Air Power Park

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F-89J s/n 52-2129 on display at the Air Power Park F-89J Hampton Air Power Park VA 2007.jpg
F-89J s/n 52-2129 on display at the Air Power Park

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 15 acres (6.1 ha) plot and includes a children's playground.

Contents

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 [1]

Indoor museum

Time capsule buried in park near Jupiter C rocket and F-89J Hampton Kraft time capsule.JPG
Time capsule buried in park near Jupiter C rocket and F-89J

On display

Mercury Little Joe (rocket) booster rocket on display at Air Power Park Little Joe Air Power Power.JPG
Mercury Little Joe (rocket) booster rocket on display at Air Power Park

The following are listed as on display: [3]

See also

References

  1. "Hampton Parks and Rec". Archived from the original on 2012-01-15.
  2. Exact location (wikimapia.org)
  3. Air Power Park Brochure

37°02′36″N76°21′58″W / 37.043412°N 76.366181°W / 37.043412; -76.366181