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The Frontiers of Flight Museum is an aerospace museum located in Dallas, Texas, founded in November 1988 by William E. Cooper, Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Jan Collmer. [1] Originally located within a terminal at Dallas Love Field , the museum now occupies a 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m 2 ) building at the southeast corner of Love Field on Lemmon ...
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At the same time, the American Airpower Heritage Museum was established to manage the organizations artifacts. [2] When the organization moved its headquarters to Dallas in 2015 the museum was moved as well and renamed the National Aviation Education Center .
The museum acquired a T-37 one month later and an F-86L in 2007. [3] [4] The museum was forced to move to another site on the airport in 2010, after its existing location was slated for a different use as part of the airport master plan. [1] The new 7,300 sq ft (680 m 2) building opened to the public on 2 October 2010. [2]
The City of Dallas established Hensley Field in August 1929 as a training field for Reserve pilots of the then-U.S. Army Air Corps. The facility was named for Major William N. Hensley, a flying instructor located near Dallas in the 1920s and one of the few on board the first trans-Atlantic dirigible crossing in 1919. [7]
The aircraft collection held by the museum began as the personal collection of businessman Jim Cavanaugh. His collection began with the purchase of a half-share in a 1939 Piper J-3 Cub in 1980. [4] The museum opened in October 1993. [5] On December 29, 2023, the museum announced it would be closing indefinitely on January 1, 2024.
The Fort Worth Aviation Museum (FWAM) is dedicated to preserving and promoting the history of aviation in Fort Worth, the North Texas region, and around the world. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The museum displays aviation artifacts and provides historical interpretation on a variety of civil and military topics.
In 2010 the museum reopened with a new name—the Airman Heritage Museum. [13] The same year, Building 6351, a 1940s era barracks was moved to the museum. [14] On February 11, 2013 the Lackland Gateway Heritage Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding with the USAF to build a new museum. Its goal was to raise money for the new building ...