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Fort Worth Aviation MuseumTarrant County College and Alliance Airport

InitiativeJanuary 2019

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Fort Worth Aviation MuseumInitiative

January 2019

PREFACE 1

INTRODUCTION 3

A. The Importance of Aviation to North Texas

B. Fort Worth Aviation Museum Showcases the Extraordinary Aviation

History of North Texas

C. Our Mission

D. Our Vision

E. Our Core Values

SWOT (STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND THREATS ANALYSIS) 6

SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS 8

THE PROPOSAL 8

A. Seek Partnerships with Tarrant County College and Alliance Airport

B. Rebrand FWAM as NOTAM and Collaborate with Tarrant County

College to Develop New Complementary Service Offerings

C. Develop New Programs to Address Anticipated Shortages in Aviation

Personnel

D. Recommended Action/Timetable

E. Budget Requirements

SUMMARY 11

FWAM COLLABORATORS 15

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PREFACE

The impact of aviation on the economy and culture of North Texas since 1911 has been profound and made the region a world leader in aviation and aerospace technology.

Over the past 20 years, the Fort Worth Aviation Museum (FWAM) has served the North Texas community by providing a wide variety of aviation-related educational opportunities, including:

▬ In-school STEM learning programs; ▬ Informative exhibits describing the achievements of North Texas aviation pioneers and

their modern-day counterparts; ▬ Lectures describing the employment opportunities available in aviation today; ▬ Special events where attendees can enjoy the joys of aviation outside of the context of a

museum; and ▬ Wide ranging collaborations to build synergistic relationships with different populations

and institutions -- and strengthen community ties.

Through its multitude of educational programs, offered to young and old alike, its extensive collection of historical research studies, its artifact conservation efforts, and its restoration and preservation of a unique collection of 27 locally significant warbirds, the museum has touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, locally and around the world. While the museum’s current facilities accommodate teaching displays, hands-on simulator experiences, and inspiring stories of local aviation pioneers, the museum has outgrown its space and requires a larger facility in a high visibility location to provide the North Texas community with the services, training tools and displays it deserves.

Through the museum’s efforts to broaden its services and resources to the community, it has strengthened its relationships with local educational and civic organizations, and built a network of supporters who believe in the museum’s mission and its need to expand. Through expansion, the museum will be able to offer new opportunities to schools, aviation enthusiasts, historians, and the museum-going public. New facilities will enable the museum to pursue its goals of preserving the aviation history of North Texas, expanding educational programming, modernizing exhibits and providing a variety of hands-on experiences in an educational and entertaining venue that will attract more visitors while exponentially increasing its capacity to provide STEM learning to students at all levels to fulfill its educational mission. While support for the museum’s programs and potential is widespread, funding sources for land acquisition and the phased construction of a new museum and science center, although currently being pursued, still need to be fully identified.

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Since the early 1970s, at least four other groups have attempted to build a regional museum to showcase the aviation and aerospace achievements of North Texas since the 1940s, including innovative aircraft and helicopter design and performance. All of those early efforts failed, most notable because of the planned imprudent utilization of space by attempting to house and showcase a giant B-36 bomber inside the museum that required devoting nearly 50,000 square feet of space to a single display.

To address the space limitations at its current location that restrict the museum’s ability to grow and provide a panoply of new and expanded learning opportunities, increased space for displays, storage and administrative operations, the FWAM is seeking new partnerships with Tarrant County College (TCC), Fort Worth Alliance Airport, and others to enable the museum to relocate its facilities and construct, in phases, a new regional multi-use museum and science center at Alliance Airport. In partnership with others, we believe a new, expanded, and unique North Texas aviation museum and science center can be constructed at a high-visibility location which will allow its core values of education, inspiration, and preservation to be fully realized with an array of fresh, immersive, and interactive attractions, as well as a STEM learning center. The new facility will be able to touch the lives of a much greater number of younger people than is possible today. Moreover, with improved storage and preservation capabilities, the museum will be better able to protect the heritage of past, present, and future North Texas aviation professionals.

