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Product Description
Many examples of aircraft that saw service in the various armed forces of the
United States are currently being restored to flying status or preserved in
museums in the state of Texas. Some of them have significant war records, and a
few are currently standing as gate guardians outside their former airbases.
These Warbirds are a permanent part of our modern history, and they deserve to
be remarked upon and remembered.
This handbook provides a simple checklist of where the surviving military
aircraft in Texas are located now, along with a few photographs and a brief
history of their service in the US military. This book should spark your
interest in some of the military aviation history that can be found in this warm
and friendly state on America s Gulf Coast. Texas Warbird Survivors is
specifically intended to provide a where are they guide for residents and
visitors to Texas who are interested in its rich resources of historical
military aircraft. Contact numbers are provided for the museums, should you be
interested in learning more about each aircraft. Perhaps you will then choose to
visit these museums in order to appreciate the rich resources of aviation
heritage preserved on your behalf.
About the Author
Major Harold Skaarup is an Army officer with extensive service overseas. He
earned his Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art with NSCAD, and a Master's Degree in
War Studies from the Royal Military College in Canada. He enjoys skydiving,
SCUBA diving and white water rafting with his sons, Jonathan and Sean.
More Books by Harold Skaarup
Brooks Heritage
Foundation
8081 Inner Circle Road (building 671)
Brooks City-Base, Texas 78235
P.O. Box 35362
210 536-2203
http://www.brooksheritage.org/
Info thanks to Pat Carry
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About 2 Aircraft
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OTHER THINGS
TO DO IN THE DALLAS AREA
Alliance Air show (ph. 817-551-1967)
NAS Ft. Worth Air show (ph. 817-782-5593)
Fina Dallas Air show (ph. 214-350-3600)
Frontiers Of Flight Museum (ph. 214-350-3600)
Experimental Aircraft Association Air show
(ph. 414-426-4800)
Aero Club of Texas (ph. 817-282-5274)
Rolls Royce/American Airlines Aviation
Lecture Series (ph. 817-967-5995)
Information Compliments of
William E. Stevens
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Check Out These Air Shows
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CAF Airpower Heritage
Museum
Formerly the Commemorative Air Force Museum
Midland, TX
http://www.airpowermuseum.org/
Information compliments of
David Hidinger
Updates thanks to Pat Carry
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About 55 Aircraft
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Cavanaugh Flight museum
Addison Airport
4572 Claire Chennault
Dallas, TX. 75248
ph. 972 380-8800
located at Addison Airport, Addison, Texas, a suburb north of Dallas.
they
have many flying WW2 aircraft there. A
Spitfire, and
ME109, a Navy Torpedo
Bomber like Bush flew, PT Stearman, PT-21, AT6 Texan,
P-51 Mustang, One
of the finest collections of vintage Warbirds in the U.S. From WWI
through Vietnam, the aircraft on display cover the gamut. A 125 mph
Sopwith Camel
is only a hanger away from a 1,350 mph
Russian MIG-21. Everything
is maintained in mint, flyable condition.
Information Compliments of
Harry Breysacher
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More Aircraft than Listed Here
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Corpus Christi Museum
of Science & Industry
1900 N. Chaparral
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
512 833-2862
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About 2 Aircraft
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DFW WING OF THE
COMMEMORATIVE
AIR FORCE
Lancaster
Airport, TX.
Between I-45 & I-35E on
Beltline
ph. 972 617-7707 or 972 227-9119
Local Wing of the world-famous
Confederate Air Force, now renamed to the Commemorative Air Force. Numerous original flyable WWII aircraft
on display along with a sizable collection of memorabilia and artifacts.
The aircraft on display are constantly changing as a result of transients
that pass through from other Commemorative Air Force Wings. Open Saturdays
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is 1.
