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Posted by weaponeer 2 hours ago

1940 Air Terminal Museum Begins Liquidation(www.1940airterminal.org)
32 points | 10 comments
dtagames 1 hour ago|
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?

ljoshua 1 hour ago|
It really was/is a gem of a museum, very fun to visit and quite approachable. We went a couple times, once when they had some fly-ins that made it extra special.

Hopefully it can be preserved and continue it's life! There is hope: https://www.1940airterminal.org/news/texas-historical-commis...

MichaelZuo 1 hour ago||
I don’t see why they couldn’t make ends meet with events and so on.

There shouldn’t be any huge expenses, unless they were leasing the premises at market rate.

skyblock500 34 minutes ago||
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!

SoftTalker 1 hour ago||
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.

badc0ffee 32 minutes ago|
Usagi Electric is in Texas. He could make use of that thing.
rationalist 25 minutes ago||
I have been to this museum, it is nice. If anyone can support it, please look into it and do so. Thank you.
sublinear 11 minutes ago||
Museum photos caption: "asdfsd"
stdbrouw 59 minutes ago||
Side note: what a stunning art deco (?) building! (There's a photo on the front page of the site.)
system2 1 hour ago|
20k is not bad for an airplane geek. I wish I had space for these.