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INTRODUCTIONThe Importance of Aviation to North Texas

Aviation transformed the North Texas economy from one based on farming and ranching to one which is deeply rooted in aircraft design and manufacturing, as well as other aviation-related industries and services. Today, one in five jobs in the Metroplex is tied to aviation, making it one of the largest aviation/aerospace centers in the world.

North Texans were pioneers in the early days of aviation, beginning before World War I. Since 1940, over 70,000 aircraft have been built in Fort Worth and surrounding cities. Over the years, literally hundreds of thousands of residents have designed, built, operated, and maintained the aircraft which have had such a significant impact on North Texas and its economy.

▬ During World War I, three US Army Air Service fields in Fort Worth trained almost 4,000 pilots, over 4,200 ground support personnel, and countless others in the country’s first and largest aerial gunnery training range. Royal Flying Corps Canada also used the air fields during the winter of 1917

▬ In 1917, Fort Worth was home to a US Army/US Navy experimental helium production plant and, by 1920, it was expanded to a full- production facility. It was the world’s only source of helium and was operational until 1929

▬ In 1921, Elizabeth Coleman became the first Black woman in the world to earn a pilot’s license. Bessie was born in Atlanta, Texas, and grew up in Waxahachie

▬ In 1926, fledgling aerial transportation companies began carrying air mail and, by1928, expanded their operations to carry passengers on regularly scheduled routes. It was the birth of the commercial aviation industry we know today. Fort Worth became the third largest air mail processing center in the country and today is home to American Airlines

▬ During World War II, North Texas was home to 30 military airfields. Fort Worth had US Army Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps airfields and Navy seaplane facilities on Lake Worth and Eagle Mountain Lake

▬ American Airlines trained over 1,000 Navy aviators to fly the R4D transport (Douglas DC-3) at Meacham Field

▬ In 1949, Fort Worth was the departure and arrival point for the first nonstop flight around the world

Top Left - Taliaferro FieldBottom Left - Fort Worth Aviation Museum

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FWAM Showcases the Extraordinary Aviation History of North Texas

The FWAM was founded in 1998 as the OV-10 Bronco Association, a 501(C)(3) not-for-profit corporation, to showcase the history, achievements, and stories of that unique multi-service military observation aircraft and its post-military/civilian service. Our story soon expanded to include all aspects of military aerial observation and Forward Air Control aircraft and their critical roles in supporting ground forces.

In 2001, we started collecting airplanes to attract a broader audience. Our collection currently contains 27 aircraft dating from 1943 to the present. Most are on loan through the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida, and the General Services Administration (GSA) Surplus Property program. We are also certified for aircraft loans by the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

In 2009, we moved to our current location on four acres at the south end of Meacham Airport in Fort Worth. At the same time, our focus shifted to presenting Fort Worth and North Texas’ contributions to aviation and their impact on the growth and development of the region. Our 27 locally-significant aircraft are displayed outside. The museum has the distinction of having the largest collection of “touchable” aircraft in Texas. A portion of our collection of artifacts and historical accounts of the achievements of Fort Worth’s aviation pioneers and their modern-daysuccessors is housed in a 3,500 square foot former school building. This building also contains our administrative office, gift shop, and a classroom.

The museum was “rebranded” as the Fort Worth Aviation Museum in 2014 to solidify its focus on North Texas’ rich, but little known, aviation heritage.

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Since 2014, museum attendance has risen from 3,777 to over 10,000 in 2017 and 2018. Future growth will be difficult given limited facility size, location, and the absence of parking space.

The story of aviation in North Texas is much deeper and broader than can be presented at the museum’s current location, and our growth is limited by our facility size, location, limited parking, and lack of area to expand.

The broad and deep story of aviation in North Texas is the tool that the museum strives to use not only to educate our community about its aviation roots but, more importantly, inspire our youth, through STEM learning programs, to pursue careers in one of aviation’s challenging and rewarding fields, such as engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, or as professional pilots. In the process, we hope to inspire others to become guardians and caretakers of our unique aviation heritage by preserving the aircraft and artifacts that represent that heritage and assuring that they will be here for the next generation to enjoy, treasure, and preserve.

