The time Sunday afternoon rolled around, it was rather dark. The event, and to show which warbirds were in attendance.Īfternoon show was the best for photos, with lots of sunshine. Good escape from the winter weather at home!īelow are a few photos to give a flavor of The Space Coast Warbird Airshow is always a It doesn't really matter, as it is an airshow, and Looking back at my visit in 2015, I noticed that several of the acts Others may go to the beach for spring break, I spend my spring break at It snowed at home on the Sunday of the show. Even as I headed down to the show, there were To get really tired of shoveling snow each week, while yet another new storm Thinking about doing the show this year in late January, when I started To do airshows in all four seasons of the year. Show is that it is still actually winter when it occurs. Me it will always be Tico, and I will refer to it as such below. Warbird Airshow, formerly the Tico Warbird Airshow, since 2015. This was my first visit to the Space Coast Space Coast Warbird Airshow Warbird Photo ReviewĪirport, Titusville, FL - March 15-17, 2019 In 2016, it returns in all of its low flying, pyrotechnic glory.Airshow (Tico), Titusville, FL Seymour-Johnson AFB,īeaufort, SC TBM Reunion, Peru, IL Gathering of Warbirds, The organization behind the museum, the Valiant Air Command, has also hosted an airshow for the last 37 years. In addition to the aircraft, the museum also hosts a collection of uniforms, medals, flags and other interesting military memorabilia like typewriters and other period equipment. It makes for a history lesson that’s alive in a way that no documentary on a screen ever could be. For instance: the odd-looking F5 in the collection was part of a DARPA experiment in altering the shockwave of sonic booms by changing the shape of a plane’s fuselage. There is a similar story behind each of the aircraft at the museum. The names of her crew, the positions they served in, where they were from, and where the plane took off from are all on the record. The aforementioned TICO Belle did not only fly on D-Day. What makes the Warbird Museum so special is that all of the aircraft have a history behind them. Aircraft from the First World War are also on display like a Fokker from the First World War, which somewhat inevitably is painted red in imitation of the Red Baron. Planes from other nations include a Luftwaffe Me-208, the F-86 Sabre’s opposite the Mig-17, and a Mig-21 in Czech Air Force livery. Admission is a little steep at $20 per adult, with discounts for children, seniors, and veterans. The Warbird Museum is located on TICO Road in Titusville, a short right turn off of Columbia Parkway on the way from Titusville hotels to the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex, or Port Canaveral. Another impressive airframe in their collection is the F-5 used in supersonic NASA experiments. It’s most famous resident is probably the F-14 Tomcat, of Top Gun fame. The non-flying collection may no longer take to the skies, but it is still pretty impressive anyway. It’s history that still lives and the scent of hydraulic fluid and aviation fluid brings it alive in a way that most museums can’t manage. It contains 45 aircraft, and a few of them still fly regularly. The all-volunteer Valiant Air Command is dedicated to preserving military aircraft and has created a museum whose collection takes up two hangers at the Space Coast Regional Airport. It’s an impressive display organized entirely by volunteers. It’s worth an hour or two of a cruiser’s time to see. Nearby, a less famous, but just as impressive display of aviation history is open to the public at the Titusville Warbird Museum. In 2016, it happens from Friday, March 11 to Sunday, March 13, and visitors will get the chance to thrill to the formation flying of both the Air Force and Navy demonstration teams, as well as private stunt flyers and performers. It’s worth an hour or two of a cruiser’s time to see.Įvery year for the past 39 years Titusville has been hosting the annual TICO Warbirds Airshow. The Atlantis is on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex. The region is, after all, home to the Kennedy Space Center, and it is one of a handful of places you can see a real space shuttle.
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