Frontiers of Flight Museum

The Frontiers of Flight Museum is an exciting place where you can learn about airplanes, space travel, and the history of flying. It is found in Dallas, Texas and was started in November 1988 by William E. Cooper, Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Jan Collmer. Today, the museum is in a big building near Dallas Love Field airport.

The museum has lots of interesting things to see, like old airplanes and pieces of space rockets. One of the most famous things is the Apollo 7 Command Module, which helped people travel to space. You can also see models of airplanes from World War I and World War II, including a copy of a Sopwith Pup biplane. There are even pieces from the big German airship called the Hindenburg.

The museum is part of a special group called the Smithsonian Affiliations, which means it works together with a very big museum in Washington, D.C. Aviation historian George E. Haddaway helped start the museum by giving his collection of books, photos, and other aviation history items to the University of Texas at Dallas. The museum helps everyone learn about how people have flown in the sky and explored space, especially the important role that the Dallas/Fort Worth area has played in aviation history.

Aircraft on display

The Frontiers of Flight Museum has many interesting airplanes and aircraft on show. Some of the aircraft include:

• Bell TH-1L Iroquois
• Bell TH-13S Sioux
• Bell UH-1D Iroquois
• Boeing 737-200 nose section, Southwest Airlines livery.
• Boeing 737-300 registration N300SW, Southwest Airlines livery.
• Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet
• Bücker Bü 133 – replica
• Culver Dart GC
• Curtiss JN-4D
• de Havilland DH.82H Tiger Moth
• E-Systems XQM-93A
• Glasflügel BS-1
• Grumman EA-6B Prowler
• Laser 200
• LearAvia Lear Fan 2100
• Learjet 24D
• Lockheed T-33A
• Lockheed Martin F-16B Fighting Falcon
• LTV A-7 Corsair II
• Meyer's Little Toot
• Northrop T-38 Talon
• Piper PA-20 Pacer^{[citation needed]}
• Pitts S-2B
• Republic F-105D Thunderchief
• Ryan PT-22 Recruit
• Shoestring F1 Racer
• Sopwith Pup – replica
• Texas-Temple Sportsman – sole surviving example
• Thorp T-18
• Vought RF-8G Crusader
• Vought V-173
• Wright Flyer – model