Cavanaugh Flight Museum

The Cavanaugh Flight Museum was a non-profit aviation museum at Addison Airport in Addison, Texas. It closed indefinitely as of January 1, 2024.

Mission The museum promoted aviation education, research and American aviation heritage. The museum provided aircraft restoration, maintained and displayed historically significant vintage aircraft, some of which were in flyable condition, and maintained an aviation collections department featuring aviation artwork.

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.

On December 29, 2023, the museum announced it would be closing indefinitely on January 1, 2024. A spokesperson for the town of Addison told WFAA that the museum's lease had been terminated to allow the site to be redeveloped as new hangars, office space, and parking. The museum said that its aircraft would be moved to North Texas Regional Airport in Denison, Texas, but it would not state whether the collection would be returned to public display.

Exhibits and collections The flight museum housed an aviation art gallery that includes pieces from Keith Ferris, Roy Grinnell, William Phillips, John Shaw, Stan Stokes, Robert Taylor, and Nicholas Trudgian.

B-29 "FIFI" Project In a January 2008 press release,Cavanaugh Flight Museum: Press Release Jan. 21, 2008 the Commemorative Air Force and the Cavanaugh Flight Museum pledged $1.2M USD to re-engine FIFI, a B-29 Superfortress. The pledge was made by Jim Cavanaugh, museum founder. 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 Midland, Texas, to Addison Airport. The B-24 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 International Airport in Fort Worth during winter.

FIFI was based at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum until 2013, when it was relocated to the Vintage Flying Museum at Meacham.

Partial List of Collection

World War I Fokker D.VII Fokker Dr.I Halberstadt CL.II Pfalz D.III Sopwith Camel

World War II ManufacturerModelSerial numberNotes de Havilland Tiger Moth Aeronca L-3B 43-26886 Boeing-Stearman N2S-4 Kaydet Boeing-Stearman PT-13C Stearman Kaydet 40-1650 Curtiss P-40N Warhawk 44-7396 Douglas A-26C Invader 44-35710 Hard to Get Fairchild PT-19A Cornell 42-34560 General Motors FM-2 Wildcat 86956 General Motors TBM-3E Avenger 86280 Goodyear FG-1D Corsair 92339 Heinkel CASA 2.111(He 111) Spanish built version of He 111. 9K+FZ Hispano HA-1112-M1L C.4K-172 Markings on side <- + - North American AT-6/SNJ Texan 42-85697 North American B-25J Mitchell 44-28925 How ‘Boot That! North American B-25H Mitchell 43-4106 Barbie III North American P-51D Mustang 44-72339 Piper L-4J 45-55210 Ryan PT-22 Recruit 41-15334 Supermarine Spitfire Mk. VIII MT719 Vultee SNV-2/BT-13 Valiant 44177 Yak Yak-3M 0410101

Korean War ManufacturerModelSerial numberNotes Beachcraft T-34A Mentor 53-3362 Bell OH-13D Sioux 65-8040 Douglas A-1H Skyraider 52-139606 Douglas EA-1E Skyraider 135152 Grumman F9F-2B Panther 123078 Grumman S2F-1 Tracker 136431 Lockheed F-104A Starfighter 56-0779 Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15 UTI 512036 North American/Canadair F-86 Sabre Mk. IV 51-2821 Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze (PZL) TS-11 Iskra Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse150213

Vietnam War ManufacturerModelSerial numberNotes Bell AH-1J Sea Cobra 159220 Bell UH-1B Iroquois 62-4567 Cessna T-41B Mescalero 62323-70 Hughes OH-6A Cayuse 69-16006 LTV A-7E Corsair II 160615 McDonnell-Douglas F-4C Phantom II 64-0777 Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17F 1228 Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21US 04685145 Republic F-105F Thunderchief 63-8543

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

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