Things to see in Texas

[FUNFLYER]

Great stuff, thanks guy's. Keep it up. Rad

[JohnB]

A nice drive from SA through the Hill Country and through the pretty town of Brady ("The Heart of Texas" reads their sign) is Abilene.
Brownwood has a F-111 and F-4 at the airport....
If you can get access to Dyess, they have a great airpark.
Visible from the public roads include a B-1B, C-130, P-40 model, and F-4c.

The small air[port just north of the interstate (not Abilene Regional) is home to the local CAF Squadron,

Not far North is Brekenridge....Mr. Pardue's collection is always inside, but a stop by Ezell Aviation is a must, you'll seethe rebuilding anything and everything...Mustangs, Sea Furys, Corsairs, yiou name it. Call and ask first, they're nice people and might show you ariound.

Heading west, on I-20 there is a T-33 and Huey Cobra at Sweetwater's city park.
( not far nort is Snyder with the F-105 and F-101 that are well-known to form members)
A bit further west there is Big Spring there is the Hangar 18 Museum with all kinds of stuff.
Both of which will lead to Midland, CAF HQ.

A general observation, it doesn't really pay to take a chance to go tocountry airports, in Texas 99% of the planes seem to be hangared.
It can be a bit of a drive, SA to Midland would be about a good days drive...without stops.

Hope your friend has fun.

Last edited by JohnB on Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:07 am, edited 2 times in total.

[67N20]

Now to hijack the thread, but what can be seen thorugh Texas that is 4immediately adjacent to I-10? My wife and I will be passing through there in September as part of an epic cross-country road trip. I'm managed to get her to agree to seeing the USS Texas and NASA HQ at Houston and the Alamo, and I just realized that the Nimitz museum is just north of the highway.
I don't know of much more that's very close to the freeway along the way...

Lone Star in Galveston is about 45 minutes away from NASA Hq.

[RyanShort1]

The Alamo Liaison Squadron's headquarters is just south of San Antonio off of Loop 1604 and Applewhite Road. Best to be there on a Wednesday or Saturday.

Of course there are CAF units in San Marcos, Georgetown, and Burnet, which are all within a day trip of San Antonio.

Ryan

[Lynn Allen]

The CAF wing at the Lancaster Airport, the Cold War Museum and my C-140A.. All in the same day...

[Obergrafeter]

The CAF wing at the Lancaster Airport, the Cold War Museum and my C-140A.. All in the same day...

I don't know if a person could stand to take that all in, in one day.....especially the mighty 140!!

[Blake]

FYI, the battleship Texas is back open for business:

http://www.chron.com/communityblogs/atmosphere/gallery/Battleship-Texas-back-in-business-44390.php

Blake

[John Cotter]

Now to hijack the thread, but what can be seen thorugh Texas that is 4immediately adjacent to I-10? My wife and I will be passing through there in September as part of an epic cross-country road trip. I'm managed to get her to agree to seeing the USS Texas and NASA HQ at Houston and the Alamo, and I just realized that the Nimitz museum is just north of the highway.
I don't know of much more that's very close to the freeway along the way...

The Houston Wing (former West Houston Squadron) of the Commemorative Air Force is 5 miles off I-10. PM me if you want to stop by.