Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2013 11:27 am

Has anyone been to this museum? Looking at their website www.flightmuseum.com I see they have a darn nice collection and most of it is inside!

Taylor Stevenson · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:44 pm

First class museum with a great facility full of cool exhibits. Many of their displays are of aircraft and aviation related items that you rarely see. Apollo capsule, flying pancake, X planes, etc. Great people too. If you're in Dallas or have a layover at Love Field, it's worth a visit.

eagle21 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:47 pm

Pat Carry wrote:

Has anyone been to this museum? Looking at their website http://www.flightmuseum.com I see they have a darn nice collection and most of it is inside!

Echoing what Mr. Stevenson said, it is a very nice museum. I have been several times.

John

GARY HILTON · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:57 pm

There is plenty of room to park a tractor and trailer in back too!

kmiles · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2013 4:14 pm

The Collings Foundation Wings of Freedom Tour will be parked out on their ramp from March 20-24, 2013. For the regular price of admission you get to see both the museum, and the B-17, B-24, P-51, Huey, and possibly a replica of a multi-engine German aircraft from WWII.

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2013 9:28 pm

eagle21 wrote:

Pat Carry wrote:

Has anyone been to this museum? Looking at their website http://www.flightmuseum.com I see they have a darn nice collection and most of it is inside!

Echoing what Mr. Stevenson said, it is a very nice museum. I have been several times.

John

3rd that as well....

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2013 9:29 pm

kmiles wrote:

The Collings Foundation Wings of Freedom Tour will be parked out on their ramp from March 20-24, 2013. For the regular price of admission you get to see both the museum, and the B-17, B-24, P-51, Huey, and possibly a replica of a multi-engine German aircraft from WWII.

They slipped thru town last year with very little coverage....

Ztex · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2013 11:45 pm

It is a great museum!

I interviewed the director last fall for Warbird Radio....took some pics too.

http://www.warbirdradio.com/2012/10/wix-warbird-weekly-tour-the-frontiers-of-flight-museum-episode-88/

APG85 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 13, 2013 6:44 am

I think the Apollo 7 Command Module is there...

CAPFlyer · **Posted:** Wed Feb 13, 2013 12:08 pm

Yep, in addition to the Apollo 7 capsule, they have the only SR-71 simulator in the world, which was quite a coup to get from all the museums that were wanting it. They also have some nice airplanes owned and flown by local aviation legends and near-legends, not to mention a LearFan.

Pogo · **Posted:** Wed Feb 13, 2013 8:32 pm

APG85 wrote:

I think the Apollo 7 Command Module is there...

Now there's a mission very few seem to remember, and yet was so very interesting. First manned flight of the Apollo moon ship (the CM part of it, anyway), and closest we ever came to mutiny in space, and from one of the most competently correct and by-the-book commanders ever. Very interesting mission, and almost invariably skipped over in films and documentaries on the subject of Apollo. Don Eisele and Walt Cunningham are two exceedingly interesting characters too. Another reason to love books!

Thanks for even mentioning Apollo 7 .................. it's good just to see it mentioned any more.................

APG85 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:12 pm

Pogo wrote:

APG85 wrote:

I think the Apollo 7 Command Module is there...

Now there's a mission very few seem to remember, and yet was so very interesting. First manned flight of the Apollo moon ship (the CM part of it, anyway), and closest we ever came to mutiny in space, and from one of the most competently correct and by-the-book commanders ever. Very interesting mission, and almost invariably skipped over in films and documentaries on the subject of Apollo. Don Eisele and Walt Cunningham are two exceedingly interesting characters too. Another reason to love books!

Thanks for even mentioning Apollo 7 .................. it's good just to see it mentioned any more.................

The HBO mini series From The Earth To The Moon has a good episode on Apollo 7. Also, Walt Cunningham's book, The All American Boys is one of the better Astronaut Biographies and details Apollo 7 and the politics involved with the unofficial grounding of the crew post-flight...

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