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Founded in September 1992, the Quonset Air Museum was dedicated as an educational facility whose current mission is to preserve and interpret Rhode Island's aviation Heritage. The museum's collection includes military vehicles, missiles, aircraft and over 5000 smaller aviation artifacts. An extensive archive of books, magazines, manuals, photos, documents and blueprints is preserved within the Quonset Air Museum. The collection represents Rhode Island's achievement in private, commercial, and military aviation. The museum occupies Painting Hangar #488 located at what was once the Naval Air Station Quonset Point. This 50,000 sq. ft. facility is one of only three existing specialized wood and brick hangars built during WWII. Current restoration projects the Walt Schiebe Restoration Area include a TBM Avenger, F6F Hellcat, F3D Skyknight. Other notable aircraft in the collection are the last surviving Curtiss XF15C mixed propulsion prototype and a twin tail C-1A Trader. This one of a kind aircraft had been fitted with twin tails and radome (but without associated electronics) to serve the aerodynamic prototype for the E-1 Tracer Electronic Counter Measure aircraft. This C-1A has the distinction of being the last aircraft to fly from Naval Air Station Quonset Point upon its closure in 1974. The museum houses several Vietnam era combat aircraft as well as the legendary F-14 Tomcat. ==On display== *Bell AH-1S Cobra *Bell OH-58A Kiowa *Bell UH-1 Huey *Curtiss XF15C, BuNo ''01215'' *Douglas AD-5W Skyraider, BuNo ''135188'' *Douglas A-4M Skyhawk, BuNo ''158148'' *Douglas F3D-2Q Skyknight, BuNo ''124620'' *FV433 Abbot SPG *General Motors TBM-3E Avenger BuNo ''53914'' *Grumman A-6E Intruder, BuNo ''155629'' *Grumman C-1A Trader, BuNo ''136792'' *Grumman F-14 Tomcat *Grumman F6F Hellcat 3/4 scale hand built *Hughes OH-6 Cayuse *Lockheed P2V Neptune, BuNo ''131427''ASW Aircraft that was the preceded the P# Orion *LTV A-7D Corsair II, AF Ser. No. ''75-0408'' *M35 Recovery Truck *McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II *McDonnell-Douglas F-4A Phantom II *Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F Fresco C *MIM-14 Nike-Hercules *Sikorsky SH-3H Sea King, BuNo ''149738'' *Silkworm missile *Type 74 37 mm AA gun *ZPU-4 Type 56 AA gun 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Quonset Air Museum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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