Southern Museum of Flight

The Southern Museum of Flight is located near Birmingham International Airport. Exhibits include one of Delta Air Line's first planes, a Huff Daland crop duster, a 1912 Curtiss Pusher replica, an A-12 Blackbird, and F-4 jet fighter. It also houses aviation memorabilia including the gloves worn by Germany's Red Baron on his last flight, a landing light used by the Wright Brothers at Montgomery flying school, artifacts from the Flying Tigers of World War II, images from Birmingham's first flying fields, the Alabama Air National Guard, women in aviation, and the famed Tuskegee Airmen. The flight simulator hangar offers an opportunity for pilots of all ages to try out skills.