The 99's Museum of Women Pilots

Came on a Tuesday at two different times, but the museum wasn't open. Museum entrance is on the second floor, but the museum may not be in business any longer. Posted signs said that it was open today, but all doors were locked.

I went in downstairs, in an unfriendly voice I was told the museum was upstairs. I go upstairs and was waiting behind a person at the desk for quite sometime being ignored, so I left. No "I'll be with you in a moment" or anything. They didn't seem to want my business. It might be a nice museum, but my lack of reception was discouraging.

Great exhibits on the WASP's, air races, astronauts, airline, & cargo pilots. Very well organized & acknowledges women who played a large role in the aviation industry. Also has a small gift shop offering t-shirts, books, & other aviation themed items.

This gem of a museum should not be passed up. The museum of Women Pilots houses treasures of The Ninety-Nines International Organization of Women Pilots, a non-profit organization that was formed in 1929 by Amelia Earhart and 98 of the 117 certificated women pilots at that time. From the early days of aviation to modern days, see artifacts and information of pioneer women pilots like Harriet Quimby, Amelia Earhart, the Wasps, Thunderbird Nicole Malachowski, airshow performer Patty Wagstaff, and astronaut Eileen Collins. Fly a simulator, research women pilots, see the largest collection of women air racing memorabilia around. A must for anyone with an hour to spare while at Will Rogers Airport.

This small museum is filled with interesting information. It is uneven in the quality of the artifacts and information provided, covering some areas very well, some not very well, and some simply disjointedly. It would benefit from a modernization since it is, technologically speaking, like a museum straight out of 1995.