Our Mission: Giving wings to youth and community through education, inspiration, and preservation of our aviation heritage.

Our Vision: To celebrate and showcase the people and aviation accomplishments of North Texas in a museum and science center that will preserve and display our heritage, educate our community, and inspire our young people to stay in school and achieve their full potential. Our vision is to be a place where people can touch history that will change their lives. We plan to do that through an expansion of our museum.

Our Core Values: Educate…Inspire…Preserve

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STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND THREATS ANALYSIS

Strengths | Operations increase awareness of Fort Worth’s rich aviation heritage and, through STEM learning programs, give younger generations the foundation to pursue aviation careers

▬ Twenty years of North Texas aviation museum experience ▬ A unique collection of 27 aircraft representing the history of aircraft design and

technology in North Texas ▬ An impressive collection of over 5,000 artifacts and historical accounts documenting the

achievements of Fort Worth’s aviation pioneers and their modern-day successors ▬ Inspiring stories of how North Texans contributed to making the region the aviation

powerhouse it is today ▬ Increased emphasis on STEM learning and outreach to local schools to give younger

generations the foundation to pursue careers in aviation ▬ A dedicated volunteer staff of more than 100 aviation professionals who work to maintain

and improve the museum’s collections, facilities, and programs ▬ Serves as the home for other aviation groups that understand the museum’s relevance to

the Fort Worth aviation community ▬ Growing attendance numbers resulting from increased media attention and word-of-mouth

communications ▬ Policies and procedures in place ▬ Established museum events provide opportunities to enjoy aviation in a context other than

museum visitation ▬ Established community outreach and educational programs ▬ Named “Best Local Attraction” by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in 2018 ▬ Restoration and preservation work widely recognized for its high quality, including by

the foreign press (See February 2018 issue of UK’s highly respected Aviation News magazine)

▬ US Marine Corps Heritage Foundation Geiger Award winner in 2017 ▬ Civil Air Patrol Multi-State Recognition Award in 2017 ▬ “GuideStar” Platinum recognition ▬ Collaboration with over 80 civic, educational, nonprofit, and business organizations in

North Texas (See page 15) ▬ Certified by the National Naval Aviation Museum, the National Museum of the United

States Air Force, and the General Services Administration to participate in their aircraft and artifact loan programs

Weaknesses | Poor location, budgetary constraints and the absence of partnerships.Low-visibility location has kept attendance numbers far below their potential

▬ No area to accommodate future growth ▬ Only 20 parking spaces for visitors and staff, adjacent to a residential neighborhood ▬ Budgetary constraints and the absence of partnerships hamper efforts to expand its

community-serving programs ▬ Reliance on volunteers to restore and maintain aircraft, develop displays, and conduct

museum operations ▬ Aging leadership and maintenance/restoration crew ▬ Lack of hangar space for aircraft storage, and maintenance and restoration work ▬ Lack of adequate and appropriate storage for collection items ▬ No dedicated education program director ▬ Limited professional staff ▬ Limited open hours due to volunteer staffing

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Opportunities | Increasing the museum’s importance to North Texas by constructing an expanded facility at a new location, modernizing its displays, and becoming a world- class teaching museum

▬ Leveraging partnerships with TCC and Alliance Airport will enable the museum to relocate to a high-visibility location and construct a new museum and science center which will dramatically increase its service to the community by revamping its programs, adding state-of-the-art hands-on teaching tools, and displaying its aircraft and collection of artifacts in modern and more interesting settings

▬ Enhanced presence and features offered at the annual Alliance Airshow ▬ The City of Fort Worth’s economic development plan calls for the use of STEM learning

programs to build a workforce for the future. The new museum can become a significant part of that effort

▬ Immersive and interactive displays will counter the growing trend among potential museum-goers to use the Internet to view images and obtain information

▬ Establish the first aviation college/aviation museum/airport collaboration program in the United States

▬ Science centers are the fastest growing segment of museums in the US today. Average annual attendance at these learning centers is over 240,000 visitors, opening a huge opportunity to capitalize on historical/educational tourism and provide for sustainable support for operations

