WR-4 Hangar
Located up the street from the 1940 terminal building, WR-4 Hangar was constructed soon after the airport first opened in 1928 and is believed to be the oldest aviation-related structure still existing in Houston.
After serving successively as a maintenance facility for air mail planes, Eastern Air Lines' Houston maintenance base and eventually the 'Sky Travel' Fixed Base Operator, the hangar now provides shelter for the museum's collection of aircraft.
1942 Lockheed Lodestar N31G
On December 27, 2002 Paul F. Barnhart, Sr. donated Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar N31G to the Houston Aeronautical Heritage Society. The Lodestar is a quintessential example of business aviation history.
It has been in continuous service as a business aircraft since the late 1940s until its donation in 2002. The Houston Aeronautical Heritage Society will preserve the Lodestar as the centerpiece of its business aviation collection.
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1943 Cessna Bobcat N78UC
When the Cessna T-50 'Bobcat' was designed in the late 1930s, it was intended to be an economical but relatively high-performance light twin-engine transport. With the outbreak of World War II, however, the Bobcat gained a second life as a military trainer. Following the end of hostilities, surplus Bobcats purchased by private owners helped feed the postwar boom in general aviation.
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1958 Sikorsky S-58 N887
Based on the military H-34 Choctaw, the imposing Sikorsky S-58 became a popular workhorse with private operators. Our example was most frequently used as a flying crane, able to lift and place large objects wherever needed.
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Hawker Business Jet
In 2011, a Hawker 125 business jet was donated to the museum. It is on permanent display on the former site of the international wing of the building.
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Raffle plane
Help support the 1940 Air Terminal Museum, and you could be the winner of your very own plane!
The 1940 Air Terminal Museum is raffling an plane as a fundraiser. Raffle tickets for the contest are available for $50 each, and no more than 2,500 tickets will be sold.
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