The White Sands Missile Range Museum’s Missile Park

VC-6A Research and Transport Airplane

This VC-6A was acquired by the Army and assigned to Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, on 26 July 1966. The aircraft was used extensively in transporting Dr. Wernher von Braun between White Sands and Redstone. It was fitted with storage for mounting test devices when not used for personnel transport.