Threats | Declining visitor numbers and funding

▬ Declining interest in traditional museum attendance due to the availability of images and information on the Internet

▬ Possible decrease in funding resources due to the inability to grow at the present location ▬ Increased costs and time of aircraft maintenance and restoration outdoors ▬ The lease on the Meacham Airport site expires in 2023; extension is in jeopardy because

of the airport’s expansion plans ▬ Small budget makes the museum ineligible for many grants and foundation support

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SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS

The Fort Worth Aviation Museum is the only museum dedicated to preserving the unique history of aircraft innovation and production in North Texas which has made the region a world leader in aviation. The museum also performs the critically important function of inspiring younger generations to pursue careers in aviation by staying in school and later enrolling in an institution of higher learning for technical training, such as TCC.

The museum, though, is facing challenges, particularly relating to its existing low-visibility location at Meacham Airport.What once seemed spacious and adequate for its collections and displays is now cramped and inadequate. The lack of appropriate environmentally-controlled facilities has limited its efforts to preserve its priceless collection of aircraft, artifacts, documents, and interpretive displays. The absence of classroom space has made it virtually impossible to present an expanded curriculum of STEM learning programs at the museum.

By leveraging new partnerships, the museum can provide an enhanced sense of community for the hundreds of thousands of residents and newcomers to the region and help build an engaged and motivated aviation workforce for the future.

THE PROPOSAL

Seek Partnerships with Tarrant County College and Alliance Airport

FWAM is a local success story; however, the ability of the museum to achieve its full potential of service to the North Texas community has been hindered by its low-visibility location, budgetary constraints, and isolation from other aviation-focused entities with which it can forge synergistic partnerships.

FWAM proposes, through partnerships with Tarrant County College (TCC) and Alliance Airport, to dramatically increase its value to the North Texas community, in general, and the aviation industry of Fort Worth, in particular, by relocating its operations to larger facilities at Alliance Airport. Centrally important tothis relocation will be a collaboration with TCC to broaden the range of its service offerings to complement the technical training programs of the college and contribute to developing the next generation of aviation professionals. Construction of newand expanded facilities at Alliance, and revamping its service offerings, will enable the museum to:

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▬ House its collections in more attractive and relevant surroundings ▬ Add immersive and interactive displays to engage museum visitors better, particularly the

young in a one-of-a-kind aviation and aerospace science center ▬ Provide classroom and laboratory space for expanded STEM learning programs ▬ Serve as resources to and complement the functions of TCC and Alliance Airport ▬ Create hospitality and event opportunities for museum visitors and airport users, including

restaurant service and meeting areas in its new facilities.

Through these partnerships, TCC will benefit from access to new facilities and resources the museum can provide, including classroom/auditorium/meeting space, historical resources, interpretive displays, and additional hands-on opportunities for students. TCC also will benefit by showcasing its aviation education programs to museum visitors and expanding its outreach to potential students. Alliance Airport will benefit by having an aviation museum nearby, withhospitality and event space, including restaurant services for airport and visiting aircrews, and the opportunity to support major events such as the annual Alliance Airshow.

This three-way partnership will provide substantial benefits to all parties concerned and facilitate the further growth and recognition of these organizations.

FWAM seeks to undertake these initiatives by taking advantage of its strengths, building on its opportunities, resolving its weaknesses and decreasing its vulnerability to threats.

Rebrand FWAM as NOTAM and Collaborate with Tarrant County College to Develop New Complementary Service Offerings

As part of this effort, the Fort Worth Aviation Museum (FWAM) will rebrand itself as the North Texas Aviation Museum (NOTAM). This change will reflect the museum’s active efforts to reach a broader audience and will more accurately reflect the museum’s focus on thewhole of North Texas aviation history and education. By constructing a new world-class aviation museum and science center adjacent to Tarrant County College at Alliance Airport, the museum will be able to collaborate with the college’s Center of Excellence in Aviation, Transportation and Logistics to develop new complementary course offerings at the museum. These educational and training courses would be offered in new museum’s facilities and are a synergy welcomed by both parties. Construction of a new museum at the airport also will allow, as mentioned, its historic aircraft to be displayed in a more attractive, climate-controlled, environment and for space to be available for new, state-of-the-art learn-by-doing teaching tools to engage visitors better.

