The Texas Air Museum - Stinson Chapter is located on Stinson Municipal Airport (which is the second oldest continuous operating airport in the United States). The Stinson Municipal Airport (SSF) is located six miles south of downtown San Antonio, Texas.[1] The museum has many static aircraft, along with several rare examples under restoration. This is a non-profit 501(c)(3) all volunteer museum. Funding comes only from admissions, gift shop sales and public donations.[2]
The original Texas Air Museum opened in 1985 and operated out of Rio Hondo, Texas, by founder John Houston with his wife and son.[3] In 1993, a second Texas Air Museum was opened in the City of Slaton on the Larry T. Neal Memorial Airport near Lubbock, Texas. The third Texas Air Museum, located on Stinson Municipal Airport, was founded by John Douglas Tosh, a World War II veteran,[4] on October 9, 1999. The original Rio Hondo museum closed its operations in 2002, and this museum's assets were divided between the Slaton and Stinson museums.[5]
The Texas Air Museum - Stinson Chapter is San AntonioTexas only aviation museum open to the general public. The museum's mission has been dedicated to tell the stories of San Antonio's and Texas' vital role in the development of civilian and military air power.[6] It pays tribute to aviation pioneers, notably the co-founders of Stinson Airport Katherine Stinson, her sister Marjorie Stinson and brother Edward Stinson. The museum also highlights technical achievements in the realm of aviation, and above all, pays respect and honor to those who gave their lives to defend freedom.
The museum's newest library collection is photographs from John W. Underwood with a few photos of Stinson Model R aircraft. One Model R belonging to American aviator and air racer Arlene Davis.
On display are rare Sweetheart Pillowcases from various World War II military installations in Texas.
File:Sweetheart Pillowcase.jpgSweetheart pillowcases from various World War II installations in Texas. On displayed at Texas Air Museum - Stinson Chapter.
145728 Delivered to the Navy in 1958. Is painted in original Navy orange when assigned to NASA's Project Mercury used in training Navy Underwater Demolition Team Frogmen in space capsule recovery. Reassigned to the Marine Corp as one of forty HUS-1s fitted with amphibious pontoons, re-designated UH-34E in 1962.
63-7415 On 20 November 1963, The U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command accepted its first two production McDonnell F-4C Phantom II jet fighters[9] and this museum has the original F-4C-15-MC 63-7415 on display.
59-0421 1959 McDonnell F-101B-115-MC Voodoo C/N 745 was originally assigned to the United States Air National Guard Niagara Falls International (IAG / KIAG)
Fairchild PT-19 1943 Serial Number T43-5112(42-34446) N56547 Fairchild M-62A/PT-19. Operated at Arledge Field, Stamford, TX. March 1941 to 30 Sept. 1944
Fairchild PT-19 1943 Serial Number T43-5106 N54411 Fairchild M-62A
Fairchild PT-26 1943 Serial Number T43-4374 NC75902 Fairchild M-62A-3
Fairchild PT-23 Build year, serial number, and N number unknown. However it does have sliding canopy and Continental 220 stamped 25986
McCulloch O-100-1 Model 4318A drone engine. This engine on display has a Northrop Ventura data plate: Engine, Aircraft Reciprocation PD-74/D; serial number 1.
Allison J35 Allison J-35 turbine engine with a few cutaways to see turbines.
Allison T56 Three different displays in stage completion order; bare T-56 on stand, T-56 with added propeller gear box on stand, and complete C-130 engine with cowlings mounted on ground support tow trailer.
Jeep CJ 1953 - Willis CJ-3A 2.2L used by the U.S. Navy.
M151 ¼-ton 4×4 utility truck 1964 - Forward Air Controller Radio Equipped used by the U.S. Air Force. Markings suggest last unit assigned was 463rd BG (not verified).
Ford Model T 1924 - Ford Model T Ambulance used by the U.S. Army.
^[WRIGHT, CHRISTOPHER C., and ALLAN C. HARRIS. “NOW HEAR THIS.” Warship International, vol. 38, no. 1, 2001, pp. 4–84. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44892723. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.]
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