Kissimmee Air Museum

The Kissimmee Air Museum was located at the Kissimmee Gateway Airport in Kissimmee, Florida. It housed vintage aircraft from World War II to the Vietnam War including an outdoor showroom.[1] It was a working museum that restored vintage aircraft.[1] In 2021, the Kissimmee Air Museum closed when the associated Warbird Adventures, Inc moved their operation to Ninety Six, South Carolina.

Kissimmee Air Museum
Kissimmee Air Museum is located in Florida
Kissimmee Air Museum
Location within Florida
LocationKissimmee Gateway Airport, 233 N. Hoagland Boulevard, Kissimmee, Florida
Coordinates28.2944°N 81.44623°W / 28.2944; -81.44623
TypeVintage Aircraft

When the Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum closed in 2004 due to Hurricane Charley, Warbird Adventures, Inc. saw a need for a museum and opened the Kissimmee Air Museum in 2007.

Exhibits

The museum displayed a number of vintage aircraft owned by the associated Warbird Adventures, Inc. as well as on loan from private individuals and other organizations.

Operational aircraft

Aircraft under restoration

Aircraft engines

See also

Notes

  1. Frommer’s. "Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum", Frommers.com website, 2007. Retrieved on November 02, 2007.

28.2944°N 81.44623°W / 28.2944; -81.44623


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