1940 Air Terminal Museum Begins Liquidation

dtagames

I had no idea this closed and I've lived here for six years! I can't believe I didn't go visit. Surely there is enough money in this city of Houston between airlines that operate here and the oil companies that they spend most of your ticket money on to keep this open?

SoftTalker

The rack in this image appears to house a Texas Instruments minicomputer of some model, not sure exactly which. 980 maybe? Might be fun to play with, but not for $20K. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e52f79c0260e6... Note the 8" floppy disk drives also.

system2

20k is not bad for an airplane geek. I wish I had space for these.

stdbrouw

Side note: what a stunning art deco (?) building! (There's a photo on the front page of the site.)

skyblock500

I believe that if we all collectively lowball them, they will drop the price to be lower than $20k. It is unfortunate to see any museum close. I hope their assessment from the Texas Historical Commission succeeds!

rationalist

I have been to this museum, it is nice. If anyone can support it, please look into it and do so. Thank you.

sublinear

Museum photos caption: "asdfsd"

captainregex

wow, this blows on so many levels.

hex4def6

https://www.flickr.com/photos/blairmc99/55275010559/in/photo... I don't think I've ever seen a manual that expected me to use DeMorgan's Theorem as part of a test procedure... :)

adolph

This is really sad. I was hopeful the Lone Star Flight Museum would take it over. I spent a few afternoons there with my then much smaller kids. It was a not overdone museum where you could explore around inside the vehicles like a Sikorsky S-34 and the not-working simulators.

Lammy

Context: https://www.1940airterminal.org/news/hahs-letter-to-city-of-... > At this moment, HAHS is in default of the lease, and must vacate both the terminal building and the 1928 hangar by the end of June. Sad :(