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Vintage Aero Flying Museum

Coordinates: 40°06′09″N 104°41′52″W / 40.10258°N 104.69781°W / 40.10258; -104.69781
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Vintage Aero Flying Museum
VAFM's Fokker Dr.1 and SE.5 taxiing at Platte Valley Airpark
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Established1997
LocationPlatte Valley Airpark
Fort Lupton, Colorado
Coordinates40°06′09″N 104°41′52″W / 40.10258°N 104.69781°W / 40.10258; -104.69781
TypeAviation
DirectorAndy Parks (owner)
CuratorAndy Parks
WebsiteVintage Aero Flying Museum

Vintage Aero Flying Museum (VAFM), formally LaFayette Escadrille Flying Museum, is Colorado's international aviation museum at Platte Valley Airpark, 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Hudson, Colorado and 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Denver, Colorado.[1]

Andy Parks, son of the last World War I Lafayette Escadrille member who 'flew west', James Parks[a], maintains the legacy and history of the LaFayette Escadrille pilots. The collection of each of these pilots' original uniforms and memorabilia is on display in custom cabinets in a secured hangar of World War I aircraft. There is no other collection of this magnitude in the world today. The Parks have created a museum in a rural setting, much like a French rural World War I air field.

VAFM is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and its foundation was created by James Parks in 1984 as a historical and educational foundation.

Flying aircraft on display

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ In 1983 during this late L.E. reunion that the surviving members of the Corps made Dr. James Parks an Honorary Member #9 of the Corp.
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