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Location
Best time
Visit on a weekday (museum is open 3 days/week) to enjoy a quieter, more personalized experience with knowledgeable volunteers who can give you essentially a private tour and detailed historical explanations of each aircraft.
Visitor tip
Arrange a field trip or special group visit for the best educational experience—volunteers are enthusiastic about sharing aviation history and WWII aircraft stories, making it particularly valuable for school groups and aviation enthusiasts.
Visitor tip
Young children who are fascinated by aircraft, helicopters, and military equipment will find this small but well-maintained museum engaging and age-appropriate, with hands-on viewing of vintage planes and vehicles.
About Highland Lakes Squadron - Commemorative Air Force
Museum with historic military airplanes. Facility with WWII aircraft & exhibits with memorabilia, plus rides on vintage planes.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Aviation Museum
- Focus
- Vintage WWII aircraft preservation
- Hours
- Sundays, Wednesdays 1-4 PM; Saturdays 10 AM-4 PM
- Membership
- Yes, $25/year for Highland Lakes Squadron
- Upcoming Event
- 34th Bluebonnet Airshow March 21st
What visitors say
Went there on a Wed with my grandsons. It was a little lonely but that just meant we had essentially a 'private tour' of the whole museum. The guide talked us through the history of every exhibit. It was very informative and well worth…
Small but great museum to visit. My little one loved it as he is so much fascinated about airplane, helicopter, tank. Place is clean and well maintained. Definitely recommended
We arrived about 3:30 on Sunday (museum closes at 4) the volunteers there were very gracious and allowed us to look around (several others showed up close to 4) and also were shown around the small museum. Seems that due to the rain…
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Did You Know?
- The museum operates as part of the Commemorative Air Force, a national organization dedicated to preserving and flying WWII-era aircraft, allowing visitors to experience both static displays and actual flights on vintage planes
- The 34th Bluebonnet Airshow is an annual signature event held at the facility, indicating at least 34 years of continuous airshow programming at this location
- The museum maintains a working collection of WWII aircraft that are flight-capable, with multiple aircraft flown in for special events like the airshow, demonstrating active preservation and restoration programs
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