Information compliments of
William E. Stevens
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Lots of Aircraft
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Dyess Linear Air
Park
96 BMW/CVM
Dyess Air Force Base, TX.79607
915 696-2196
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About 25 Aircraft
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Frontiers of Flight
Museum
Love Field Terminal Lobby
2nd Floor , LB18
Dallas, TX. 75235
ph. 214 350-1651
A truly superb memorabilia and
photography collection depicting
all
aspects of aviation from pre Wright
aeronautics to the present.
http://www.flightmuseum.com/
Updates Thanks to Pat Carry
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Lots of interesting artifacts of aviation
history
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Hangar 10 Flying
Museum
1945 Matt Wright Ln.
Denton, TX. 76207
940 565-1945
Located at Denton Municipal Airport
www.Hangar10.org
Info thanks to Dirk Edmonds
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About 11 Aircraft
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Historic Aviation
Memorial Museum
Pounds Regional Airport
Tyler, TX.
150 Airport Drive
Tyler, Texas 75704
903-526-1945.
Info Thanks to Mike Burke
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We have exhibit areas and a hangar
for restoration and display of aircraft engines and aircraft we currently
have an FJ-4 Fury in process of static restoration, and the following
flying aircraft: Mig-17F,
F-86D Sabre, L-29 Delfin,
A-4 Skyhawk,
T-33 Shooting
Star, and a Polish Iskara jet
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History and
Traditions Museum
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio, TX 78236
512 671-3444
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About 50 Aircraft
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National WASP
WWII Museum
P.O. Box 456/
210 Loop 170
Sweetwater , Texas 79556
325-235-0099
waspinfo@wtconnect.com
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Woman's Air Force Service Pilots of WWII
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NASA Lyndon B. Johnson
Space Center
Public Services Branch, AP4
Houston, TX 77058
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About 5 Spacecraft
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National Museum of
the Pacific War
340 E. Main St.
Fredericksburg, TX.78624
210-997-4379
Info thanks to Pat Carry
http://www.nimitz-museum.org/
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About 4 Aircraft
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NAVAL AIR STATION
FT.WORTH,
JRB
Ft. Worth, TX.
ph. 817 782-5593
Base access is, at times, restricted,
so it is recommended that a phone call be made to verify status before
visiting. Admission is free.
Information compliments of
William E. Stevens
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About 15 Aircraft
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OV-10 Bronco Museum
505 NW 38th Street, Suite 10, Hangar 33s
Fort Worth, TX 76106
(800) 575-0535
(This is the same facility as the Vintage Flying Museum)
http://www.ov-10bronco.net/OBA/Museum/
Information thanks to Merlin
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About ? Aircraft
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Pioneer
Flight Museum
190 Pershing Lane
Kingsbury, TX. 78638
830-639-4162
Currently Flying
Fokker DR1 with
rotary engine,
Currently Flying Curtiss Canuck/Jenny with OX-5 engine
Currently Flying Piper Cub
Currently Flying Luscombe
Currently Flying Meyers OTW
Great Lakes
Rearwin
Sportster
Bleriot 1909
Fokker DVII
2 Thomas Morse Scouts
Curtiss Junior (1931)
Pietenpol Sky Scout (model A engine)
3 running Model T's
Running 1917 Nash Quad
1917 Indian Motorcycle
1909 Thor IV Motorcycle
Standard J-1, Ken Royce, Se-5a, Bristol F2B projects
Numerous Vintage Engines (not yet orgainized)
Information thanks to
Al Sumrail
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About 18 Aircraft
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TEXAS AIR COMMAND
505 N. W. 38th St.
Hangar 33s
Meacham Airport
Ft. Worth, TX. 76106
ph. 817 624-1935
A newly formed collection of flyable military
aircraft and hangared with the Vintage Flying Museum, it contains an assortment
of jet fighters and trainers. Among these are a rare
British Hawker Hunter and several Canadian versions of the
North American
F-86. Open Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5
p.m. Monday through Friday. Memberships are available.
Admission is free. Donations are welcome!
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About 12 Aircraft
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Texas Air & Space Museum
10001 American Dr.
Amarillo, TX 791111213
806-335-9159
http://www.texasairandspacemuseum.org
T34 Mentor, Bell 47 MASH
helicopter, T33A Shooting Star, DC3, Lockheed Jetstar, P51D Mustang, C7A
Caribou, Grumman Gulfstream II, C11A Shuttle Training Aircraft, Bobby Speed 'Beercat'
Reno Racer.
