftwaffe Hangar – the real thing, not a replica – relocated from Cottbus, Germany.The WWI Hangar, a 15,000-square-foot reproduction of a vintage French barn hangar, where you’ll find a colorful collection of classic aircraft replicas.The Navy Hangar, another 15,000-square-foot space, home to famous US Navy aircraft like the PBY Catalina, Skyraider, DeHavilland Dragon Rapide, and more.The 15,000-square-foot Army Hangar, housing vintage US Army Air Corp aircraft alongside classic British and Russian planes.Bush when he was shot down over Chi Chi Jima and many more.
20 Genuine WWII “Warbirds,” authentically restored military airplanes such as the Curtis P-40, famous for its connection with the “Fighting Tigers” an FD-1G Corsair, the iconic “gull-wing” fighter known in Japan as “Whistling Death” the B-25 Mitchell Bomber, one of WWII’s most legendary aircraft a TBM Avenger, the same kind flown by former President George H.Authentic WWI Biplanes and Triplanes, carefully restored down to the smallest detail – over 15 planes in all, including two Fokker D.VII German fighter planes an authentic Fokker D.VIII, one of the last German fighters flown in the First World War a Curtis JN-4 (a/k/a “Jenny”), the classic US Army biplane once used as a WWI training aircraft a British Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter 1915 biplane a Nieuport Model XI, the formidable French fighter famous for its decisive role at the Battle of Verdun and many other airworthy aircraft that flew in the Great War.Visit any day except Thanksgiving and Christmas between 9 a.m.
An Amazing Private Collection of Genuine Vintage “Warbirds”įounded in 1997, the Museum houses one of the world’s largest collections of WWI and WWII military aircraft. It’s an ideal destination for a family day trip when you’re staying at Sandbridge Beach. You can experience all this and more at the Virginia Military Aviation Museum in Pungo, VA, just 9.4 miles north of Sandbridge Beach via Sandbridge Road. Roam through a scenic park filled with replicas of real dinosaurs?.See actual WWI and WWII aircraft, meticulously restored to their original military-ready splendor?.
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