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1999

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MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1999 HAAC SPEAKER

1940 AIR TERMINAL PROJECT TO BE LAUNCHED AT JUNE HAAC MEETING

The HAAC is a key participant in the Houston Aeronautical Heritage Society's efforts to restore the original Houston Municipal Airport Terminal Building located on the west side of William P. Hobby Airport and outfit and operate the building as a museum showcasing the civil aviation history of Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast Region. The official launch of publicity and fund raising efforts for the 1940 Air Terminal Project took place during the HAAC meeting on Monday, June 7, 1999.

The program showcased the 1940 Air Terminal Project. HAAC members and visitors were treated to an in depth look at the project, the history of the building and the plans in store for its restoration, along with a multimedia presentation that took HAAC members on a virtual tour of the building, both in the past and as it is today. HAAC members had an opportunity to see some initial clips from the 1940 Air Terminal project's oral history bank. Speakers included Prof. Roger Bilstein, aviation history expert from the University of Houston - Clear Lake, Jay Tribble, principal of Tribble & Stephens General Contractors (restorers of the Rice Hotel), and Drew Coats, president of the Houston Aeronautical Heritage Society.

HAAC members and visitors at the June meeting then drove to the terminal building immediately following the HAAC meeting for the 1940 Air Terminal Project launch ceremony. With an assortment of vintage aircraft parked around the building, the 1940 Air Terminal Project hosted a press conference for local media and aviation and historical press to announce the project to the public.

Also See our May 1999 pictures

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