For more information, contact: Richard Warner at
texasairandspacemuseum@gmail.com.
Information Thanks to Richard Warner.
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About 10 Aircraft plus lots of other stuff
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Texas Air Museum
12102 FM 400-CR 34
Slaton, Texas 79363
(806) 828-4664
http://www.thetexasairmuseum.org/
F4S, F-105D,
F-14,
A-7B,
T-33 ,T-2B, HS04, T-6G, AT-19, PT-17, BC-12D,
Bf-109F, Lancair 320, C-150, DH-104, Plus half-tracks, jeeps, APC,M-29,M-4
and a Type 95 Japanese Cannon (believed to be the only one in existence).
Open Saturdays 9-4 and other times by request. Admission is 3.00 for
adults, kids free.
Information Provided by Frank
Horne
Updates thanks to Pat Carry
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About 15 Aircraft plus lots of other stuff
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Texas Air Museum
Stinson Field
8406 Cadmus
San Antonio, TX 78214
Phone: (210) 977- 9885
Fax: (210) 927- 4447 .
http://www.texasairmuseum.org/The Texas Air Museum, with its three locations,
at Rio Hondo in the Rio Grande Valley near Harlingen; at Slaton, near Lubbock;
and at Stinson Field in San Antonio, presents the history of flight from
the early days of aviation to the present. Here you will see some of the
world's rarest aircraft, including the largest exhibit anywhere of scarce
German Focke-Wulf FW-190's
Info thanks to Larry Stewart
Updates thanks to Pat Carry
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About 15 Aircraft plus lots of other stuff
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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
HISTORY OF
AVIATION COLLECTION
Eugene McDermott Library
2901 N. Floyd Road
UT Dallas, TX. 75083-0643
ph. 972 883-2570
One
of the world's finest aerospace reference libraries.
Now consisting of over 30,000 volumes, several
hundred-thousand periodicals, and hundreds of thousands of photographs
covering the entire spectrum of flight from pre-Wright Aeronautica to the
present. WWI aviation section is possibly without peer in the world.
Information thanks to William
E. Stevens
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About 12 Aircraft
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Veterans Memorial Air Park
3300 Ross Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76106
Mailing Address: PO Box 161966, Fort Worth, TX. 76161
800-575-0535
http://www.facmuseum.org/
Information thanks to Jim Hodgson
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About 8 Aircraft
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VINTAGE FLYING MUSEUM
505 N.W. 38th St.
Hangar 33 South
Meacham Airport
Ft. Worth, TX. 76106
ph. 817 624-1935
http://www.vintageflyingmuseum.org/
As a designated FAA Aviation Education Resource
Center, education materials for all ages are available. Call for
information about education programs and Big Band Hanger Dances.
Open Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Weekday
and group tours by appointment.
Excellent gift shop. 3.
Information thanks to William
E. Stevens
Updates thanks to Pat Carry
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About 20 Aircraft
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Click Here's
a nice letter from our viewers
Click on image for a larger view
LB06
Sir, this letter may be of no interest to you, but just in case I thought
I would give it a try. The picture, I have attached, was made around
1937. The boy was 17 years old at that time, and the model was a winner
at some contest held in Dallas, TX. The young man was my brother
who died in WW 2 after landing his
B-25 on water near the
Celebes Islands
(Pacific).
With this plane, he won a trophy, a model airplane motor, and a trip to
Chicago. His life was airplanes. We were raised in
Arkansas (Arkadelphia)
where he was the first to complete the civil aeronautical training
program offered there. Growing up, I remember the tiny pieces of balsa
wood and glue he used to hold the parts together, first held with
very tiny pins until the glue was dry. I ran across your site, because
I often go back in my mind to Arkansas and the sites I can find about
"home". Yours made me think of L.B. and his love for models. If you should
care to answer this letter, I would be delighted, and if not I understand
that you are very busy person and don't worry about it. My name is Ann
Walker and I live in Conroe, TX. I am 73 years old. My brother's
name was L.B. Bardwell, Jr. Had he lived, he would now be 82. Thanks, in
any case, for reading this and letting me bend your ear for a little
while.
Ann Walker
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Here to send a letter to Ann
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