Come and visit the Fargo Air Museum and see these beautiful Aircraft on display. We have the aircraft. Help us build a home to share them with you. Click image for larger view Goodyear F2G-1D Super Corsair World's only flying Super Corsair - one of only three known to exist in the world today! Although used by the Navy, this plane - owned by Robert Odegaard - is painted in its racing colors. It won the fabled Cleveland Air Races in 1949. Truly a one-of-a-kind aircraft!     Click images for larger view North American P-51D Mustang Called the "Mustang," the P-51 is perhaps the best-known fighter of WWII. With its Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, the P-51 quickly became the war's dominant fighter plane. It was thought of as a "knight in shining armor" by the many bomber crews it escorted. After the war, the P-51 remained in US service with the Strategic Air Command until 1949, and with the Air National Guard and Reserves into the 1950s. It became one of the first fighters to see combat in the Korean War. The RAF's Fighter Command used them until 1946. In addition, over 50 air forces around the world acquired and used the Mustang for many more years, some as recently as the early 1980s. When the US Air Force realigned their aircraft designations in the 1950s, the Mustang became the F-51.       Click images for larger view North American T-6 The North American T-6 Texan was known as "the pilot maker" because of its important role in preparing pilots for combat. Derived from the 1935 North American NA-16 prototype, a cantilever low-wing monoplane, the Texan filled the need for a basic combat trainer during WW II and beyond.      Click image for larger view Chance-Vought F4U Corsair The Corsair was used by the Navy and Marines during WWII and the Korean War. Perhaps it is best-known for its inverted gull wing. Its looks made it a star of the 1970s TV series "Baa Baa Black Sheep." This wonderfully restored aircraft is owned by Gerald Beck of Wahpeton, ND.     Click image for larger view Grumman TBM Avenger The Avenger became the Navy's primary torpedo/bomber aircraft. Its best-known pilot may be former President George Bush. Just over 30 Avengers still remain airworthy.     Click image for larger view Mitsubishi A6M Reisen Zero Fighter Fargo Air Museum's A6M2 Model 21 Zero Fighter Mitsubishi A6M Reisen Zero Fighter More than any other aircraft, the Mitsubishi A6M Reisen Zero Fighter symbolizes Japanese air power during World War II. It served the Japanese Navy from September 1940, when it first went into action over China, right to the very end of the Pacific War, when the last survivors hurled themselves at Allied warships in Kamikaze attacks. The Fargo Air Museum's A6M2 Model 21 Zero Fighter was recently restored by Gerald Beck in Wahpeton.     Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Skytrain Perhaps best-known as the "Gooney Bird," the DC-3 was the primary aircraft for transporting troops and equipment during WWII. DC-3s were used to tow the gliders and paratroops that were instrumental in the successful Allied invasion of France on D-Day. Visit Duggy at www.duggy.com     Boeing / Stearman PT-17 The PT-13 was typical of the biplane primary trainer used during the late 1930s and WW II. Whereas it was powered by a Lycoming engine, the same airplane with a Continental engine was designated the PT-17, and with a Jacobs engine, the PT-18. A later version which featured a cockpit canopy was designated the PT-27.      Click Image for lager view  Cessna L-19 / O-1 Bird Dog One of a long line of civilian light planes converted to military use (like the Taylor, Piper, and Stinson "Grasshoppers" of World War II fame), the Cessna L-19 "Bird Dog" observation and Forward Air Control aircraft traced its origins to the Cessna 170, a 4-place civilian light plane, with its military power upgraded from 145 to 213hp.     Click image for larger view Taylorcraft L-2 Originally known as the YO-57, the Taylorcraft L-2 came from the commercial Taylorcraft Model D, and was one of a series of light aircraft used in the observation and liaison mission during World War II.      Click image for larger view PT-19 The PT-19 began production in 1940 to be used as the US Army Air Corps' primary trainer. More than 3,700 were built before 1942, when an engine change ended the PT-19's run. Maj. Gen. (ret) owned by Bonanzaville and is on loan to the museum.     The Fargo Air Museum exists to serve as A resource for students and educators across the Upper Midwest.   A repository for agricultural aviation-related information (which would be one of only two such repositories in the United States).   A tourist destination. (Agriculture is the number-one economic factor in our community, followed by tourism).   A center of social and economic development involving community activity, which will include unique settings for receptions, celebrations and meetings.