Texas_Air_Museum Knowpia

Texas Air Museum
Established	1985
Location	San Antonio, Texas; Slaton, Texas;
Type	Military aviation museum
Founder	John Houston
Website	texasairmuseum.org

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 PT-19 projects in October 2023.^[9]

Slaton location gallery edit

German Battleship Tirpitz hardware recovered from its salvage operation on display in the World War II section of the museum.
Torpedo wire used to protect the German Battleship Tirpitz while anchored in a Norwegian fjord.
P-47D S/N: 42-75417 vertical stabilizer signed by the pilot who flew it when shot down, Charles Screws.
L-5
L-2M
AT-19B
F-23
Link Trainer
Gemini Training Capsule
F/A-18A Hornet
T-2 Buckeye
A-7 Corsair
F-4 Phantom
Lockheed T-33
OV-1 Mohawk
F-105 Thunderchief
F-14 Tomcat
F-101 Voodoo
MiG-23

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "Saying goodbye". Valley Morning Star. February 23, 2005. pp. A9, A11 – via 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.
^ "Valley unit of Texas Air Museum closing". The Marshall News Messenger. February 11, 2005. p. 6A – via Newspapers.com.
^ Essex, Allen (February 11, 2005). "Rio Hondo air museum flying off". Valley Morning Star. pp. A1, A7 – via Newspaper Archive.
^ "Airshow celebrates aviation contributions". Valley Morning Star. November 30, 1995. p. B6 – via 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.