Cavanaugh Flight Museum

Cavanaugh Flight Museum

Infobox Museum
name = Cavanaugh Flight Museum


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latitude = 32.972648
longitude = -96.835393
established = 1993
location = 4572 Claire Chennault St
Addison, Texas 75001
type = aviation museum
visitors = 33,000 (2006) [cite news |first=Lisa |last=Tanner |title=Taking flight; Cavanaugh flight museum seeks to attract more visitors by teaming up with the town of Addison |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2007/04/02/smallb1.html |work=Dallas Business Journal |date=2007-03-30 ]
director = Doug Jeanes [cite news |first=Terry |last=Box |title=Cavanaugh Flight Museum: A real blast from the past |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/travel/texasneighbors/stories/111807dnbusAutosTank.36992e1.html |work=The Dallas Morning News |date=2008-05-08 ]
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publictransit = Dallas Area Rapid Transit bus route 341
website = [http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/ Cavanaugh Flight Museum]

The Cavanaugh Flight Museum is an aviation museum in Addison, Texas, with a non-profit 501(c)(3) status for aviation educational.

Mission

The Museum promotes aviation education, research and American aviation heritage. Further, the Museum provides aircraft restoration, operates and maintains flying aircraft, maintains and displays historically-significant vintage aircraft; with an aviation collections department.

History

The aircraft collection held by the museum began as the personal collection of businessman Jim Cavanaugh. His collection began with the purchase of a half-share in a 1939 Piper J-3 Cub in 1980. [cite news |first=Paul |last=Lukas |title=Collecting war planes in memory of real heros |url=http://search.ft.com/ftArticle?ct=0&id=070427007795 |work=The Financial Times |date=2007-04-27 ] The museum opened in October 1993. [cite news |first=Bill |last=Marvel |title=A Crowded Plane Field; The opening of a third Dallas-area aviation museum is fueled by a growing interest in our airborne heritage |work=The Dallas Morning News |date=1993-10-26 |id=Newsbank ID 0ED3D3C02B19FAC7 ]

Exhibits and collections

The flight museum is home to an aviation art gallery that includes pieces from Keith Ferris, Roy Grinnell, William Phillips, John Shaw, Stan Stokes, Robert Taylor, and Nicholas Trudgian.

B-29 "FiFi" Project

In a joint press release [ [http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/B-29_B-24_Press_Release_1-21-08 Cavanaugh Flight Museum: "Press Release Jan. 21, 2008"] ] , dated 21 January, 2008, the Commemorative Air Force and the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, announced a pledge of $1.2M USD to re-engine "FiFi", a B-29 Superfortress. The pledge was made by Jim Cavanaugh, the founder of the Cavanaugh Flight Museum. As a result of the contribution, "FiFi" will be returned to flight status, and the B-29/B-24 Squadron of the CAF will relocate its base from Midland, Texas to the Addison Airport, at Addison, Texas (KADS). The B24 and the B-29 will, for the six months of each year they are not on tour, be kept and maintained at Addison.

Partial List of Collection

World War I

* Fokker Dr.I
* Fokker D.VII
* Sopwith Camel

World War II

Civilian aircraft

* Piper J-3 Cub
* Pitts Special
* Christen Eagle II

References

External links

* [http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/ Museum website]


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