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Outdoor displays:

Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 D-7-CV Serial No. 70-966, c.n D.112, of the 192nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Virginia Air National Guard, on loan from the National Museum Of The United States Air Force .

Lockheed SR-71 Serial No. 61-7968, c.n. 2019, on loan from the National Museum Of The United States Air Force .

Indoor displays:

Wright 1899 Kite/Glider reproduction.

Wright 1901 Glider reproduction.

Wright 1902 Glider reproduction.

Wright 1911 Model "B" reproduction.

S.P.A.D. VII, B9913, built 1917 by Mann Egerton & Company, Ltd. , United Kingdom - one of 19 to Rockwell Field Pursuit Gunnery School, San Diego, California in 1918 .

Standard E-1 , no registration, built 1918, rescued from barn near Dayton, Ohio in 1950s by Sidney L. Shannon, Jr. and restored.

Curtiss JN-4D , Signal Corps 2975, c.n. 450, built 1918, on loan from Ken Hyde, Warrenton, Virginia.

Pitcairn PA-5 Mailwing , NC3835, c.n. 9, built 1927 - in Eastern Air Transport markings.

Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket , NX237, c.n. 187, built 1928 as a CH-300 Pacemaker, salvaged from a glacier by Preston Synder in 1976 and converted to CH-400 - marked as "Columbia", original of which was destroyed in hangar fire.

Travel Air 2000, NC6282, c.n. 721, built 1927.

Fairchild FC-2W2 , NX8006, built 1928, " Stars And Stripes " - Richard Evelyn Byrd 's Arctic exploration aircraft, on loan from the National Air And Space Museum .

Heath Super Parasol , N1926, c.n. 31919, built 1928, donated by Dr. E.C. Garber, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Pietenpol Air Camper and Sky Scout , N9040N, c.n. 410, Ford -powered homebuilt, 1928, built and donated by Charles F. Duff.

Brunner Winkle BK Bird , c.n. 2025, built 1929, on loan from Dolph Overton.

Curtiss-Robertson J-1D Robin, NC532N, c.n. 733, built 1929, restored by Francis Clore.

Fleet Model 1 , NC766V, c.n. 347, built August 1930 - marked as USAAC YPT-6 .

Aeronca C-2 N Razor Back, N11417, c.n. 151, originally built 1932 as C-1 Clipped Wing Cadet, converted 1932 to C-2N; rebuilt 1962.

Taylor E-2 Cub , NC12628, c.n. 33, built 1932.

Aeronca C-3 NC14640, c.n. 426, built 1935, donated by Kenneth Brugh, Greensboro, North Carolina.

Waco YOC , NC17740, c.n. 4279, built 1935, on loan from the Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society - once owned by Hollywood artist Walter Matthew Jeffries who designed the Starship Enterprise .

Curtiss-Wright Speedwing Model A-14D , NC12329, built 1936, on loan from Allen H. Watkins - only one known in existence.

Vultee V-1AD Special , NC16099, c.n. 25, built 1936, "Lady Peace II" - once owned by publisher William Randolph Hearst , only one known in existence.

Fairchild Model 24 -G, N19123, c.n. 2983, built August 1937.

Stinson SR-10 G Reliant , NC21135, c.n. 5903, built 1937 for American Airlines and marked for that carrier - on loan from the Science Museum Of Virginia .

Waco EGC-8 , c.n. 5062, built for by R.G LeTourneau , 1938, one of seven total sold - now owned by David Tyndall, Mechanicsville, Virginia - undergoing restoration in the museum shop.

Bucker BU-133 C Jungmeister , N133BU, c.n. 251, built 1941 - marked as aircraft of Beverly "Bevo" Howard .

Piper J-3 Cub , N42535, c.n. 14812, built 1943.

Ercoupe Model 415 -D, N99143, c.n. 1766, built 1946, donated by Charles Drummond, Poquoson, Virginia.

Quickie 200 Tri-Gear , N200XQ, built 1988, from Tommy Burnette II, "Buckaroo".

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Data from the display placards in the museum.