the brick hangar

 

The brick hangar served as the Lubbock municipal airport with commercial flights beginning in 1945 with Braniff, Essair and then Continental airlines.  In 1950 the new terminal was built, which today houses the Silent Wings Museum.  Had the brick hangar been built in the 1920s instead of 1930, Charles Lindbergh might have stopped in Lubbock on his speaking tour.  The story goes he bypassed Lubbock because he couldn't land.

 

Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport

Hub City Aviation

Lubbock, Texas