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Planes of Fame Air Museum
Grand Canyon Valle Airport
Valle, Arizona 86046

The Planes of Fame Air Museum is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to preserving aviation history for the benefit of future generations. Currently, the Museum houses over 150 aircraft at two locations. The main facility is at the Chino Airport, California. A satellite Museum is located at the Grand Canyon Valle Airport, Valle, AZ. Planes of Fame is in reality a "living history" museum, where the aircraft are not only preserved, but are kept flying. This is made possible through the generosity many people who donate funds or aircraft parts to the Museum and the dozens of volunteers who donate their time to restore and maintain the aircraft. Many of these rare warbirds are in flying condition. In order to share their collection with the public, Planes of Fame warbirds are flown regularly, participating in airshows, military base open houses, and are often used in the making of television programs and motion picture presentations. As a result of Planes of Fame sharing their collection, a specific aircraft may be absent at times. As of January 2011, according to the Planes of Fame website, the following aircraft were on display at their Valle, AZ facility.

• Aero Vodochody L-29 "Delfin" (30 red, c/n 0301804)
• Bede BD-5V "Micro"
• Boeing-Stearman Model E75 "Kaydet" (NX5279N, s/n 75-5926, 1942)
• Bristol F.2b "Brisfit" (N29HC, 1979 Vision Air International replica, s/n 1)
• Consolidated Vultee BT-13B (N56867, s/n 79-1220, 1945, as Aichi D3A-2 "Val" movie conversion)
• Convair 240-1 (N240HH, c/n 47, 1948)
• Curtiss Model 50 "Robin" (NC74H, s/n 47, 1928)
• DeHavilland DH.100 Mk.III "Vampire" (s/n 17018)
• Douglas AD-4N "Skyraider" (N409Z, BuNo 126997, c/n D-1190)
• Douglas RB-26C-30-DT "Invader" (N8026E, AF 44-35323, c/n 28602)
• Ford 5-AT-C "Trimotor" (N414H, s/n 74, 1929)
• Grumman F11F-1 "Tiger" (BuNo 141868)
• Grumman G-32A (N100TF, s/n 447, as F3F-2 "Flying Barrel" 8-F-8)
• Lancair 235, N235B, s/n 39, Herbert G. Schorpp, 1989
• Lockheed VC-121A "Constellation" (AF 48-0613, c/n 749-2605, N422NA)
• Lockheed T-33A "Shooting Star" (as AF 57-15262)
• Martin 4-0-4 (N636X, s/n 14135, 1952)
• Messerschmitt Bf.109G-10 "Gustav" (611943/13+)
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis "Fagot" (LIM-2, 1301 red)
• Mooney/Cox M-18C "Mite" (N18CX, s/n 01, 1991)
• Nieuport 17 "Scout" (N124PW, s/n 621, 1998 replica by Billy Walker)
• North American T-28B "Trojan" (NX393W, BuNo 138310, 1954)
• North American T-28C "Trojan" (N166ER, BuNo 140539, 1954)
• Oldfield "Baby Great Lakes" (N6915, s/n WE101)
• Republic P-84B-11-RE "Thunderjet" (AF 45-59556)
• Rutan "Long-EZ" (N85H, s/n 704, Donald E. Hatten)
• Siemens-Schuckert D.IV (N1094G, Model SSW D-IV, s/n S10, replica, Carl R. Swanson)
• Standard J-1 "Spirit of Grand Canyon"
• Team/JTD Mini-Max 1100

Grumman F11F-1 "Tiger"
Photo by John Shupek

A very special thanks to AFIA (A Friend in Arizona) for providing us with photos of the aircraft at this location.

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