Texas Air Museum
Established | 1985[1] |
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Location | |
Type | Military aviation museum |
Founder | John Houston[1] |
Website | texasairmuseum |
The Texas Air Museum is an aviation museum run by volunteers in two locations—Stinson Municipal Airport in San Antonio[2] and City of Slaton/Larry T. Neal Memorial Airport near Lubbock, Texas.[3] Texas Air Museum was founded in 1985 by John Houston in Rio Hondo.[4][5] The Slaton location opened in March 1993.[4]
The museum is run by a group of volunteers predominantly made up of "winter Texans" and military retirees.[5][4]
The original Rio Hondo location closed on February 28, 2005 due to aging volunteer support, lower attendance,[1] and the damaging salty air of the Rio Grande Valley.[6] Its exhibits and aircraft were transferred to the other two locations.[7]
The museum focuses on early aviation, and lesser-known aviation related to Texas and Mexico in particular. The museum acquired a Bleriot to commemorate the Stinson family, namesakes of Stinson Municipal Airport.[8]
The museum acquired two
Slaton location gallery
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German Battleship Tirpitz hardware recovered from its salvage operation on display in the World War II section of the museum.
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P-47D S/N: 42-75417 vertical stabilizer signed by the pilot who flew it when shot down, Charles Screws.
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Gemini Training Capsule
See also
References
- ^ Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Texas Air Museum - San Antonio, TX".
- ^ "Texas Air Museum – Preserving and sharing the history of military aviation in Slaton, TX". Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ a b c Wischkaemper, Jay (March 2002). "The Texas Air Museum — Slaton, Texas". SW Aviator Magazine. Southwest Regional Publishing, Inc.
- ^ a b "About". Texas Air Museum. Archived from the original on 2003-04-17.
- Newspapers.com.
- Newspaper Archive.
- Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Davis, Vincent T. (31 October 2023). "'A hell of a good airplane': San Antonio family donates vintage aircraft to Texas Air Museum". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
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