Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum facts for kids
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| Established | mid-1970s |
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| Location | 31001 Magnuson Ave. Pueblo, Colorado |
| Type | Aviation museum |
| Founder | Fred Weisbrod |
The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum is a fun museum about airplanes in Southern Colorado. It was started in the 1970s by Fred Weisbrod, who used to be the city manager of Pueblo. The museum has two big buildings, called hangars, that were built in 2005 and 2011.
These hangars are home to many airplanes and thousands of cool items. These items show the history of flight from World War I up to today. The museum also includes the International B-24 Memorial Museum and the Southern Colorado Space Museum and Learning Center. You can also see several old military vehicles there, and some of them can still be driven!
The museum is located near Pueblo, Colorado, at the Pueblo Memorial Airport. This airport used to be a military base during World War II. The Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society helps manage and take care of the museum.
The museum has about 40 airplanes, both military and civilian. It also has many military vehicles. Sometimes, the museum holds special "open cockpit days." On these days, you can sit inside some of the airplanes! They also have "fly-ins" where you can watch planes arrive at the nearby airport. The museum has a large library with many books and research materials about aviation. Volunteers run the museum. They give tours, work in the gift shop, and help fix and take care of the airplanes.
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What is the History of the Museum?
The museum was started in the 1980s by a group of people who loved airplanes. In 2008, the museum asked for money to build another hangar. This new building would help them show even more airplanes and artifacts.
What Airplanes Can You See?
The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum has a large collection of airplanes. You can see many different types, from old military planes to civilian aircraft.
Military Airplanes
- Beechcraft T-34 Mentor 144018
- Bell OH-13E Sioux
- Bell UH-1D Iroquois 72-21508
- Bell UH-1M Iroquois 65-9484
- Bell OH-58A Kiowa 69-16271
- Boeing-Stearman PT-13D Kaydet 75-5943
- Boeing B-29 Superfortress 44-62022
- Boeing NB-47E Stratojet 532104
- Boeing B-52F Stratofortress – nose section
- Cessna T-37B Tweet 67-22253
- Convair HC-131A Samaritan 5794
- Douglas R4D-5 17217
- Douglas A-26C Invader 44-35892
- Douglas F-6A Skyray 134936
- Douglas A-4C Skyhawk 147702
- Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar 131688
- General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon 80-0499
- Grumman F9F-8 Cougar 138876
- Grumman F11F Tiger 141853
- Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star 49-1872
- Lockheed YF-104 Starfighter 55-2967
- Lockheed SP-2E Neptune 128402
- Lockheed TV-2 SeaStar 137936
- Lockheed C-130E Hercules – nose section 70-1259
- McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle 79-0022 – This plane shot down an Iraqi MiG-23 during a conflict in 1991.
- McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II – nose section and flight simulator
- North American F-86D Sabre 52-3653
- North American F-100D Super Sabre 55-3503
- North American T-28C Trojan 140064
- North American RA-5C Vigilante 151629
- Piasecki CH-21B Workhorse 53-4347
- PZL-Mielec Lim-2
- PZL-Mielec Lim-6
- Republic F-84C Thunderjet 47-1562
- Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 – 7/8 scale replica
- Sikorsky SH-34J Seabat 148002
- SPAD S.XIII – 1/2 scale replica
- Supermarine Spitfire I – replica
- Vought F-8A Crusader
Civilian Airplanes
- Alexander Eaglerock – on loan from the Colorado Aviation Historical Society
- Bleriot XI – replica
- Learjet 25
- Piper J-3 Cub
- Steen Skybolt
Images for kids
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The museum's Douglas A-4C Skyhawk and North American F-100D Super Sabre.
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B-29 Superfortress "Peachy" displayed in Hangar One.
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Along with its extensive aircraft collection, PWAM also possesses several historic military vehicles. The museum's M20 is located in Hangar One.
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The museum's F-15C Eagle, AF Serial Number 79-0022, downed an Iraqi MiG-23 on 28 January 1991.
See Also
- CAF Rocky Mountain Wing Museum, Grand Junction, CO
- Colorado Aviation Historical Society Denver, CO
- Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society Pueblo Airport, Pueblo, CO
- Peterson Air and Space Museum Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, CO
- Spirit of Flight Center Lafayette, CO
- Vintage Aero Flying Museum Platte Valley Airpark, Husdon, CO
- Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum Old Lowry AFB Campus, Denver, CO
- Related lists
- List of aerospace museums
