Vintage Aero Flying Museum

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

Vintage Aero Flying Museum

VAFM's Fokker Dr.1 and SE.5 taxiing at Platte Valley Airpark
Established	1997
Location	Platte Valley Airpark Fort Lupton, Colorado
Coordinates	40°06′09″N 104°41′52″W / 40.10258°N 104.69781°W / 40.10258; -104.69781
Type	Aviation
Director	Andy Parks (owner)
Curator	Andy Parks
Website	Vintage 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.