Located at Ellington Field, the Lone Star Flight Museum is a new addition to Houston tourist destinations. The museum focuses on Texas’ role in aviation history and includes the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame. Not too far from NASA’s Johnson Space Center, it’s easy to tour both in one day.

Aircraft Displays

Two hangars flank the main entrance hall and the theater featuring an introduction to the museum. We started with the Heritage Hangar to the right of the theater where about a dozen early aircraft welcomed us.

The museum opened in the fall of 2017 so everything was new and shiny. The planes were in a similar condition. I’ll just say upfront that I’m not an aviation buff. However, the mint condition these planes exhibited impressed me. I walked by most of the exhibits until a commercial airplane peaked my interest. (more…)