Lone Star Flight Museum
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🎨 Museum · Houston
2.5 hours · $ · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 45 min driveFrom Sugar Land · Parking: Free lot
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Lots of shadeRain-OK · Handles heat · Good on cool days
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2.5 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall · Winter
Two big hangars at Ellington Airport packed with vintage aircraft that still fly: B-17 and B-25 bombers and a row of WWII fighters, a few of which you can climb into. The 7-year-old can't get enough of the flight simulators, and through the windows you can watch real planes take off and land on the runway next door. Cheaper and much more relaxed than Space Center.
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