Florida Air Museum, Aviation museum in Lakeland, United States.
The Florida Air Museum is an aviation museum on the grounds of Lakeland Linder International Airport, displaying more than 40 different aircraft types across a main building and a hangar. The collection covers military planes, classic machines, ultralights, and experimental designs from different eras.
The museum was founded in 1986 on the grounds of Lakeland Linder International Airport and later received official recognition as Florida's aviation museum and education center. That recognition helped strengthen its role in preserving the aviation history of the region.
The museum holds personal items from Howard Hughes, including the flight suit and oxygen mask he wore during his round-the-world flight. These objects give visitors a direct sense of how aviation pioneers lived and worked.
The museum sits on an active airport campus, which makes visits especially worthwhile for those interested in seeing aircraft in an operational setting. Guided tours and restoration workshops are available on site, and the annual SUN 'n FUN Aerospace Expo takes place there each April.
The collection includes the Convair F2Y Sea Dart, the only seaplane ever to exceed the speed of sound. The design was never produced in large numbers, making this one of the few places where visitors can see one today.
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