Army Light Aviation and Helicopter Museum, Military aviation museum in Dax, France.
The Army Light Aviation and Helicopter Museum in Dax displays a collection of helicopters and light aircraft used by the French Army. The exhibition is organized across multiple halls and presents the aircraft alongside technical details and explanations of their operational roles.
The museum was founded in 1992 and focuses on the history of light aircraft used by the French Army over many decades. The collection includes machines that saw action in various operations such as those in Indochina and Algeria.
The museum documents the work of pilots and mechanics in French Army light aviation through preserved aircraft and equipment on display. Visitors can see how these helicopters were used in regular operations and what skills their crews needed.
The museum is open to the public from early March to late November, so plan a visit within that window. Two halls of 3,000 m2 each hold the aircraft, with a gallery of photographs, trophies and models next to one of them. A documentation centre with more than 8,000 references is also on site.
The Hiller 360 on display was flown by Valérie André, a military doctor and the first woman to become a general in the French army. The museum also holds a Morane-Saulnier MS-505 Criquet classified as a Monument historique, and a Panther, an experimental model that never entered series production.
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