The Cavanaugh Flight Museum is an

aviation museum An aviation museum, air museum, or air and space museum is a museum exhibiting the history and cultural artifacts, artifacts of aviation. In addition to actual, replica or accurate reproduction aircraft, exhibits can include photographs, maps, P ...

in Addison, Texas, with a non-profit 501(c)(3) status for aviation educational.

Mission

The Museum promotes aviation education, research and American aviation heritage. Further, the Museum provides aircraft restoration, operates and maintains flying aircraft, maintains and displays historically-significant vintage aircraft; with an aviation collections department.

History

The aircraft collection held by the museum began as the personal collection of businessman Jim Cavanaugh. His collection began with the purchase of a half-share in a 1939 Piper J-3 Cub in 1980. The museum opened in October 1993.

Exhibits and collections

The flight museum is home to an aviation art gallery that includes pieces from Keith Ferris, Roy Grinnell, William Phillips, John Shaw,

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, Robert Taylor, and Nicholas Trudgian.

B-29 ''"FiFi"'' Project

In a joint press release,Cavanaugh Flight Museum: ''Press Release Jan. 21, 2008''
dated 21 January 2008, the Commemorative Air Force and the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, announced a pledge of $1.2M USD to re-engine ''FiFi'', a B-29 Superfortress. The pledge was made by Jim Cavanaugh, the founder of the Cavanaugh Flight Museum. As a result of the contribution, ''FiFi'' was returned to flight status, and the B-29/ B-24 Squadron of the CAF was relocated from

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to the Addison Airport, at Addison, Texas (KADS). The B24 and the B-29 were, for the six months of each year they were not on tour, kept and maintained at Addison. FiFi was sent to Meacham Field in Fort Worth during the winters. FIFI was based at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum until 2013, when it was relocated to the Vintage Flying Museum at the

Meacham International Airport Fort Worth Meacham International Airport (Meacham Field) is a general aviation airport located near the intersection of Interstate 820 and Business U.S. Highway 287 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It is named after former Fort Worth Mayor ...

in Fort Worth, Texas. In 2021 FIFI was moved to the Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center (NAEC) at Dallas Executive Airport (KRBD) in Dallas, Texas.

Partial List of Collection

World War I

* Fokker D.VII * Fokker Dr.I * Halberstadt CL.II *

Pfalz D.III The Pfalz D.III was a fighter aircraft used by the '' Luftstreitkräfte'' (Imperial German Air Service) during the First World War. The D.III was the first major original design from Pfalz Flugzeugwerke. Though generally considered inferior to c ...

* Sopwith Camel

World War II

Korean War

Vietnam War

Civilian aircraft

* Christen Eagle II * Piper J-3 Cub * Pitts Special * Travel Air 4000

References

External links

Museum website
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