In the United States today, there are 450 active partnerships between museums and private organizations. A NOTAM/Tarrant County College/Alliance Airport partnership would be the first known aviation museum/aviation school/airport partnership and provide a roadmap for other aviation museums interested in developing similar partnerships.

Develop New Programs to Address Anticipated Shortages in Aviation Personnel

According to the world’s largest airframe manufacturers, Boeing and Airbus, there will be an extraordinary demand for qualified personnel to fly and maintain aircraft during the next 20 years. Six hundred thousand jobs will need to be filled in the US alone.

With the anticipated shortages in airframe designers, manufacturers, and maintenance personnel, an expanded and modernized museum will be able to perform a critically needed community service by introducing younger generations to the fundamentals of aviation using new, innovative,

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teaching tools that will provide foundational workforce skills. Programs taught by aviation professionals will describe the wide variety of career opportunities that are available as pilots, engineers, and maintenance personnel. These programs will be directed at middle-school children leading to formal education and training at Tarrant County College and its Center of Excellence in Aviation, Transportation and Logistics.

Recommended Action/Timetable

We are proposing a multi-use museum and science center that can collaborate with existing entities and institutionsto inspire young people to stay in school and eventually pursue careers in aviation while at the same timeeducating the general public, preserving the artifacts of our local aviation history, and promoting the development of an engaged and educated workforce for tomorrow’s aviation and aerospace demands. The closest centers of this type are in California and New York.

We believe that the facilities required to support the goals described in this proposal ideally will be delivered in incremental phases. Phase I wouldencompass FWAM’s initial move to the Alliance Airport, the initial execution of strategic partnerships describedin this proposal, and the general establishment of NOTAM’s new location and broader objectives relating to the general public and financial supporters. With our current facilities’ lease expiring in 2023, our ideal timeline would be to begin construction of the Phase I of the new museum by 2021. This phase would involve construction of three smaller buildings of unique architectural design at Alliance Airport. They would replace, expand and improve upon facilities the museum currently has at Meacham Airport. The buildings would total approximately 26,000

square feet and consist of two 8,500 square foot WWI-style hangars and a third separate WWI-style structure of 8,000 to 10,000 square feet that would contain display areas, classrooms, a research library, simulators and other “experience flight” attractions, as well as space for archival storage and the museum’s administrative operations.

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The WWI designs would bring back examples of North Texas’ aviation roots and provide an interesting architectural contrast when the museum’s larger, modern science center planned for Phase II is constructed next to them. This final phase of the project would result in the construction of a world-class aviation exhibit, learning and science center of approximately 50,000 square feet by 2026 that would be designed to integrate and work in conjunction with the Phase I buildings.

Assisting with this proposal are:Bufano Management LLC Museum Consulting Services www.bufanomanagement.comFreeman Ryan Design (FRD), museum designers www.frd.com.auGFF Architects www.gff.comRobertson Museum Projects

Budget Requirements

The cost of the Phase I would be roughly $8,000,000, including parking and landscaping and could be initiated with funding of about $5,000,000. To accomplish this goal, a robust capital funding campaign will need to be launched by 2020 at the latest. The ultimate museum and science center complex (Phase I and II) totaling approximately 80,000 square feet has an estimated cost of approximately $24 to $30 million.

SUMMARY

The FWAM is the only museum dedicated to preserving the unique history of aircraft innovation and production in North Texas, a history which has made the region a world leader in aviation. The museum’s impressive collection of artifacts and historical accounts document the achievements of Fort Worth’s early aviation pioneers, as well as today’s innovators who have produced remarkable advanced aircraft.

At the completion of this project, the North Texas region will have a world-class, aviation museum and science center with state-of-the-art hands-on STEM teaching tools. The museum will provide dramatic new benefits to the region and perform the critically important function of inspiring younger generations to stay in school and eventually pursue careers in aviation. Immersive and interactive displays which provide learn-by-doing experiences will attract new populations to the museum and lead to a dramatic increase in museum visitations by countering the growing trend among potential museum-goers to use the internet to view images and obtain information.

