I had no idea this closed and I've lived here for six years! I can't believe I didn't go visit.
Surely there is enough money in this city of Houston between airlines that operate here and the oil companies that they spend most of your ticket money on to keep this open?
It really was/is a gem of a museum, very fun to visit and quite approachable. We went a couple times, once when they had some fly-ins that made it extra special.
The rack in this image appears to house a Texas Instruments minicomputer of some model, not sure exactly which. 980 maybe? Might be fun to play with, but not for $20K.
I had no idea this closed and I've lived here for six years! I can't believe I didn't go visit.
Surely there is enough money in this city of Houston between airlines that operate here and the oil companies that they spend most of your ticket money on to keep this open?
It really was/is a gem of a museum, very fun to visit and quite approachable. We went a couple times, once when they had some fly-ins that made it extra special.
Hopefully it can be preserved and continue it's life! There is hope: https://www.1940airterminal.org/news/texas-historical-commis...
I don’t see why they couldn’t make ends meet with events and so on.
There shouldn’t be any huge expenses, unless they were leasing the premises at market rate.
The rack in this image appears to house a Texas Instruments minicomputer of some model, not sure exactly which. 980 maybe? Might be fun to play with, but not for $20K.
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e52f79c0260e6...
Note the 8" floppy disk drives also.
Side note: what a stunning art deco (?) building! (There's a photo on the front page of the site.)
20k is not bad for an airplane geek. I wish I had space for these.