The Lone Star Flight Museum, Houston, Texas, will mark Memorial Day weekend with a three-day schedule of aircraft displays, hangar talks, simulator sessions, and family activities from Saturday, May 23, through Monday, May 25. The main feature of the weekend will be Wings of Vietnam, a static aircraft display focused on Vietnam War-era aircraft. The display is scheduled for Saturday, May 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., weather permitting, at the museum’s ramp area in Houston. More than a dozen aircraft are expected to be part of the special display, including the F-4, NASA’s T-38, CH-46 Sea Knight, T-28, F-100, and A-1D Skyraider. The museum said the weekend program is intended to honor and remember U.S. military men and women who died in service.
Visitors arriving when the museum opens on Saturday will also be able to see ramp activity shortly after 10 a.m., when the T/A-4 is expected to taxi and take off for several passes around the airport. The museum will be open throughout the weekend, including Memorial Day. While the Vietnam-era aircraft display is planned for Saturday only, other activities will continue across all three days. Saturday’s schedule begins with an early access member hour from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. The museum will then host the Vietnam-era aircraft display from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., along with a museum meet and greet from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Free Flight Bay simulator use will be available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Additional Saturday programming includes a Plane of the Month hangar talk on the Beechcraft T-34B Mentor from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m., a “Show Me the Mooney” session from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., a ballooning hangar talk featuring Debbie Rice from 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., and a paper airplane STEMonstration from 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. On Sunday, May 24, the museum will offer a meet and greet from noon to 12:30 p.m., Free Flight Bay simulator use from noon to 4 p.m., toddler dress-up activities from noon to 4 p.m., “Show Me the Mooney” from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., and a Space Sunday STEMonstration from 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Memorial Day programming on Monday, May 25, includes an early access member hour from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., poppy rock painting in remembrance of fallen soldiers from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and Free Flight Bay simulator use from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The museum is also offering discounted admission on Memorial Day, with tickets priced at $10 for visitors age 5 and older.
Admission remains free for museum members and children aged 4 and under. As part of its Summer Passport to Fun program, sponsored by United Airlines, the museum is also offering a Family Summer Pass for $80. The pass covers two adults and three children for three months and includes unlimited admission, access to special programs and events, and discounts on summer camp and gift shop purchases. The pass is valid from Memorial Day through Labor Day, September 7. During that period, the museum will be open daily, including Mondays. For more information and to support the Lone Star Flight Museum, click on this link: lonestarflight.org.
