Vintage Aero Flying Museum
- Address
- 7529 CO RD 39
- Phone
- +1-303-668-8044
- Website
- greyeagle.casino
About Vintage Aero Flying Museum
Vintage Aero Flying Museum (VAFM), formally LaFayette Escadrille Flying Museum, is Colorado's international aviation museum at Platte Valley Airpark, 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Hudson, Colorado and 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Denver, Colorado.
Andy Parks, son of the last World War I Lafayette Escadrille member who 'flew west', James Parks, maintains the legacy and history of the LaFayette Escadrille pilots. The collection of each of these pilots' original uniforms and memorabilia is on display in custom cabinets in a secured hangar of World War I aircraft. There is no other collection of this magnitude in the world today. The Parks have created a museum in a rural setting, much like a French rural World War I air field.
VAFM is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and its foundation was created by James Parks in 1984 as a historical and educational foundation.
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- Founded
- 1997
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Nearby museums
Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 10 miles of Vintage Aero Flying Museum; the closest, South Platt Valley Historical Society, is about 6.3 miles away.
