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 2 hours 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.
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 32 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 hours 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.
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?
Hopefully it can be preserved and continue it's life! There is hope: https://www.1940airterminal.org/news/texas-historical-commis...
There shouldn’t be any huge expenses, unless they were leasing the premises at market rate.
It is unfortunate to see any museum close. I hope their assessment from the Texas Historical Commission succeeds!
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e52f79c0260e6...
Note the 8" floppy disk drives also.