The museum
At Houston’s Ellington Airport the museum presents the relationship between Texas aviation and American commercial, military and spaceflight history. Its hangars house historic aircraft while visitor flight activities keep some vintage flying skills alive.
At Houston’s Ellington Airport the museum presents the relationship between Texas aviation and American commercial, military and spaceflight history. Its hangars house historic aircraft while visitor flight activities keep some vintage flying skills alive.
The aircraft collection concentrates on texas aviation heritage, World War II combat and training aircraft, personal flying, helicopters and remotely piloted aircraft. The official Heritage and Waltrip hangar inventory clearly separates resident aircraft from visiting aircraft. Only the resident list is recorded here; temporarily visiting warbirds and aircraft available for rides are not treated as additional permanent holdings.
The aircraft entries below are selected records from the institution’s own collection pages, not a claim to reproduce its entire inventory. A type shown in a museum catalog is not automatically available for inspection: restoration, loan, operational, and reserve storage arrangements can change. Where the catalog does not establish current public display, these records retain an unknown display status.
What defines the collection
Texas aviation heritage, World War II combat and training aircraft, personal flying, helicopters and remotely piloted aircraft
What to expect
The official Heritage and Waltrip hangar inventory clearly separates resident aircraft from visiting aircraft. Only the resident list is recorded here; temporarily visiting warbirds and aircraft available for rides are not treated as additional permanent holdings.
What the museum holds
20 documented aircraft and exhibit records
The inventory below separates what the museum or its sources say the institution holds from the smaller set of aircraft histories already connected to the Air Archive.
- Vought F4U CorsairOn Display
- Grumman TBF/TBM AvengerOn Display
- North American B-25 MitchellOn Display
- Anderson Greenwood AG-14On Display
- Beecraft Honey BeeOn Display
- Boeing PT-17 StearmanOn Display
- Cessna L-19 / O-1A Bird DogOn Display
- Cessna T-41 MescaleroOn Display
- Culver Dart GCOn Display
- Douglas DC-3On Display
- Fairchild PT-19 CornellOn Display
- Flyin’ Tiger aircraftOn Display
- General Atomics MQ-1B PredatorOn Display
- Lockheed Howard 250 Tri-GearOn Display
Open full museum-listed inventory (20 entries)
| Aircraft | Status | Identity |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson Greenwood AG-14 | On Display | — |
| Beecraft Honey Bee | On Display | — |
| Boeing PT-17 Stearman | On Display | — |
| Cessna L-19 / O-1A Bird Dog | On Display | — |
| Cessna T-41 Mescalero | On Display | — |
| Vought F4U Corsair Chance Vought F4U-5N Corsair | On Display | — |
| Culver Dart GC | On Display | — |
| Douglas DC-3 | On Display | — |
| Fairchild PT-19 Cornell | On Display | — |
| Flyin’ Tiger aircraft | On Display | — |
| General Atomics MQ-1B Predator | On Display | — |
| Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger General Motors TBM-3E Avenger | On Display | — |
| Lockheed Howard 250 Tri-Gear | On Display | — |
| North American B-25 Mitchell North American B-25 Mitchell | On Display | — |
| North American T-6 Texan | On Display | — |
| Piper L-4H Grasshopper | On Display | — |
| Piper PA-39 Twin Comanche | On Display | — |
| Pitts Special S-1 | On Display | — |
| Sikorsky S-76A++ | On Display | — |
| Vultee BT-13 | On Display | — |
Aircraft histories connected to this museum
These links connect museum holdings to aircraft histories already in the Trackpads Air Archive. They are not intended to imply that every museum aircraft has a dedicated archive profile yet.