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 VAFM's Fokker Dr.1 and SE.5 taxiing at Platte Valley Airpark | |
| Established | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Location | Platte Valley Airpark Fort Lupton, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 40°06′09″N 104°41′52″W / 40.10258°N 104.69781°W / 40.10258; -104.69781 |
| 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.
Andy Parks, son of the last World War I Lafayette Escadrille member who 'flew west', James Parks, 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
- 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
- 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
- Vinetage Aero Flying Museum Official site.
Footnotes
- 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
- 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
