Texas Air Museum

Established	1985 (1985)[1]
Location	San Antonio, Texas Slaton, Texas
Type	Military aviation museum
Founder	John Houston[1]
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

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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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  Torpedo wire used to protect the German Battleship Tirpitz while anchored in a Norwegian fjord.
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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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  L-5
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  L-2M
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  AT-19B
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  F-23
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  Link Trainer
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  Gemini Training Capsule
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  F/A-18A Hornet
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  T-2 Buckeye
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  A-7 Corsair
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  F-4 Phantom
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  Lockheed T-33
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  OV-1 Mohawk
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  F-105 Thunderchief
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  F-14 Tomcat
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  F-101 Voodoo
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  MiG-23