The Cold War Air Museum blog is one year old!
We are happy that we can share this video (originally created for one of our associates) for our birthday and for this holiday weekend. It portrays both the fun and the seriousness, of our work.
As we end our first year with 243 posts, we are happy to see our list of visitors rapidly growing. We want to extend to each and every one of you, a wish for a happy, safe and prosperous new year!
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Cold War Air Museum, Visitors Welcome
The Cold War Air Museum is located at Lancaster Airport (KLNC), south of Downtown Dallas, Texas. The Cold War Air Museum is open every Saturday from 10 until 4 and admission is free (tours and special events may be arranged at other times and visitor donations are gladly accepted).
The airport is also home to the Commemorative Air Force Museum and there are a number of businesses and places of interest nearby. The City, Airport and Museums host a number of events at the airport every year. Check our Current Events page from time to time for special event postings, especially during flying season. Driving directions can be obtained from the local area map page.
The following links may also be of interest to our local and long distance visitors.
The Cold War Air Museum is a member of the North Texas Association of Aviation Museums (NOTAAM). For a list of area museums and links to their web sites, visit the NOTAAM web site.
For information about places of interest and events in the City of Lancaster (a suburb of Dallas), visit the Lancaster Visitor's Information Center.
For information about things to do and see in Dallas, visit the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau.
A partial list of places to stay near the airport includes:
Holiday Inn Express Hotel
Super 8 Motel
MCM Grande Hotel
Spanish Trails Inn
Red Roof Inn
Thanks for visiting our web site. We hope to see you in person soon!
The airport is also home to the Commemorative Air Force Museum and there are a number of businesses and places of interest nearby. The City, Airport and Museums host a number of events at the airport every year. Check our Current Events page from time to time for special event postings, especially during flying season. Driving directions can be obtained from the local area map page. The following links may also be of interest to our local and long distance visitors.
The Cold War Air Museum is a member of the North Texas Association of Aviation Museums (NOTAAM). For a list of area museums and links to their web sites, visit the NOTAAM web site.
For information about places of interest and events in the City of Lancaster (a suburb of Dallas), visit the Lancaster Visitor's Information Center.
For information about things to do and see in Dallas, visit the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau.
A partial list of places to stay near the airport includes:
Holiday Inn Express Hotel
Super 8 Motel
MCM Grande Hotel
Spanish Trails Inn
Red Roof Inn
Thanks for visiting our web site. We hope to see you in person soon!
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Two Changs a'Flying
On the second day of Cold War Air Museum Christmas,
Jon and Miles gave to me,
"two CJs flying".
(With apologies to The Twelve days of Christmas Song)...
Christmas eve and Christmas day saw a rare sight in Dallas - SNOW. But as you can see from these pictures, by the next day it was all gone. With the weather cold, clear and calm, Jon and Miles took the opportunity to take to the air. Miguel had a chance to go along with them and we thank him for these pictures. You can see more of his photos on his Flikr pages. Without much narration, this post is simply dedicated to the fun of flying.
The long lens on Miguel's camera makes the aircraft appear much closer than they are.
Miles smiles, looks like they had a good day of flying.
In the calm air, the vortices from the propwash are clearly visible when Jon turns on the smoke.
Jon and Miles gave to me,
"two CJs flying".
(With apologies to The Twelve days of Christmas Song)...
Christmas eve and Christmas day saw a rare sight in Dallas - SNOW. But as you can see from these pictures, by the next day it was all gone. With the weather cold, clear and calm, Jon and Miles took the opportunity to take to the air. Miguel had a chance to go along with them and we thank him for these pictures. You can see more of his photos on his Flikr pages. Without much narration, this post is simply dedicated to the fun of flying.
The day was beautifully clear and the moon was visible in the sky.
The long lens on Miguel's camera makes the aircraft appear much closer than they are.
Miles smiles, looks like they had a good day of flying.
In the calm air, the vortices from the propwash are clearly visible when Jon turns on the smoke.
