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Frontiers of Flight Museum
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Established 1988
Location Dallas, Texas
Type Aviation museum
Founder Jan Collmer, William E. “Bill” Cooper, Kay Bailey Hutchison

The Frontiers of Flight Museum is an exciting place in Dallas, Texas. It's a museum all about airplanes, rockets, and space travel! It first opened in November 1988. Three people helped start it: William E. Cooper, Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Jan Collmer.

The museum was first inside a building at Dallas Love Field airport. Now, it has its own big building. This building is about 100,000 square feet (9,290 square meters). It's located right next to Love Field. The museum is also connected to the Smithsonian Affiliations program. This means it works with the famous Smithsonian museums.

Aviation expert George E. Haddaway helped make the museum happen. He gave his huge collection of aviation books, photos, and old papers. This collection became a key part of the museum's history section.

What You Can See at the Museum

The museum has many cool things that show the history of flying and space exploration. It especially highlights how the Dallas/Fort Worth area helped with these amazing journeys.

Famous Exhibits to Explore

You can see some really special items here:

  • The actual Apollo 7 Command Module. This is the part of the spacecraft where astronauts lived in space!
  • A copy of a World War I Sopwith Pup biplane. Biplanes are old planes with two sets of wings.
  • Pieces from the German airship Hindenburg. This was a giant airship that flew a long time ago.
  • Over 200 models of planes from World War II.

Cool Aircraft on Display

The museum has many different types of real aircraft. Here are some of the interesting ones you might see:

  • A Boeing 737-200 nose section. This is the front part of a passenger jet.
  • A full Boeing 737-300 plane. It has the colors of Southwest Airlines.
  • A Lockheed Martin F-16B Fighting Falcon. This is a fast fighter jet!
  • A Northrop T-38 Talon. This jet is used to train pilots.
  • The unique Vought V-173. It's a special plane that looks like a flying pancake!

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See Also

  • List of aerospace museums
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