Frontiers of Flight Museum

The Frontiers of Flight Museum is an aerospace museum located in [[Dallas, Texas]]. The museum was founded in November 1988 by [[William E. Cooper (Bill)|William E. Cooper]], [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]] and Jan Collmer. Originally located within a terminal at [[Dallas Love Field]], the museum now occupies a {{convert|100000|sqft|m2|sing=on}} building at the Southeast corner of Love Field on Lemmon Avenue. The Museum is an affiliate within the [[Smithsonian Affiliations]] program. Aviation historian George E. Haddaway promoted the founding of the museum subsequent to donation of his extensive personal collection of aviation history books, journals, photographs and archives to the [[University of Texas at Dallas]] as the nucleus of one of the world's finest aviation collections, the History of Aviation Collection. The museum features an extensive collection of aviation history artifacts and vehicles, and focuses on the history of aviation and space exploration with an emphasis on the role of the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Exhibits include the [[Apollo 7]] command module, a [[World War I]] [[Sopwith Pup]] [[biplane]], artifacts from the German airship [[LZ 129 Hindenburg|Hindenburg]] and other airships, and over 200 [[World War II]] aircraft models. == External links == * [http://flightmuseum.com/ Frontiers of Flight Museum] - official site {{aviation lists}} {{coord missing|Texas}}