The Caldwell Collection at Mustang Field

Restoring a Golden Age aircraft isn't like restoring a car.

The original technical drawings are often incomplete or missing entirely. Engines haven't been in production for 70 years. Materials have to be sourced, fabricated, or found in private collections. Every Form 337 major alteration has to be documented and approved. Every original detail matters from the serial number stamps, the wiring, and the upholstery.

Our restoration partner, Waldo Wright's Flying Service, is one of the best in the country at this work. What happens in our restoration shop isn't just maintenance. It's preservation. It's the difference between an aircraft that survives another decade and one that disappears from the record entirely.

It’s some serious business! You can see it happening right in our restoration shop.

🔗 https://www.thecaldwellcollection.org/
Open Wednesday-Friday | 11 am -4 pm | Saturdays | 10 am -2 pm | 6600 S Mustang Field Rd, Hangar 3 El Reno, OK 73036 (El Reno Regional Airport)

On Saturday, June 20, EAA Chapter 24 Oklahoma City will host a Young Eagles Rally at The Caldwell Collection at Mustang Field, offering free airplane rides for kids ages 8-17. Parents can scan the QR code on the flyer for more information and to register or follow this link!
🔗 https://events.eaachapters.org/event-details/HS3180VRI

This is a great opportunity for young people to experience aviation up close, meet pilots, and take part in a long-standing EAA program created to introduce the next generation to the joy of flight.

Saturday, June 20
9 a.m.-12 p.m.
The Caldwell Collection at Mustang Field
6600 S Mustang Field Rd, Hangar 3
El Reno, OK 73036

Event is weather permitting.

We’re making it easier to visit the hangar, see the airplanes, and experience a piece of Oklahoma aviation history up close!

Whether you’re an aviation enthusiast, a history lover, or just looking for something different to do, we’d love to have you out to The Caldwell Collection. Come walk the hangar and see what the Golden Age of Aviation has to offer.

The museum is now open:
Wednesday-Friday: 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

The hangar you walk into when you visit The Caldwell Collection isn't new. It's an original WWII-era structure. One of the buildings that stood on Mustang Field when thousands of young pilots learned to fly here in the 1940s.

A restored aircraft in a sterile modern building tells half a story. An aircraft in the original hangar it might have shared with the men who trained in it tells the whole one.

This is the full story. 🔗 https://www.thecaldwellcollection.org

Open Wednesday-Friday | 11 am -4 pm | Saturdays | 10 am -2 pm | 6600 S Mustang Field Rd, Hangar 3 El Reno, OK 73036 (El Reno Regional Airport)

Oklahoma weather is doing Oklahoma weather things. ⛈ Because of the forecast for this Saturday, June 6, we’re cancelling the official Mustang Field Flying Day activities. The next flying day will be held on July 11th.

The good news: the museum will still be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. If the weather gives us a window, you never know... We may roll a plane or two out! But in the meantime, you can still come walk the hangar, see the airplanes, and spend part of your Saturday with us at Mustang Field.

10 a.m.-2 p.m.
The Caldwell Collection at Mustang Field
El Reno Regional Airport, Hangar 3

Mustang Field Flying Day is back this Saturday, June 6.

Join us at The Caldwell Collection at Mustang Field from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for a day outside of the hangar, surrounded by Golden Age aircraft, and aviation history.

Visitors can walk through the museum, see the collection up close, and experience the energy of Mustang Field in motion.

Flying is weather dependent, but the museum will be open for visitors.

Saturday, June 6
10 a.m.-2 p.m.
The Caldwell Collection at Mustang Field
El Reno Regional Airport

👉 www.thecaldwellcollection.org