Cavanaugh Flight Museum shutting down.

OD/NG · **Joined:** Fri Dec 16, 2016 1:36 pm **Posts:** 746

Per Air Classics, Cavanaugh is getting kicked off of Addison due to their lease not being renewed. This was a long time coming - unfortunately that day has come.

Anybody know which 2 locations the collection will be stored at pending the future of the museum?

Taylor Stevenson · **Posted:** Mon Dec 25, 2023 4:24 pm

Your thread title is misleading and inaccurate.

K5DH · **Posted:** Mon Dec 25, 2023 5:29 pm

I heard a while back that this was possibly going to happen, and that other locations were being considered in the event the lease was not renewed. CFM is an excellent museum. I wish them all the best and hope that they can either work a deal to stay where they are or find a suitable location to reopen and continue being excellent!

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 25, 2023 7:25 pm

Taylor Stevenson wrote:

Your thread title is misleading and inaccurate.

And I can second that. People around here know better... so why do that?

aerojock · **Joined:** Sat Mar 12, 2005 2:58 am **Posts:** 148

Why be so encryptic? If you know why the info is wrong please tell us.

Taylor Stevenson · **Posted:** Mon Dec 25, 2023 9:37 pm

No one is being cryptic. The museum is not "shutting down."

OD/NG · **Joined:** Fri Dec 16, 2016 1:36 pm **Posts:** 746

Taylor Stevenson wrote:

No one is being cryptic. The museum is not "shutting down."

Ah, thanks for setting the record straight and verifying that CFM will remain open at Addison. Air Classics and Michael O'Leary have been known to publish inaccurate information over the years and I guess this is one more example of that. I should have known better since there are no other sources corroborating this including CFM's own website, social media or other warbird information outlets.

Why do you think that Air Classics published that info?

Taylor Stevenson · **Posted:** Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:41 am

Changing locations does not equate to “shutting down.”

bmoran · **Joined:** Sun Jan 03, 2010 9:48 am **Posts:** 140

Geez guys... Instead of going nuts over the topic title (which may not be the best title, but far from inaccurate), why not just provide the best sources factual contextual improvements?

"Cavanaugh Flight Museum Shutting [Addison Location] down [while considering new home]" is a bit too long for the title field...

OD/NG · **Joined:** Fri Dec 16, 2016 1:36 pm **Posts:** 746

Taylor Stevenson wrote:

Changing locations does not equate to “shutting down.”

O.K., fair enough. I thought it was obvious that I was referring to the Addison location, but sorry for the confusion.

quemerford · **Joined:** Tue Jun 17, 2014 4:19 pm **Posts:** 1576

Clarity is not a strong point of this thread. I'm not sure why, but if people really do know something, maybe it would be a good place to post it.

menards · **Joined:** Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:46 pm **Posts:** 541

bmoran wrote:

Geez guys... Instead of going nuts over the topic title (which may not be the best title, but far from inaccurate), why not just provide the best sources factual contextual improvements?

"Cavanaugh Flight Museum Shutting [Addison Location] down [while considering new home]" is a bit too long for the title field...

Or maybe "Cavanaugh Flight Museum [searching for new home]" if brevity is a concern.

Dan Jones · **Posted:** Wed Dec 27, 2023 11:54 pm

That’ll be one huge job to move. Is there a short list of possible new sites?

JohnB · **Posted:** Thu Dec 28, 2023 12:26 am

There are plenty of airports in Texas.
However, if you want one with decent facilities and near a population center that would provide visitors (to raise money to keep the doors open), that's the difficult part.

FuryFB11 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:33 am **Posts:** 90

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