Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum

Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum

Established	mid-1970s
Location	31001 Magnuson Ave. Pueblo, Colorado
Coordinates	38.281882°N 104.498449°W / 38.281882; -104.498449
Type	Aviation museum
Website	www.pwam.org

Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum's Douglas A-4C Skyhawk and North American F-100D Super Sabre.

The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum is a non-profit aviation museum located in Southern Colorado. It was founded in the mid-1970s by former Pueblo City Manager Fred Weisbrod. The museum is made up of two hangers that were built in 2005 and 2011 respectively. The hangers house several of the museum's aircraft along with thousands of artifacts dating from World War One, all the up to modern day. PWAM is also home to the International B-24 Memorial Museum and the Southern Colorado Space Museum and Learning Center. There are several historic military vehicles in the museum's collection, many of which are still in operational condition. The museum is located six miles east of Pueblo, Colorado on US Highway 50 at the Pueblo Memorial Airport, occupying space on what was the Pueblo Army Air Base during World War II. It is managed and maintained by the Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society.

The museum's collection includes around forty military and civilian aircraft, as well as several military vehicles. The museum also hosts periodic open cockpit days featuring a select aircraft. Also, there is a research library, including a video tape collection. The museum relies entirely on men and women volunteers, who assist visitors with admissions, store purchases, tours, and aircraft restorations.

Aircraft on display

B-29 Superfortress Peachy displayed in Hanger One of PWAM.

Along with its extensive aircraft collection, PWAM also possesses several historic military vehicles. The museum's M20 is located in Hanger One.

Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum recently acquired and restored F-15C Eagle, AF Serial Number 79-0022. This aircraft downed an Iraqi MiG-23 on 28 January 1991.

The museum's Lim-5 is painted to represent a North Vietnamese MiG-17.

PWAM's A-26C is currently displayed outdoors with an early, six gun A-26B nose.

Military

• Beechcraft T-34 Mentor - US Navy
• Bell H-13G Sioux - US Army M*A*S*H color scheme
• Bell UH-1H Iroquois - US Army Medevac
• Bell UH-1M Iroquois - US Army Gunship, under restoration
• Bell OH-58A Kiowa - US Army
• Boeing-Stearman Model 75 - Hanging from the ceiling of Hanger One with skin removed
• Boeing B-29 Superfortress - USAF, B-29-60-BN, AF Ser. No. 44-62022, Peachy
• Boeing B-47 Stratojet - USAF, modified to NB-47E standard while in service with the USN, was used to test TF34 turbofan engine
• Cessna T-37 Tweet - USAF
• Convair C-131 Samaritan - Displayed as a USCG HC-131
• Douglas R4D - USN variant of the C-47 Skytrain
• Douglas A-26 Invader - USAF C-model
• Douglas F4D Skyray - US Navy F-6A BuNo 134936
• Douglas A-4C Skyhawk - US Navy, Recently restored and displayed in VA-12 markings
• Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar - Displayed outdoors in USMC markings
• Grumman F9F-8 Cougar - US Navy, currently displayed in VT-21 markings
• Grumman F-11 Tiger - USN, BuNo 141853- formerly assigned to the Blue Angels and used as test aircraft at NAS Pax River
• General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon - USAF Serial Number 80-499
• Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star - USAF
• Lockheed F-104 Starfighter - USAF One of sixteen preproduction YF-104As built- Serial Number 55-2967
• Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune - US Navy SP-2E variant
• Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star - Displayed as a USMC TV-2
• McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle - Serial Number 79-0022, aircraft shot down an Iraqi MiG-23 during Operation Desert Storm on 28 January 1991
• MiG-15bis - Polish built Lim-2
• MiG-17 - Polish built Lim-5
• North American F-86D Sabre Dog - USAF Displayed in Colorado Air National Guard colors
• North American F-100D Super Sabre
• North American T-28C Trojan - Currently displayed as US Navy T-28C
• North American A-5 Vigilante - US Navy RA-5C BuNo 151629
• Piasecki H-21 - USAF
• Republic F-84 Thunderjet - USAF
• Sikorsky SH-34J Seabat - US Navy
• Supermarine Spitfire - Replica
• Vought F-8 Crusader - US Navy

Civilian

• Alexander Eaglerock Model 24 Long Wing - on loan from Colorado Aviation Historical Society, 2013

Aircraft Formerly on Display at PWAM

• Lockheed RB-37 Ventura - USAF(USAAC) - moved to NMUSAF at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH in 2010.
• McDonnell F-101A Voodoo - USAF
  • This Voodoo, AF Ser. No. 53-2418, was the first production A-model and was delivered in August 1954 to Edwards AFB. Its maiden flight was on September 29, 1954, with McDonnell Aircraft test pilot Robert C. Little. Test flight results: Mach 0.9 at 35,000 feet with a maximum test speed of Mach 1.4. This aircraft, which is privately owned, has been moved to the Evergreen Maintenance Center in Marana, Arizona to undergo restoration for display at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.

See also

• CAF Rocky Mountain Wing Museum, Grand Junction, CO
• Colorado Aviation Historical Society Denver, CO
• Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society Pueblo Airport, Pueblo, CO
• Peterson Air and Space Museum Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, CO
• Spirit of Flight Center Lafayette, CO
• Vintage Aero Flying Museum Platte Valley Airpark, Husdon, CO
• Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum Old Lowry AFB Campus, Denver, CO

Related lists

• List of aerospace museums

References

• Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum official website

External links

• Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum official website
• Aerial View