American Helicopter Museum

If you're into whirlybirds, this is the place for you. Welcome to the largest collection of helicopters in the nation. You'll find more than 35 civilian and military helicopters, autogiros and convertaplanes that showcase the history of rotary wing aircraft. The American Helicopter Museum and Education Center, which opened to the public in 1996, also has a expanding library of documents, films, memoirs and artifacts about rotary wing aircraft. The museum plays host to Rotorfest in the summer, which is the largest all-helicopter air show in the world. If climbing into the cockpit is on your list, several helicopters are open for inspection. You also can walk through a V-22 tilt wing Osprey, which you can image is a pretty big bird.