LONE STAR FLIGHT MUSEUM

Lone Star Flight Museum

The golden age of aviation is recalled at the Lone Star Flight Museum. It hosts more than two dozen vintage aircraft, all in flying condition. The LSFM boasts a collection of planes from WWII to the Vietnam War era.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

The B-17 was primarily used by the U.S. Army Air Force for strategic daytime bombing campaigns during WWII against German military and industrial targets. 

B-25 Liberators Bombed Tokyo

The Doolittle Raid, a/k/a the Tokyo Raid, was a dangerous secret mission in WWII, the first air raid to strike the Japanese Home Islands. Colonel Jimmy Doolittle was in charge of this mission. At his request a special bomb sight was cobbled together from two pieces of scrap aluminum. The cost of materials was only 20 cents. This special bomb sight was nicknamed  "Mark Twain" and
replaced the Norden bomb sight that had a price of $10,000.

Col. Doolittle Tokyo Raiders

Doolittle and his crew were the first off the USS Hornet. As a result of an early takeoff, the 16 B-25 bombers were short on fuel to reach safe zones.  All of the airplanes, except one, either crash landed or the crew bailed out.

Russian MiG-15

The MiG-15 was a jet fighter that incorporated swept wings to achieve high speeds in combat over Korea. It outclassed the West's straight-winged jet fighters. With the more refined MiG-17, the basic design again surprised the West when it proved effective against supersonic fighters such as the F-4 Phantom II in the Vietnam War.

Checking Out a WWII Trainer Aircraft

The U. S. made Cessna AT-17 Bobcat is a twin-engine advanced trainer aircraft used during WWII. 

Navy Corsair Maximum Speed 462 MPH

The fast and powerful Corsair fighter was the first Allied plane capable of going toe-to-toe with the Japanese Zero.  It was designed to operate from U.S. aircraft carriers.  The Corsair saw service during WWII and also flew during the Korean War.

Me & My Fly Boy

The Lone Star Flight Museum suffered heavy damage from Hurricane Ike in 2008. The hangars and Hall of Fame were flooded with eight feet of water. Most of the airworthy planes were flown out of the museum prior to the hurricane, including the B-17 and the B-25.

The LSFM is in the process of moving to Houston to avoid repeat of the devastation suffered during Hurricane Ike.