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Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, AL

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Southern Museum of Flight

Civilian aviation museum in Birmingham, Alabama, covering flight history across the region.

4343 73rd Street North, Birmingham, AL 35206 · Birmingham, AL

About Southern Museum of Flight

The museum presents aviation past, present, and future in Birmingham and the South. Its collection includes nearly 100 aircraft along with engines, models, artifacts, photographs, and paintings. Visitors can see a Cold War-era A-12 Oxcart and a MiG-15, and a Tuskegee Airmen exhibit. The building also houses the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame, with nearly 80 biographical plaques. A flight simulator lab lets visitors try a virtual cockpit with an instructor, and guided or self-guided tours are offered.

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