Air Victory Museum


The Air Victory Museum is an aviation museum located at the South Jersey Regional Airport in Lumberton, New Jersey.

History

The museum was founded by Steve Snyder, the president of Steve Snyder Enterprises and a former Air Force reservist, in 1989, with the goals of "airpower advocacy", "education" and "honoring the winners". The previous year, he had purchased the South Jersey Regional Airport at a bankruptcy auction.
In 1994, the museum began construction on a hangar, which was to be the restoration and storage portion of an eventual facility. The museum began acquiring additional aircraft and on 25 February 1995 an A-7 and an F-4 arrived by helicopter from Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst. A third aircraft, an RA-5C, was destroyed when the crew of the helicopter was forced to drop it. After four years of work, the museum opened to the public.
Then, on 19 June 1999, before construction could begin on additional buildings, Snyder was killed in the crash of his F-86 at the airport. As a result of the crash, plans for expansion of the museum and the airport were opposed by local residents.

Facilities

The museum has a library with 3,000 books.

Collection

Aircraft