Aviation Unmanned Vehicle Museum

The Aviation Unmanned Vehicle Museum is an aviation museum located at the Caddo Mills Municipal Airport in Caddo Mills, Texas focused on the history of unmanned aerial vehicles.

Aviation Unmanned Vehicle Museum

Location within Texas
Established	2021 (2021)
Location	Caddo Mills, Texas
Coordinates	33.038°N 96.240°W / 33.038; -96.240
Type	Aviation museum
Founder	Lt. Col. Harold F. "Red" Smith
Website	www.auvm.net

History

A few years after retiring from the United States Air Force, Lt. Col. Harold F. "Red" Smith began a drone manufacturing business. Over the years, he gathered a collection of various drones in a 22,500 sq ft (2,090 m²) building at the Caddo Mills Municipal Airport.^[1] By 2014, he began raising funds to establish a museum.^[2] However, Smith was killed in a car accident in 2017. His family continued the project and the museum opened to the public on 16 May 2021.^[1][3]

Collection

Ryan BGM-34B Firebee

• Beechcraft AQM-37 Jayhawk^[4]
• Beechcraft MQM-61 Cardinal^[4]
• Culver PQ-14 Cadet^[4]
• General Atomics MQ-1B Predator^[4]
• Gyrodyne QH-50 DASH^[4]
• Hayes TRX^[4]
• Lockheed X-7A^[4]
• Northrop BQM-74 Chukar^[4]
• Northrop KD2R5^[4]
• Radioplane MQM-57 Falconer^[4]
• Radioplane OQ-2^[4]
• Ryan BGM-34B Firebee^[4]

See also

• List of aviation museums