The project described in this proposal is consistent with, and will become a key part of, the City of Fort Worth’s economic development plan to use STEM learning programs to build the workforce of the future. And, it will serve as a powerful inducement for new aviation-related businessesto locate here because of the deep roots the region has in aircraft design, manufacturing and maintenance, as well as the region’s highly skilled aviation workforce.

To achieve long-term sustainability, the museum will utilize an innovative business model as the first aviation museum - aviation college - airport partnership and serve as a demonstration that mutual interests can be better served through innovative collaborations rather than by acting separately.

For the benefit of the North Texas community and its position as a world leader in aviation, this project deserves the strenuous support of both private and public sectors of the community of Fort Worth.

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The Integrated Campus Plan allows the new NOTAM campus to act as a “front door” for Alliance Airport and Tarrant County College (TCC). The campus is configured in a way that a green space connects the Science center to TCC, allowing for synergy and interaction between the two institutions.

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The Separated Campus Plan locates the new NOTAM campus entirely north of Flight Line Road. In this option, the campus exists as an island between Alliance Airport and Tarrant County College (TCC) and would establish a new boulevard to connect Flight Line Road and Alliance Blvd in lieu of a shared green space.

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Educational Organizations:Collins CollegeDFW Career ExpoFort Worth ISDFort Worth LibraryIrving ISDNorthwest ISDPerot Museum of Nature and ScienceRegion Service Center 11 STEAM CarnivalTarrant County Community CollegeTexas A&M UniversityTexas Alliance of Minorities in EngineeringTexas Christian UniversityUniversity of North TexasUniversity of Texas at ArlingtonUniversity of Texas at Dallas

Historical Organizations:American Alliance of MuseumsAmerican Assoc. of State and Local HistoryB-38 Peacemaker MuseumBlue Star MuseumsCommemorative Air ForceDaughters of the American RevolutionFlagship Detroit FoundationFort Worth Jewish ArchivesFort Worth Museum of Science and HistoryFort Worth National ArchivesForward Air Controllers AssociationFriends of the Royal Flying Corps CemeteryFrontiers of Flight MuseumGreatest Generation AircraftHistoric Fort WorthLone Star Flight MuseumMilitary Museum of Fort WorthNorth Fort Worth Historical SocietyNorth Texas WWI Centennial Commemoration GroupSouthlake Historical SocietyTarrant County ArchivesTarrant County Historical CommissionTexas Association of MuseumsTexas Historical CommissionTexas WWI Centennial Commemoration AssociationThe Texas Military Forces MuseumUS WWI Centennial Commemoration CommissionWhite Settlement Historical Society

Military-Related Organizations:Air Force AssociationAir Power CouncilAmerican LegionLockheed Martin Armed Forces BowlMedal of Honor ParadeMetroplex MarinesMilitary Order of The World WarsNaval Air Station Fort Worth JRBNavy LeagueSkyballTarrant County Veterans CouncilUSS Fort Worth Support CommitteeVeterans Administration

Aviation Organizations:AmericanAero FTWBell Fort Worth Alliance Air ShowBell HelicopterDFW Regional Aerospace ConsortiumEpic HelicoptersFort Worth Meacham AirportInternational Association of Women PilotsLockheed MartinNorth Texas Drone Users GroupTexas Jet, FBOThe Smithsonian Institution

Youth Organizations:Boy Scouts of AmericaCivil Air PatrolExperimental Aircraft Assoc. Young EaglesFWISD JROTCGirls, Inc.Imagination Fort WorthMcKinney Aviation AcademyNavy Sea CadetsTarrant County 4-HYoung Marines

Miscellaneous Organizations:City of Fort WorthFort Worth Chamber of CommerceFort Worth Convention & Visitors BureauLone Star Film SocietyMasonic LodgeNorth Central Texas Council of GovernmentsTarrant County

FWAM Collaborators: 2014-2019