Vintage Aero Flying Museum
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 VAFM's Fokker Dr.1 and SE.5 taxiing at Platte Valley Airpark | |
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| Established | 1997 |
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| Location | Platte Valley Airpark Fort Lupton, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 40°06′09″N 104°41′52″W / 40.10258°N 104.69781°W |
| Type | Aviation |
| Director | Andy Parks (owner) |
| Curator | Andy Parks |
| Website | Vintage Aero Flying Museum |
Vintage Aero Flying Museum (VAFM), formally LaFayette Escadrille Flying Museum, is Colorado's international aviation museum at Platte Valley Airpark, 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Hudson, Colorado and 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Denver, Colorado.[1]
Andy Parks, son of the last World War I Lafayette Escadrille member who 'flew west', James Parks[a], maintains the legacy and history of the LaFayette Escadrille pilots. The collection of each of these pilots' original uniforms and memorabilia is on display in custom cabinets in a secured hangar of World War I aircraft. There is no other collection of this magnitude in the world today. The Parks have created a museum in a rural setting, much like a French rural World War I air field.
VAFM is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and its foundation was created by James Parks in 1984 as a historical and educational foundation.
Flying aircraft on display[edit]
- 1917 Fokker Dr.I (replica)
- 1918 Fokker D.VII
- 1918 Fokker D.VIII
- 1917 Sopwith Pup
- 1917 SE5a
- 1939 Vultee BT-13 Valiant
- Mullicoupe by Younkin/Dake (Mulicoupe is a combination of a Monocoupe 90 and a MrMulligan)
See also[edit]
- Museums
- CAF Rocky Mountain Wing Museum, Grand Junction, CO
- Colorado Aviation Historical Society Old Lowry AFB Campus, Denver, CO
- Peterson Air and Space Museum Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, CO
- Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society Pueblo Airport, Pueblo, CO
- Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum Pueblo Airport, Pueblo, CO
- Spirit of Flight Center Lafayette, CO
- Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum Old Lowry AFB Campus, Denver, CO
- Lists
References[edit]
- ^ Vinetage Aero Flying Museum Official site.
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ In 1983 during this late L.E. reunion that the surviving members of the Corps made Dr. James Parks an Honorary Member #9 of the Corp.
External links[edit]
- Lafayette Pilots' Memorial
- History of the Escadrille
- New England Air Museum's Lafayette Escadrille Online Exhibit
- Motivations of the Lafayette Escadrille Pilots by Guy Nasuti
