The Vintage Flying Museum is a non-profit
aviation museum
An aviation museum, air museum, or air and space museum is a museum exhibiting the history and cultural artifacts, artifacts of aviation. In addition to actual, replica or accurate reproduction aircraft, exhibits can include photographs, maps, P ...
located at
Meacham International Airport
Fort Worth Meacham International Airport (Meacham Field) is a general aviation airport located near the intersection of Interstate 820 and Business U.S. Highway 287 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It is named after former Fort Worth Mayor ...
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Fort Worth, Texas.
The primary mission of the museum is to preserve America's flying heritage in word, deed and action.
History
In October 2010, the museum sold its B-17, "Chuckie", to the
Military Aviation Museum in
Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Programs
The museum provides educational programs that include aviation summer camps for middle and high school students, and ''Take Flight Days'', which are programs for elementary school students.
Aircraft on display
The museum's collection includes:
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Aeronca 11 Chief
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Aeronca L-3B
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American Flea
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Beechcraft E18S
* Beechcraft TC-45G Expeditor
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Boeing-Stearman PT-27
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Cessna 140
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Cessna U-3
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Culver Cadet LFA-90
* Douglas B-26K Counter Invader
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Douglas C-49J
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Douglas EA-3B Skywarrior – on loan
* Knight Falcon
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Lockheed T-33
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LTV L450F
The LTV L450F, also known as the L45ØF, was a prototype quiet reconnaissance aircraft, developed by Ling-Temco-Vought in the late 1960s for use in the Vietnam War by the United States. Based on the airframe of a Schweizer 2-32 sailplane, the air ...
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Morrissey 2000
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North American F-86F Sabre
The North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, is a transonic jet fighter aircraft. Produced by North American Aviation, the Sabre is best known as the United States' first swept-wing fighter that could counter the swept-wing Sov ...
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North American Harvard III
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Piasecki CH-21B Workhorse – on loan
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Piaggio P.136 Royal Gull
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Ryan PT-22 Recruit
The Ryan PT-22 Recruit, the main military version of the Ryan ST, is a military trainer aircraft used by the United States Army Air Corps during WWII for primary pilot training.
Design and development
The PT-22's fuselage is a simple monocoque ...
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Stinson L-5E Sentinel
The Stinson L-5 Sentinel is a World War II-era liaison aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces, U.S. Army Ground Forces, U.S. Marine Corps and the British Royal Air Force. It was produced by the Stinson Division of the Vultee Aircr ...
– on loan
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Stinson Reliant
The Stinson Reliant is a popular single-engine four- to five-seat high-wing monoplane manufactured by the Stinson Aircraft Division of the Aviation Manufacturing Corporation of Wayne, Michigan.
Design and development
The Reliant is a high-win ...
The museum also hosts aircraft from the B-29/B-24 and Invader Squadrons of the
Commemorative Air Force when they are not out touring the country:
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Boeing B-29 Superfortress
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is an American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War. Named in allusion to its predecessor, the B-17 Fl ...
''"Fifi"''
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Douglas A-26 Invader
See also
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Commemorative Air Force
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Fort Worth Aviation Museum
The Fort Worth Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located next to Fort Worth Meacham International Airport, Meacham International Airport in Fort Worth, Texas. The museum was rebranded in 2013 and was previously known as the Veterans Memorial ...
References
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Aerospace museums in Texas
Museums established in 1993
Museums in Fort Worth, Texas