The Texas Air Museum, located in the Rio Grande Valley of deep South Texas, is a non-profit corporation that strives to both preserve and restore vanishing bits of aviation’s past. The museum is home to the world’s largest collection of rare World War II Focke-wulf 190s. The museum exhibits some 50 aircraft, ranging from the early days of flight to the post-Vietnam era. Areas of special emphasis include early aviation, agricultural aviation, Texas and Hispanic aviation history, the World War II eastern front, and Vietnam. The museum is known worldwide for its epic-scale restoration projects. Visitors can tour the museum’s restoration facilities and watch museum volunteers working on aircraft throughout the year. The museum is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Admission is $4. for adults, $2. for youth 12-16 and free for children 11 and under accompanied by a paying adult. The museum is located 1 mile east of Rio Hondo on Highway 106. Visitors are also welcome to fly in to the museum any time. The airport is designated as Texas Dusting Service on current aeronautical charts.
On regularly scheduled fly-in days (usually the 2nd Saturday of each month), visitors are usually treated to an all-you-can-eat waffle breakfast, served from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., free with the price of museum admission. Visitors can also expect to see some of the museum’s historic aircraft take to the air, weather permitting.
Don’t miss the Texas Air Museum’s very special Early Aviation Fly-In, “Celebrating Aviation from the Dawn of Flight to the Golden Age” on Feb. 7-8-9, 1997! Contact John Houston, Museum Director, 210/748-2112 for complete de1ails.