Friday, December 25, 2009
Cold War Christmas
During the Cold War, the U.S. created an extensive network of radar
stations to warn of approaching aircraft.
Reports from these stations, including coverage over the North Pole, were combined and analyzed at the Continental Air Defense Command (the predecessor of NORAD) at Colorado Springs.
On Christmas eve 1955, the commander was unamused to receive a call on the facility "hotline" from a six year old boy who started reciting his Christmas wish list. Colonel Shoup soon learned that a misprint in the newspaper had directed children to call America's most secure facility, instead of the local Sears store "Santa line". By electing to answer the children calling with reports and updates on Santa's "flight" from the North Pole, the Air Force created a Christmas tradition.
In the early years, TV networks would interrupt their broadcasts with an announcement that an unidentified intruder had been reported by the early warning system. As the announcer continued to report with increasing concern, the intruder would be tracked closer and closer to U.S. air space, where it was intercepted by fighter jets. Upon identifying the intruder as Santa Claus, the pilots allowed him to pass (to the great relief of children nationwide). In early years, volunteers at the facility answered thousands of phone calls and the event was reported in the news on Christmas day.
In 1997 this program was extended to the internet where it receives more than a BILLION hits annually. Noradsanta.org, assisted by global mapping and video clips, transmits an image of worldwide satellite tracking capability and air support for Santa's mission each year.
Christmas, in secular or religious form is celebrated in most countries of the world. In ideal times, in an ideal world, Christmas is a time for families and friends to be together. In the imperfect world in which we live, wars and hardships bring separation and loss. The staff and members of the Cold War Air Museum extend their thanks to the men and women in service who are separated from their families this season.
Wherever you may be, however you may celebrate Christmas and the New Year, we want to wish you the very best and invite you to reflect for a moment on where we have been, where we are now and where we are going. In both the U.S. and Russia you will encounter various forms of the phrase "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" (1). We appreciate your continued support for the Cold War Air Museum and its mission of preserving and "remembering" the past.
(1) More quotes attributed to George Santayana (1863-1952).
stations to warn of approaching aircraft.Reports from these stations, including coverage over the North Pole, were combined and analyzed at the Continental Air Defense Command (the predecessor of NORAD) at Colorado Springs.
On Christmas eve 1955, the commander was unamused to receive a call on the facility "hotline" from a six year old boy who started reciting his Christmas wish list. Colonel Shoup soon learned that a misprint in the newspaper had directed children to call America's most secure facility, instead of the local Sears store "Santa line". By electing to answer the children calling with reports and updates on Santa's "flight" from the North Pole, the Air Force created a Christmas tradition.
In the early years, TV networks would interrupt their broadcasts with an announcement that an unidentified intruder had been reported by the early warning system. As the announcer continued to report with increasing concern, the intruder would be tracked closer and closer to U.S. air space, where it was intercepted by fighter jets. Upon identifying the intruder as Santa Claus, the pilots allowed him to pass (to the great relief of children nationwide). In early years, volunteers at the facility answered thousands of phone calls and the event was reported in the news on Christmas day.
In 1997 this program was extended to the internet where it receives more than a BILLION hits annually. Noradsanta.org, assisted by global mapping and video clips, transmits an image of worldwide satellite tracking capability and air support for Santa's mission each year.
Christmas, in secular or religious form is celebrated in most countries of the world. In ideal times, in an ideal world, Christmas is a time for families and friends to be together. In the imperfect world in which we live, wars and hardships bring separation and loss. The staff and members of the Cold War Air Museum extend their thanks to the men and women in service who are separated from their families this season.
Wherever you may be, however you may celebrate Christmas and the New Year, we want to wish you the very best and invite you to reflect for a moment on where we have been, where we are now and where we are going. In both the U.S. and Russia you will encounter various forms of the phrase "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" (1). We appreciate your continued support for the Cold War Air Museum and its mission of preserving and "remembering" the past.(1) More quotes attributed to George Santayana (1863-1952).
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