Texas Air & Space Museum
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Texas Air & Space Museum
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Special! Special! Special! April 9th, 10th and 11th 2012 Come to the Wings of Freedom Tour where you can see: North American P-51C Mustang, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, and Consolidated B-24 Liberator, PLUS visit the Texas Air & Space Museum where you can see: NASA Shuttle Trainer, C-7 Caribou, P-51 Mustang, Reno Racer "Beercat" and visiting antique aircraft, PLUS Win a ride in a B-17 or B-24 WWII Bomber. By noon on April 10, 2012, purchase one or more $10 tax deductible raffle tickets as follows: (1) in person at the Texas Air & Space Museum, 10001 American Dr, Amarillo, Texas or (2) by sending your name, address, phone number and donation to Texas Air & Space Museum, PO Box 31535 Amarillo TX 79120-1535. Winning ticket may be redeemed now or at any time during this or future Wings of Freedom Tours. ------------------------- For more information call: 806-335-9159. Don't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity! To view the Collings Foundation Wings of Freedom Tour video, click here: http://www.collingsfoundation.org/cf_schedule-wof.htm Thanks to Tri-State Ford of Amarillo, Texas for providing aircrew vehicles. Thanks to The Ambassador Hotel of Amarillo, Texas for providing aircrew accommodations. Special! Special! Special!
Welcome to the Texas Air & Space Museum where we celebrate the passion of aviation.
Our Mission......sharing the wonder of the heavens and the inventions that take us there.
Briefly...
About us...Beginnings... Texas Air & Space Museum's (TASM) goal is to establish and maintain a premier aviation museum to honor the pioneers and histories of our servicemen and women, aviators and astronauts of northwest Texas. TASM's board includes the most experienced and dedicated aviation professionals in the Amarillo and Texas Panhandle regions, bringing with them a dedication to country and our freedom that has its beginnings prior to World War II. Texas Air & Space Museum (TASM) board members have demonstrated a hope to “plant trees under which they may never sit to enjoy the shade” - exhibiting selfless dedication to this effort. In doing so, they have borrowed on the better parts of past efforts regionally in order to bring to northwest Texas a museum of national prominence. TASM's plans include air shows, aviation events, locally supported dances, events with Boy and Girl Scouts, Big Brothers /Big Sisters, Civil Air Patrol, Commemorative Air Force, Boys Ranch and Girls Town, to name but a few. While much is known about the dedication or service records of TASM's board members, modesty precludes sharing some of the cost with which our freedom came. In the late 1930's, Florene Miller Watson's father purchased a Luscombe Silvaire airplane to teach his two sons and daughter to fly. His neighbors and the community expressed concern at this unusual act. He responded to them that we would be at war and he wanted his children to be able to contribute to the effort. The children did learn, and as adults, they contributed greatly to the war effort in helping to preserve our freedom. That “sacrifice” cost Mr. Miller and one son their lives in that same aircraft before the war began. We do not want to forget those, nor the many sacrifices made by the men, women, and families on the ground, in the air, and in space for the freedoms and opportunities that we, as Americans, and many other countries enjoy today. Not only those sacrifices but the countless others, the rich histories and dreams of northwest Texas, need to be chronicled for a remembrance of future generations, and a grateful nation. Future... The Texas Air & Space Museum will now provide a full range of services tailored to the vintage, warbird and collectible aircraft owner. Aircraft purchased as investments, restorations, maintenance, care and display of rare aircraft can all be managed "under one roof."
Aircraft on display...
deHavilland C-7 Caribou - Viet Nam era troop cargo carrier
North American P-51 Mustang - WWII fighter/escort
Grumman C-11A Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) - NASA astronaut training aircraft
Speed Beercat - Built in Adrian, Texas; participated in the National
Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada
Donation Opportunities...Donations to the Texas Air & Space Museum--a 501(c)3 organization--qualify as charitable donations for the donor under Internal Revenue Code. TASM welcomes your aviation- and space-related donations as well as donations in honor of a person's retirement, birthday, anniversary or special favor. Because TASM is a growing museum, donations of computers, office equipment, furniture, display cases and equipment, etc. are often needed and always welcome.
Contact InformationWe'd love to hear your stories. Please share your thoughts regarding the Texas Air & Space Museum and the wonders of flight.
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