The Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society (PHAS),
Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo () is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality, home rule municipality that is the county seat and the List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous municipality of Pueblo County, Colorado, Pueblo County, Colorado ...
hosts a large collection of military aircraft in
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
, United States through the operation of the Weisbrod Museum and the International
B-24
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and some initial production aircraft were laid down as export models des ...
Memorial Museum, together as the
Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum.
The Society is a volunteer group of ex-military and civilian personnel who manage and operate the aircraft display as well as repairing and restoring the aircraft. The Society is open to all who wish to help preserve the
aviation history
The history of aviation extends for more than two thousand years, from the earliest forms of aviation such as kites and attempts at tower jumping to supersonic and hypersonic flight by powered, heavier-than-air jets.
Kite flying in China ...
in
Pueblo County
Pueblo County ( or ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 168,162. The county seat is Pueblo. The county was named for the historic city of Pueblo which took its name from the Spanish lan ...
and
Pueblo, Colorado
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.
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See also
* CAF Rocky Mountain Wing Museum
CAF Rocky Mountain Wing (RMW) Museum is one of 75 local detachments of the national Commemorative Air Force (CAF) non-profit aviation association dedicated to ''Honoring American Military Aviation through Flight, Exhibit and Remembrance.''
The Mus ...
, Grand Junction, CO
* Colorado Aviation Historical Society
The Colorado Aviation Historical Society (CAHS) is located in Denver, Colorado and was founded in 1966. CAHS home is at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum. The Society acquires, restores, preserves and provides for public display, aircr ...
, Denver, CO
* Peterson Air and Space Museum
Peterson Air and Space Museum is an aviation museum located at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado focused on the history the of Air Defense Command, Aerospace Defense Command and Air Force Space Command.
History
The museum ...
, Colorado Springs, CO
* Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum (combined Weisbrod and B-24 International Museums), Pueblo, CO
* Spirit of Flight Center
The Spirit of Flight Center (SOF), is operated by the non-profit Spirit of Flight Foundation, a 501(C)(3) organization based in Nampa, ID. The Spirit of Flight collection, founded by Gordon R. Page, displays limited exhibits on modern and hist ...
, Lafayette, CO
* Vintage Aero Flying Museum, Hudson, CO
* Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum
The Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum (WOTR) is located on the former Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado, United States. The museum preserves the history of Lowry AFB's operations from 1938 to 1994 in its collections, archives, and ...
, Denver, CO
* List of aviation historical societies
References
External links
Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum
Non-profit organizations based in Colorado
Aerospace museums in Colorado
Pueblo County, Colorado
Historical societies in Colorado
Aviation organizations based in the United States
History of aviation
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