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Tango Alpha Charlie: Texas Aviation Celebration
September 12, 2010-January 11, 2011
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The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum is embarking on a
mission to tell a truly uplifting story with a dramatic and unprecedented special exhibition
commemorating Texas aviation history titled, Tango Alpha Charlie: Texas Aviation Celebration.
The year 2010 marks the centennial of flight in Texas. Since Frenchman Louis Paulhan’s first
flight in Texas on February 18, 1910, Texas has been on the leading edge of aviation. The first
U.S. military flight was in March 1910 from Fort Sam Houston, beginning Texas’s long tradition
of military aviation. The first person to build and fly a plane in Texas was L.L. Walker Jr. in
Houston, exemplifying the spirit that has driven the aviation industry in Texas ever since.
On exhibit September 12, 2010 through January 9, 2011, Tango Alpha Charlie: Texas Aviation
Celebration will tell the story of Texas aviation—past, present, and future—in a special
exhibition that will brag on the dynamic achievements of Texas aviators, designers,
manufacturers, and services.
Included in the exhibit are 5 large scale models of aircraft including an AT-6 Texan, B-24
Liberator, Southwest Airlines Lone Star One, Mooney Acclaim Type S, a Bell V-22 Osprey, and
a 1/2 scale Vought F-4U-4 Corsair.
Visitors can try their hand at flying a Curtiss Jenny, an AT-6 Texan, and a Bell XV-3 tiltrotor
helicopter through interactive video simulators.
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Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
1800 North Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701 -
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$7.00 for adults, $6.00 for seniors/military/college students (with valid ID), $4 for youth ages 5-18, free
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September 12, 2010-January 11, 2011 -
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