Aircraft History

The Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP) started in the 1930s, training college students to fly. This program grew larger and faster than anticipated, and thus, they did not have enough aircraft for it.

For today’s Artifact Friday, we are doing a blog about one of the coolest and largest planes! Yes, you guessed it, the C-130 Hercules!

On September 7, 1965, the AH-1 Cobra prototype took its first flight. Eight months after the U.S. Army’s initial attack helicopter request, the Model 209 was flown.

While acting as a tour guide, my most commonly asked question is "What is that contraption?" followed by "Did people actually fly that thing?"

The Stinson L-13 or "L-Bird," as the staff calls it, is one of the largest fixed-wing aircraft in our collection at a little over 40 feet.

Bell Textron or Bell Aircraft Corporation was founded in 1935 by Lawrence Dale Bell of New York.

Today we are going to talk about a rare civilian aircraft known as the Varga 2150A Kachina.

Formed in 1920, the 45th Infantry Division was a part of the Oklahoma Army National Guard.

That cool plane in the middle of the white hangar that you can step up and peek inside actually has multiple names.

Blue Angels fly the Boeing F/A -18 Super Hornet. The planes do not fly combat missions, but they do perform impressive air tricks.

One of the most popular items in the museum is a large, tandem-rotor helicopter known as the Flying Banana.