Virginia Aviation Museum
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| Established | 1986 |
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| Dissolved | June 30, 2016 |
| Location | 5701 Huntsman Road, Richmond, Virginia |
| Type | Aviation Museum |
| Director | Edward Andrews |
| Website | Virginia Aviation Museum |
Coordinates: 37°31′1″N 77°20′2.8″W / 37.51694°N 77.334111°WThe Virginia Aviation Museum was an aviation museum in Richmond, Virginia, adjacent to Richmond International Airport (formerly "Richard Evelyn Byrd Flying Field"). Erected in 1986, the museum housed a collection of some thirty-four airframes, both owned and on-loan, ranging from reproductions of Wright Brothers kite gliders to the still state-of-the-art SR-71 Blackbird. It is a subsidiary of the Science Museum of Virginia. The current building, known as the Martha C. West Building, was originally planned to be a temporary storage facility until the actual museum building finished construction.
The museum closed June 30, 2016. The SR-71 was moved to the Science Museum of Virginia where it is on display. The remainder of the collection will be relocated and preserved, though a new location has yet be determined.
(arranged chronologically by date of original manufacture)
Data from the display placards in the museum.
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