Air Power Park

Museum in Virginia, United States

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 out of doors. The park is on a 15 acres (6.1 ha) plot and includes a children's playground.

The indoor museum at the center of the park 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, space craft, 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

NASA Room
United States Air Force Aviation Room- Including items highlighting nearby Langley Air Force Base's contribution to the USAF.
General Aviation Room
Library
Cold War Era Room
International Plastic Modellers' Society Room- containing periodically rotating display of local IPMS member's models.
United States Navy Room
United States Army Aviation Branch Room

On display

The following are listed as on display:^[3]

P.1127 Kestrel
F-86L Sabre
Mercury capsule
A-7E Corsair II
F-101F Voodoo
F-89J Scorpion
RF-4C Phantom II
F-105D Thunderchief
T-33A Trainer
Jupiter IRBM
Nike SAM
Nike Ajax SAM
Nike Hercules SAM
F-100D Super Sabre
Polaris A-2 SLBM
Corporal IRBM
Little Joe/Mercury, booster used in testing for the Mercury program. Launched from Wallops Flight Facility, 90 miles north.