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Texas Air Museum - Stinson Chapter
Aviation museum in San Antonio Texas From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Texas Air Museum - Stinson Chapter is located on Stinson Municipal Airport (which is the second oldest continuous operating airport in the United States). The Stinson Municipal Airport (SSF) is located six miles south of downtown San Antonio, Texas.[1] The museum has many static aircraft, along with several rare examples under restoration. This is a non-profit 501(c)(3) all volunteer museum. Funding comes only from admissions, gift shop sales and public donations.[2]
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History
The original Texas Air Museum open in 1985 and operated out of Rio Hondo, Texas, by founder John Houston with his wife and son.[3] In 1993, a second Texas Air Museum was opened in the City of Slaton on the Larry T. Neal Memorial Airport near Lubbock, Texas. The third Texas Air Museum, located on Stinson Municipal Airport, was founded by John Douglas Tosh, a World War II veteran,[4] on October 9, 1999. The original Rio Hondo museum closed its operations in 2002 and this museum's assets were dived between the Slaton and Stinson museums.[5]
The Texas Air Museum - Stinson Chapter is San Antonio Texas only aviation museum open to the general public. The museum's mission has been dedicated to tell the stories of San Antonio's and Texas' vital role in the development of civilian and military air power.[6] It pays tribute to aviation pioneers, notably the co-founders of Stinson Airport Katherine Stinson, her sister Marjorie Stinson and brother Edward Stinson. The museum also highlights technical achievements in the realm of aviation, and above all, pays respect and honor to those who gave their lives to defend freedom.
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Collection
The museum's newest collection of aircraft[7] to be restored includes one Stinson Model R (NC12159 - believed to have once owned by Arlene Davis), one SM-8A Stinson Junior, one PT-23, one PT-26, one AT-17 Bobcat, two PT-19, one frame of 1928 Heath Parasol and one Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner. All these projects were received in October 2023.[8]
The museum's newest library collection is photographs from John W. Underwood with a few photos of Stinson Model R aircraft. One Model R belonging to American aviator and air racer Arlene Davis.
On display are rare Sweetheart Pillowcases from various World War II military installations in Texas.
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Aircraft on display
- HUS-1A Seahorse
- 145728 Delivered to the Navy in 1958. Is painted in original Navy orange when assigned to NASA's Project Mercury used in training Navy Underwater Demolition Team Frogmen in space capsule recovery. Reassigned to the Marine Corp as one of forty HUS-1s fitted with amphibious pontoons, re-designated UH-34E in 1962.
- Northrop F-89B Scorpion
- 49-2434 Delivered November 1951. Was the first airframe converted as a B model. Is the oldest surviving F-89.
- McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II
- 63-7415 On 20 November 1963, The U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command accepted its first two production McDonnell F-4C Phantom II jet fighters[9] and this museum has the original F-4C-15-MC 63-7415 on display.
- McDonnell F-101 Voodoo
- 59-0421 1959 McDonnell F-101B-115-MC Voodoo C/N 745 was originally assigned to the United States Air National Guard Niagara Falls International (IAG / KIAG)
- Stolp Starlet SA 500
- N808JR Built 1973
- WACO GXE
- NC7970 Aircraft number 1801. Built 1929. Has rare Curtiss OXX-6 V8 Engine Curtiss OXX
- Piper J-3 Cub
- NC32851 Built 1940
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- Spinks Akromaster
- N31SA Built prior 1970
- McClish Funk B85C
- N77712 Built 1946
- Merlin IV C Expediter 556
- N566UP Built 1983
- Pietenpol Air Camper
- N36RN Built 1968 (Home Built) with 5 cylinder Lambert Radial Engine
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- Eichmann Aerobat I Experimental Aircraft
- NX17638 Built (est.) 1937 with 40 HP Continental Engine by Mr. Ellis Eichmann in Brownsville, Texas
- Palomino
- 1960 (est.) The only known surviving two-place, tandem-seating Palomino. This is the third generation of the Midget Mustang built by Bert Wilcut.[10]
- Piper Tri Pacer
- This is an incomplete static display (unknown year or ID number) once used by St. Philip's College (United States) as a training aid.
- Rally 2B
- 1982 Single seat version with 35hp Cuyuna engine.
