The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum is a non-profit aviation museum located in Southern Colorado. It was founded in the mid-1970s by former Pueblo City Manager Fred Weisbrod. The museum is made up of two hangars that were built in 2005 and 2011. The hangars house several of the museum's aircraft along with thousands of artifacts dating from World War I to modern day. PWAM is home to the International B-24 Memorial Museum and the Southern Colorado Space Museum and Learning Center. There are several historic military vehicles in the museum's collection, many of which are still in operational condition. The museum is located six miles east of Pueblo, Colorado on US Highway 50 at the Pueblo Memorial Airport, occupying space on what was the Pueblo Army Air Base during World War II. It is managed and maintained by the Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society.
The museum's collection includes around forty military and civilian aircraft, as well as several military vehicles. The museum hosts periodic open cockpit days and fly ins at the neighboring Pueblo Memorial Airport. PWAM houses an extensive collection of books and research material in the museum's library. The museum is run by a volunteer staff of men and women who provide tours, run the gift shop and do aircraft restoration and maintenance.
History
The museum was founded by a group of aviation enthusiasts in the 1980s. In 2008, the museum requested funding from the county for the building of an additional hangar.
Aircraft on display
Military aircraft
Beechcraft T-34 Mentor 144018
Bell OH-13E Sioux
Bell UH-1D Iroquois 72-21508
Bell UH-1M Iroquois 65-9484
Bell OH-58A Kiowa 69-16271
Boeing-Stearman PT-13D Kaydet 75-5943
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 44-62022
Boeing NB-47E Stratojet 532104
Boeing B-52F Stratofortress – nose section
Cessna T-37B Tweet 67-22253
Convair HC-131A Samaritan 5794
Douglas R4D-5 17217
Douglas A-26C Invader 44-35892
Douglas F-6A Skyray 134936
Douglas A-4C Skyhawk 147702
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar 131688
General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon 80-0499
Grumman F9F-8 Cougar 138876
Grumman F11F Tiger 141853
Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star 49-1872
Lockheed YF-104 Starfighter 55-2967
Lockheed SP-2E Neptune 128402
Lockheed TV-2 SeaStar 137936
Lockheed C-130E Hercules – nose section 70-1259
McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle 79-0022 – This aircraft shot down an Iraqi MiG-23 during Operation Desert Storm on 28 January 1991. McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II – nose section and flight simulator North American F-86D Sabre 52-3653 North American F-100D Super Sabre 55-3503 North American T-28C Trojan 140064 North American RA-5C Vigilante 151629 Piasecki CH-21B Workhorse 53-4347 PZL-Mielec Lim-2 PZL-Mielec Lim-6 Republic F-84C Thunderjet 47-1562 Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 – 7/8 scale replica Sikorsky SH-34J Seabat 148002 SPAD S.XIII – 1/2 scale replica Supermarine Spitfire I – replica Vought F-8A Crusader