The full Lone Star Flight Museum experience – Then come see them fly at this year’s Wings Over Houston Airshow-FB

Lone Star Flight Museum is back in 2025 With a Great Collection of Vintage Aircraft – both flying and on display. You can visit NOW! Why wait until October?

The single BIGGEST survey request, every year, is vintage warbirds. Some of the most immaculate vintage warbirds at the CAF Wings Over Houston Airshow come courtesy of the Lone Star Flight Museum, and we are so excited to partner with them again this year. This Insider email features the Lone Star Flight Museum and some of their most prestigious aircraft, as well as other amazing features of the museum. If you have not been, you simply must go! Visit them year-round (you can even become a member) and come visit us October 18-19, 2025 at Ellington Airport!

About Lone Star Flight Museum

“The Lone Star Flight Museum (LSFM) is a 501c3 aviation museum and STEM learning center with a mission to celebrate flight and achievements in Texas aviation history as well as educate and engage our youth through science, technology, engineering and math. In addition to the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame, the 130,000 square foot museum is home to a flying collection of rare and historic commercial, general aviation and military aircraft. Guests can experience the wonder of flight in a warbird ride and get hands-on in the high-tech Aviation Learning Center and Flight Academy. Multiple public and STEM-focused education programs create an unforgettable museum experience for visitors of all ages.”

LSFM History

“The Lone Star Flight Museum (LSFM) opened to the public in November 1990 at Scholes Field in Galveston, Texas as a dream come true for its founder, Robert Waltrip. His expansive collection of aircraft created an amazing museum experience, and in 1999, added the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame to the museum. In 2017, the museum relocated to Houston at Ellington Airport. LSFM’s move from Galveston was much more than a change in location. It marked the transformation into a flight museum experience designed to inspire and educate future generations, honor those who flew in the past and commemorate the rich history of Texas aviation, highlighting its impact on the state, the nation and the world.”

The Exhibits: The Hangars, Boeing Toddler Terminal, Drawn to Aviation, Flight Academy, From Space to Sea, Space Gallery and Texas Aviation Hall of Fame

The museum offers a full day of fun! Two airplane hangars full of history and traveling exhibits, a toddler terminal full of fun and educational materials, the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame full of the state’s most influential, and much more! Check it all out on your next visit to Ellington. And don’t forget about the art galleries!

Boeing Toddler Terminal: “Fun takes flight for little learners and future aviators! For ages 1 – 4, aviation comes to life with soft play structures, interactive stations and simple STEM…all while promoting imaginative play! Boeing Toddler Terminal is included in your general admission and FREE for members!”

Drawn to Aviation Exhibit: Only on Display Until March of 2025

“Enjoy an eclectic collection of black-and-white hand drawn aircraft from LSFM’s expansive collection, carefully curated by our curator.

From vintage WWII fighters to Cold War jets, each drawing captures the essence and details of these remarkable aircraft inviting you to explore the fine lines, shading, and precision of the artist’s work.

Admission to “Drawn to Aviation” is included with a general admission ticket, members are always free!”

Flight Academy

“In the Flight Academy visitors will be introduced to the foundations of flight and aircraft design, all explained with basic scientific principles through engaging hands-on educational stations.

Visitors of all ages will engage in four interactive sections: Design and Engineering Lab, Science of Flight, Briefing Room, and Ground Training featuring:

• 27 hands-on exhibits
• Three replica cockpits featuring a Curtiss Jenny and two P-51 Mustangs (ADA accessible)
• Two Hang Glider live action simulators
• Briefing Room

All of the exhibits were reviewed by a committee of middle-school science teachers for content and connections to principles included in TEKS benchmarks.  Exhibits were also reviewed by a committee of pilots for accuracy of aeronautical content.”

Space Gallery

“The newest edition to the many aviation-inspired experiences at the museum! SPACE GALLERY offers a deeper understanding of what it was like for Space Shuttle astronauts to train, live and work in space, the exhibit features the NASA Crew Compartment Trainer-2 (CCT-2) and EVA Airlock System, the Space Shuttle Motion Base Simulator and other artifacts from NASA, including a Rover and Humanoid.

Highlighting this history, the exhibit includes a series of cases and displays with medical kits, shuttle tools, astronaut sleeping bag and other artifacts that detail what life in space is like for an astronaut. Adding a personal aspect to the exhibit are several personal items from retired NASA astronauts, including Mike Forman, mayor of the City of Friendswood and Gene Cernan, the last astronaut to walk on the moon.

A viewing platform will allow visitors to peek inside the middeck of the CCT-2 and the airlock system, and scheduled tours inside the rover will also be offered on a regular basis. Adding an immersive and interactive aspect to the exhibit are three touchscreens that will take visitors through the anatomy of a shuttle, a virtual tour inside the CCT-2 middeck and flight deck and a history of the space shuttle missions.”

Texas Aviation Hall of Fame

“The Texas Aviation Hall of Fame was established in 1995 through a resolution by the 74^th Texas Legislature and signed by then Gov. George W. Bush to honor and recognize Texans and Texas companies or organizations that have made significant and lasting contributions to the advancement of aviation. There are currently 97 individuals and groups in the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame, in four categories which include trailblazers and explorers, wartime aviators, leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators. The Texas Aviation Hall of Fame represents trailblazers and explorers such as Bessie Coleman and Wiley Post; leaders such as Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush; World War II aviators Tex Hill, the Doolittle Raiders, Tuskegee Airmen and Women Airforce Service Pilots; astronauts Eileen Collins, Joe Engle and Gene Cernan; and entrepreneurs Howard Hughes and Rod Lewis.”

“From Space to Sea”: Only on Display Until March of 2025

“From Space to Sea” is a traveling art exhibit courtesy of the United States Navy Art Collection.  It is a collection of original artworks depicting moments of the United States Navy’s role in the Space Program. The Navy was largely responsible for the recovery of astronaut crews who had safely landed in the ocean after a successful mission and the collection highlights some of the poignant moments of the time.”

“Alongside “From Space to Sea” is a selection of framed objects from the Lone Star Flight Museum’s Albert Cleere Collection.  The Albert Cleere Collection comes from the family of the late Albert Cleere, a prominent banker in Houston who was the go-to banker for the astronauts.  Cleere formed friendships with many of them – thus setting the stage for an amazing collection that showcased their mutual admiration.”

“Admission to “From Space to Sea” is included with a general admission ticket, members are always free!”

Don’t miss this opportunity to see some of these amazing airplanes take to the sky at this year’s Wings Over Houston Airshow, October 18-19 at Ellington Airport. And make sure to show our friends at Lone Star Flight Museum some love all year round!

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