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Scale replica aircraft on display
- Curtiss Model D
- Curtiss Pusher a.k.a. Christofferson Pusher
- Boeing P-26 Peashooter
- Avro 1910 Alliott Verdon Roe Mk IV
- V-1 flying bomb Fieseler Fl.103 a.k.a. FZG or V1. This is the Hanna Reitsch piloted version.
- Blériot XI Fitted with the original 1909 Detroit Aero Engine owned by Katherine Stinson. The engine is from a Santos-Dumont Demoiselle.
Aircraft scheduled for restoration
- McDonnell F-101 Voodoo
- Northrop F-89 Scorpion
- Fairchild PT-19 1943 Serial Number T43-5112(42-34446) N56547 Fairchild M-62A/PT-19. Operated at Arledge Field, Stamford, TX. March 1941 to 30 Sept. 1944
- Fairchild PT-19 1943 Serial Number T43-5106 N54411 Fairchild M-62A
- Fairchild PT-26 1943 Serial Number T43-4374 NC75902 Fairchild M-62A-3
- Fairchild PT-23 Build year, serial number, and N number unknown. However it does have sliding canopy and Continental 220 stamped 25986
- Cessna AT-17 Bobcat 1943 Serial Number AF42-58380 C-78/AT-17 Bobcat
- Stinson Model R 1933 NC12159 (In Storage)
- Stinson Junior 1930 Serial Number N231W Stinson SM-8A
- Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner 1983 Serial Number N566UP Merlin IV C Expediter
- Vultee BT-13 Valiant (In Storage)
- Heath Parasol 1928 Heath Parasol Model CA-1
- Palomino (aircraft) 1963 Palomino aircraft built by Bert Wilcut.
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Engines on public display
- Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone 18 cylinder rated at 2,200 HP
- Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major 28 cylinder rated 3,600 HP
- Pratt & Whitney J57
- Allison J35
- Lycoming R-680 Production Number 201
- Lycoming R-680-9 Number 7777
- Ranger L-440 Model L-440-1, Ranger Model 6-440C-2, Air Corps. Number 42-191765, Mfrs. No. 4919 mounted in engine test stand.
- Kinner R-5 Kinner R-55
- Jacobs R-755 Number Identification J-19945
- Continental R-670 1942 200 HP used on a Stearman Aircraft
- Lycoming O-145
- Continental R-670 W670-N, W670-240 240HP Aircraft engine modified by Gulf Coast Dusting Co., Houston, Texas. Mod. Ser. No. 4901272
- Crosley 1947 Modified 25 HP Crosley CoBra used in first seven Mooney M-18 Mite.
- McCulloch O-100-1 Model 4318A drone engine. This engine on display has a Northrop Ventura data plate: Engine, Aircraft Reciprocation PD-74/D; serial number 1.
- Allison J35 Allison J-35 turbine engine with a few cutaways to see turbines.
- Ramjet XRJ-30-MA-1
North American P-51D with Ramjets. SN 44–63528 with two XRJ-30-MA Ramjets in May 1948 at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 061023-F-1234P-024 - Allison T56 Three different displays in stage completion order; bare T-56 on stand, T-56 with added propeller gear box on stand, and complete C-130 engine with cowlings mounted on ground support tow trailer.
- Westinghouse J34 Two J34-WE-36A used as A&P training aids removed from Lockheed P-2 Neptune.
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Vehicles on display
- Jeep CJ 1953 - Willis CJ-3A 2.2L used by the U.S. Navy.
- M151 ¼-ton 4×4 utility truck 1964 - Forward Air Controller Radio Equipped used by the U.S. Air Force. Markings suggest last unit assigned was 463rd BG (not verified).
- Ford Model T 1924 - Ford Model T Ambulance used by the U.S. Army.
- International L series 1950 - International L-170 Fire truck once used at Stinson Municipal Airport.
- Textron 1998 - E-Z-GO Model 7997009 Hawk, 48V, 235 AMP HR. 'Eagle 1' was used on Brooks Air Force Base before closer.
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Ground Support on display
- Clarktor 6 Towing Tractor 1949 - Clarktor 6 Towing Tractor, mfg. by Clark Tructractor S.N. L-4908 and W-630114.
- A-7 Portable Engine / Prop Hoist 1940s - Hoist manufactured during the build-up to World War II. Mfrs part no. 9, serial no. 108.
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