Aviation Museums
and airworthy collections
Lone Star Flight Museum
11551 Aerospace Ave, Houston, TX 77034 (Houston Ellington Field Airport)
The Museum originally began as a private collection of historic aircraft in 1985. As the collection grew, it's owner decided to place them on public display in 1990. The Lone Star Flight Museum, a non-profit organisation funded entirely through private donations, was formed. Formerly located in Galveston, the museum suffered heavy damage and devastation during Hurricane Ike in September 2008. Most of the airworthy aircraft were flown out before the hurricane hit, however the remaining exhibits were either destroyed or heavily damaged. The museum subsequently decided to move to Ellington Airport in Houston where it's current state of the art facility was opened on 16th September 2017 housing the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame, an airworthy collection of historic aircraft plus a high-tech Aviation Learning Center with dynamic hands-on exhibits.
Date of visit: 19th October 2018 (external images taken during Wings of Houston 2018)
Anderson Greenwood AG-14
N3904K
Beechcraft D-17S Staggerwing
NC666TX
Beechcraft Baron B-58
N124TJ
Bell TAH-1P Cobra
76-22599 / N599HF (on loan from the Vietnam War Flight Museum)
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
44-85718 '238050/BN-U/2C Thunderbird' / N900RW (ex G-FORT)
Boeing N2S-3 Kaydet
7718 '084' / N84LK
Boeing N2S-5 Kaydet
38490 / N75272
Cessna T-41 Mescalero
US Army 15132 / N15138 (converted Cessna 172E Skyhawk)
1911 Curtiss Triad
replica
Douglas A-1D Skyraider
USAF 126882 / N91945 (on loan from the Vietnam War Flight Museum)
Douglas DC-3
2213 / displayed as N25673 Continental Airlines
Douglas A-24B Dauntless
42-54682 (displayed as SBD 82 / S9) / N93RW
Fairchild PT-19 Cornell
274351 '24' / N1941N (ex 42-20182)
Foland Gnat mk T.1
NX1CL (ex XR991, G-BOXO) (on loan from the Vietnam War Flight Museum)
General Motors TBM-3E Avenger
N700RW / 69329 / RW
Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
51-6953 / TR-953 / N648 (Collings Foundation Vietnam Memorial Flight)
Mooney M20R Ovation
N20XR (Mooney Hangar)
North American B-25N Mitchell
Displayed in the colors of the Doolittle Raiders 02344 (ex-44-86734 'Special Delivery') / N333RW
North American SNJ-5 Texan
ANG 04566 / N566TX
PZL-Mielec Lim-6bis 'Fresco-C' (MiG-17F)
N17HQ (on loan from the Vietnam War Flight Museum)
Piper L-4H Grasshopper
45-4900 'DE' / N5985V
Piper J3C-65 Cub
NC85GG
Piper J3C-65 Cub
44-W / N798CP?
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
44-90368 / IA-N 'Tarheel Hal' 433240 / N4747P
Sikorsky S-76A++
N778P
Stinson L-5 Sentinel
42-14999 / N68MH
Vought F4U-5N Corsair
121881 / N43RW
Also seen around Houston Ellington Field Airport
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
‘996’ / NX996 (operated by Marine Aviation Museum Inc.)
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21US
4502 / N221MG (owned by Marine Aviation Museum Inc.)
Grumman S-2A Tracker
USN 133242 / N31957 (owned by the Collins Foundation)
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
52-6455 (ate Guard to American Legion Post 490)
Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
N930NA (NASA)
