T
ulsa Air and Space Museum chronicles the incredible aerospace heritage of Tulsa which includes early Tulsa aviators, the rise of the Tulsa Municipal Airport, the work done at Douglas Tulsa, American Airlines, North American, Rockwell, McDonnell Douglas and Boeing. The museum is the repository for not only its own artifact and aircraft collection garnered over the last 15 years but is also custodian of the Tulsa Airport Authority collection that includes the Charles W. Short collection. Charlie Short, as he was known, was the Tulsa Municipal Airport manager from 1928 to 1955. During his tenure he documented the day to day activities of the airport through photographs. Tulsa Municipal Airport opened in 1928 it had two aircraft hangars where aircraft were housed, both locals and transients. Hangar One, through the decades, would house the aircraft of many aviation greats including Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Jimmie Doolittle, Wiley Post and Frank Hawks - to name just a few. General aviation in Tulsa and the surrounding area has grown steadily throughout the decades since World War II. When the Tulsa Air and Space Museum laid plans for construction of their new museum building it was decided to honor the memory of the original Hangar One by naming their new home Hangar One. Recently the Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology has partnered with the museum to allow access to its vast collection of photographs that portray the training of pilots during the Golden Age of Aviation and World War II, as well as the aircraft built by the Spartan Aircraft Company. Visitors have the opportunity to experience SciDome HD presentations and shows at the James E. Bertelsmeyer Planetarium. The planetarium recently completed installation of the all-new Spitz SciDome HD projection technology which projects over 3 million pixels onto the planetarium’s dome. TASM is one of only three planetariums in the world to have this advanced digital technology. Tulsa Air and Space Museum is located at 3624 North 74th East Avenue. The museum is open Tuesday Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 1-5. For more information, call 918.834.9900 or visit tulsaairandspacemuseum.org.