Texas Air Museum

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]

Texas Air Museum
Established1985 (1985)[1]
Location
TypeMilitary aviation museum
FounderJohn Houston[1]
Websitetexasairmuseum.org

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]

See also

References
  1. "Saying goodbye". Valley Morning Star. February 23, 2005. pp. A9, A11 – via Newspaper Archive.
  2. "Texas Air Museum - San Antonio, TX".
  3. "Texas Air Museum – Preserving and sharing the history of military aviation in Slaton, TX". Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  4. Wischkaemper, Jay (March 2002). "The Texas Air Museum — Slaton, Texas". SW Aviator Magazine. Southwest Regional Publishing, Inc.
  5. "About". Texas Air Museum. Archived from the original on 2003-04-17.
  6. "Valley unit of Texas Air Museum closing". The Marshall News Messenger. February 11, 2005. p. 6A – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Essex, Allen (February 11, 2005). "Rio Hondo air museum flying off". Valley Morning Star. pp. A1, A7 – via Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Airshow celebrates aviation contributions". Valley Morning Star. November 30, 1995. p. B6 – via Newspaper Archive.
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