The last stop on my Florida Space Coast vacation was the Valiant Air Command Museum in Titusville at the Space Coast Regional Airport. The Valiant Air Command Museum is unique among the air museums that I’ve visited in that a considerable number of their aircraft are flyable and do fly. They also have several unique aircraft in their collection. Tom Reilly’s XP-82 Twin Mustang resides at the museum; I saw this aircraft when it undergoing restoration in Douglas, GA and it was good to see it as the finished product. They also have a Fouga Magister awaiting restoration that saw service with the Israeli Air Force during the 1967 Six-Day War; I can’t think of another US air museum where you’ll find something like it. I was surprised to see a RU-21 Cefirm Leader direction-finding aircraft; that’s also an aircraft I think you’d have a hard time finding elsewhere. Right now, they’re only open Friday-Sunday due to COVID-19, but they’re well worth visiting. I’d also recommend taking one of the tours guided by their knowledgeable docents – it really adds to the experience.


























