San Diego Air & Space Museum - Balboa Park, San Diego SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Air & Space Museum recently acquired the Vought archive collection from the Vought Aircraft Heritage Foundation in Arlington, Texas. [Triumph Aerostructures - Vought Aircraft Division - Heritage Museum]
The recently acquired collection is the largest component of the surviving archive of the Vought Aircraft companies, according to museum officials.
It’ll take more than a year to catalog, digitize and present the collection. The library includes virtually every aircraft designed or built around the world, from gliders, helicopters, missiles, spacecraft and satellites.
The F4U Corsair was restored by the museum. The name added to the cockpit is Marine Corp Pilot Jerry Coleman.
This now elevates the San Diego Air and Space Museum, to the number one, private collection archive library in the nation.
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