Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum
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| Established | mid-1970s |
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| Location | 31001 Magnuson Ave. Pueblo, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 38°16′55″N 104°29′54″W / 38.281882°N 104.498449°W |
| Type | Aviation museum |
| Website | www.pwam.org |
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 also home to the International B-24 Memorial Museum and many B-24 related artifacts. The mission of PWAM is to honor the men and women who served during World War II with an emphasis on the Pueblo Army Air Base and the B-24 Liberator bomber. 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 aircraft currently on display are on loan from the various military services and civilian owners. 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
- Alexander Eaglerock Model 24 Long Wing - on loan from Colorado Aviation Historical Society, 2013
- Bell H-13G Sioux - US Army M*A*S*H color scheme
- Douglas A-26 Invader - USAF C-model
- 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
- Convair C-131 Samaritan - USAF/USCG Painted to represent a USCG HC-131
- Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar - USAF Displayed outdoors in USMC markings
- Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star - USAF
- Lockheed F-104 Starfighter - USAF One of sixteen preproduction YF-104As built- Serial Number 55-2967
- Grumman F9F-6 Cougar - US Navy
- Grumman F11F/F-11 Tiger - US Navy, BuNo 141853
- Vertol H-21C Workhorse - USAF
- Bell UH-1H Iroquois Huey - US Army Medevac, codename "Dust Off"
- Bell UH-1M Iroquois Huey - US Army Gunship, under restoration
- Bell OH-58A Kiowa - US Army
- Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune - US Navy SP-2E variant
- Lockheed T-33 T-Bird - USAF Displayed as a USMC TV-2
- North American F-100D Super Sabre
- North American T-28C Trojan - USAF Currently displayed as US Navy T-28C
- Douglas A-4 Skyhawk - US Navy, Recently restored and displayed in VA-12 markings
- North American A-5 Vigilante - US Navy RA-5C BuNo 151629
- Republic F-84 Thunderjet - USAF
- Republic F-86D Sabre Dog - USAF Displayed in Colorado Air National Guard colors
- Sikorsky SH-34J Seabat - US Navy
- Beechcraft T-34 Mentor - USAF
- Cessna T-37 Tweet - USAF
- F4D Skyray - US Navy F-6A BuNo 134936
- McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle - Serial Number 79-0022, aircraft shot down an Iraqi MiG-23 during Operation Desert Storm on 28 January 1991 ]][1] -
- General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon - USAF Serial Number 80-499
- MiG-15bis - Lim-2 Polish built
- MiG-17 - Lim-5 Polish built
Aircraft Formerly on Display at PWAM
- Lockheed RB-37 Ventura - USAF(USAAC) - Removed by NMUSAF to NMUSAF, 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.[2]
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
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