Pioneer Flight Museum
Aviation museum in Kingsbury, Texas
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The Pioneer Flight Museum is an aviation museum located at Old Kingsbury Aerodrome Airport in Kingsbury, Texas.
  Location within Texas | |
| Location | Kingsbury, Texas |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 29.6350°N 97.8122°W |
| Type | Aviation museum |
| Founder | Roger Freeman |
| Website | www |
History
Background
Roger Freeman grew up in California with his father, who restored vintage aircraft. He worked on the set of the movie The Great Waldo Pepper and started a business called Vintage Aviation Services.[1] In 1991, he resigned as an airline pilot and founded the museum in Zuehl, Texas.[2]
Establishment
Ground was broken for the Pioneer Flight Museum in 2000.[3] Around the same time, the Vintage Aircraft Historical Foundation was established to support the museum.[4]
Exhibits
Exhibits include antique engines.[5]
Collection
Aircraft
- ASL Valkyrie – replica[6]
- Auster AOP.9[7]
- Blériot XI – replica[8]
- Breese Penguin – replica[9]
- Champion 7AC Champion[10]
- Curtiss JN-4[11]
- Curtiss Junior[12][13]
- Dormoy Bathtub[14]
- Fokker D.VII – replica[15]
- Fokker Dr.I – replica[16]
- Great Lakes Sport Trainer[17]
- Inland W-500 Super Sport[18]
- Meyers OTW-160[19]
- Pietenpol Sky Scout[20][21]
- Piper J3C Cub[22][23]
- Rearwin Sportster[24]
- Thomas-Morse S-4C[25]
- Waco 10[26]
Ground vehicles
- 1914 Ford Model T Speedster[27]
- 1915 Ford Model T Speedster[28]
- 1916 French Ambulance[29]
- 1917 American Ambulance[30]
- 1917 Indian Motorcycle[31]
- 1917 U.S. Signal Corps Utility Truck[32]
- 1918 Nash Quad Army Truck[33]
- 1921 Triumph Model H Motorcycle[34]
- 1925 Ford Model T Wrecker[35]
- 1925 Ford Model TT School Bus[36]