With an official dedication ceremony September 26, 1995, the Vintage Flying Museum (VFM) became responsible for the newest FAA Aviation Education Resource Center.
For over a decade, Doc & Chuckie Hospers have led a group of like-minded persons dedicated to preserving America’s Flying Heritage in word, deed and aircraft. In 1990, they founded a non-profit museum to restore vintage aircraft as “flying museums” and preserve the exploits of those who “Keep ’em Flying!” With sheer determination, long hours and a tight rein on modest resources, the fledgling museum just outside Meacham Field gained national prominence.
Listed by the Texas Historical Commission and named by the Defense Department as a Commemorative Community Organization, the Vintage Flying Museum takes an active role in the ACE Academy … FAA’s program to turn-on today’s youth to tomorrow’s aviation careers.
Today, the Vintage Flying Museum serves as a forum for sharing technical, historical and educational information world-wide. VFM’s initiative to include youth, senior citizens & veterans into its mainstream activity brings a wider sense of historical perspective. After first breathing new life into an old B-17, the intrepid all-volunteer organization has blossomed into a multi-faceted Community Aviation Resource.
Located within and operated by the Vintage Flying Museum at Meacham Airport in Fort Worth, the Aviation Education Resource Center functions as an information distribution center for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aviation education materials and resources. The Resource Center maintains & provides quantities of FAA resource materials. Center personnel answer general information requests, conduct workshops, and make aviation-related presentations. They are used by the media, the public, and the educational community, and there is no cost associated with the use of the center.