Air Power Park
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The Air Power Park is an outdoor, roadside museum in Hampton, Virginia which recognizes Hampton's role in America's early space exploration and aircraft testing. The outdoor park is open year-round, seven days a week, from sunrise to sunset. Several vintage aircraft and experimental space launch vehicles from the 1950s and 1960s are displayed outdoors. The park is on a {{convert|15|acre}} plot and includes a children's playground.
The indoor museum at the park's center was reopened after a 2011 renovation (with hours more limited than the outdoor part of the park). There are eight themed rooms containing over 325 models of aircraft, spacecraft, and nautical vessels representing all the U.S. branches of service as well as various model craft from other nations. The park also has a time capsule {{cite web|title=Hampton Parks and Rec |url=http://www.hampton.gov/parks/parks_and_trails.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115181442/http://www.hampton.gov/parks/parks_and_trails.html |archivedate=2012-01-15 }}
Indoor museum
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- NASA Room
- United States Air Force Aviation Room- Including items highlighting nearby Langley Air Force Base's contribution to the USAF.
- General Aviation Room
- Library
- Cold War Era Room
- International Plastic Modellers' Society Room- containing periodically rotating display of local IPMS member's models.
- United States Navy Room
- United States Army Aviation Branch Room
On display
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The following are listed as on display:[https://web.archive.org/web/20100219122213/http://www.hampton.va.us/parks/parks_and_trails_iframe.html?linkfrom=main&bc=Air%A0Power%A0Park%A0Brochure&link=pdf/air_power_park_tour.pdf Air Power Park Brochure]
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- P.1127 Kestrel
- F-86L Sabre
- Mercury capsule
- A-7E Corsair II
- F-101F Voodoo
- F-89J Scorpion
- RF-4C Phantom II
- F-105D Thunderchief
- T-33A Trainer
- Jupiter IRBM
- Nike SAM
- Nike Ajax SAM
- Nike Hercules SAM
- F-100D Super Sabre
- Polaris A-2 SLBM
- Corporal IRBM
- Little Joe/Mercury, booster used in testing for the Mercury program. Launched from Wallops Flight Facility, 90 miles north.
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See also
References
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External links
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- [http://hampton.gov/Facilities/Facility/Details/Air-Power-Park-23 Air Power Park] - City of Hampton
- [https://archive.today/20121212103201/http://www.aero-web.org/database/aircraft/getimage.htm?id=6821 RF-4c Phantom II] – Aviation Enthusiast Corner
- [http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/11393 Roadside America]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100422071212/http://www.aero-web.org/museums/va/appm.htm Air Power Park on Aviation Museum Locator]
- [http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=37.043138&lon=-76.366010&z=19&m=b wikimapia.org] - satellite map view (with clickable aircraft info)
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Category:Aerospace museums in Virginia
Category:Military and war museums in Virginia
Category:Virginia municipal and county parks
Category:Museums in Hampton, Virginia
Category:Parks in Hampton, Virginia