The Caldwell Collection at Mustang Field

10/16/2026

**Museum Update**

Yesterday's heavy rain brought flooding to the El Reno area, so The Caldwell Collection at Mustang Field will be CLOSED THIS WEEKEND, to do some clean-up around the hangar.

We plan to reopen tomorrow, Monday, October 19, from **10 a.m. to 4 p.m.**

We appreciate your understanding and hope to see you at the hangar next week!

Stay safe, everyone!

10/16/2026

Four.

That's how many Fairchild 24 C8A aircraft are still registered with the FAA. Out of approximately 25 originally produced in 1933–1934. Four survived.

N957V — Serial 2525 — is one of them. Manufactured May 4, 1934, at the Kreider-Reisner factory in Hagerstown, Maryland. Powered by the 125-horsepower Warner Super Scarab radial. One of the earliest and most enclosed-cabin touring aircraft of its era, at a time when most personal aircraft still had open cockpits.

The man who built this factory — Sherman Mills Fairchild — was the son of a U.S. congressman. His father's business interests eventually became IBM. Sherman went on to found Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957, the company that seeded Silicon Valley.

Before all of that, this airplane was certified on May 8, 1934, in Hagerstown. Now it's in El Reno. Come see it.

Free admission. Open Tue–Fri 10am–4pm and Saturdays 10am–2pm. El Reno, OK.

10/09/2026

The hangar is open. The aircraft are in. Come see them.

10am to 4pm today. 10am to 2pm Saturday. Free.

📍 Mustang Field, El Reno, Oklahoma
Free admission. Open today 10am–4pm — and back Saturday 10am–2pm. El Reno, OK.

10/09/2026

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10/08/2026

Tony Caldwell has said it clearly: "We're building this museum to honor the people who shaped American aviation and to share that inspiration with future generations."

We mean that literally.

The next engineer who figures out a better way to build an aircraft might be standing in front of our Eaglerock right now, looking at a 19-year-old Al Mooney's elegant solution to an underpowered engine. The next aviator might be a kid who came to Mustang Field on a school trip and couldn't stop asking questions.

We're not just preserving the past. We're putting it in front of the people who are going to build the future.

Come visit. Bring someone young.

Special thanks to Yukon High School Aviation Senior Class for stopping in!

10/06/2026

A look back at where it all began! As we celebrate ONE YEAR of The Caldwell Collection at Mustang Field, we’re proud to share this feature from produced by

Tony Caldwell’s passion for preserving and flying the aircraft of aviation’s Golden Age is at the heart of everything we do, and this piece captures that story beautifully.

Take a few minutes to watch, then come experience the Collection for yourself.

✈️ The Caldwell Collection at Mustang Field
📍 El Reno Regional Airport

Deep in El Reno, Oklahoma, at Mustang Field, sits a remarkable coll...

10/06/2026

We are excited to join the City of El Reno this weekend for the El Reno Air Show and Community Day this Saturday October 10th!

Don't miss out on this FREE dazzling display of all eras of aircraft taking the skies!

There will be food trucks, vendors, helicopter rides and our very own historical plane displays from us at The Caldwell Collection!

Gates open at 10am on Saturday October 10th.

Events are being hosted at El Reno Regional Airport and Industrial Airpark.

10/02/2026

October! And we're OPEN today — 10am to 4pm. Free.

Come spend an hour with 30 aircraft that were built when the world was still figuring out what flying meant.

Saturday too: 10am–2pm.

📍 El Reno, Oklahoma
Free admission. Open today 10am–4pm — and back Saturday 10am–2pm. El Reno, OK.

10/02/2026

In 1918, a man named Reuben H. Fleet stood on a grass field in Washington, D.C. and inaugurated the first scheduled airmail service in United States history.

He went on to found Consolidated Aircraft Corporation in Buffalo. Consolidated built the PBY Catalina flying boat — and the B-24 Liberator bomber. The aircraft that patrolled the Pacific. The aircraft that flew from England to Germany.

Before all of that, Reuben Fleet built a small two-seat biplane for the civilian market. He liked it so much he purchased the manufacturing rights himself and founded Fleet Aircraft Corporation to bring it to market.

The Fleet Model 1. Serial 183. ATC 122. 1929.

The man who started airmail. The man who built the B-24. His personal fingerprint on general aviation — and it's in this hangar.

Free admission. Open Tue–Fri 10am–4pm and Saturdays 10am–2pm. El Reno, OK.

09/25/2026

We're OPEN right now — 10 to 4. Free.

Thirty aircraft. Zero tickets. One hangar built in 1943 that never stopped being exactly what it was.

Saturday too — 10 to 2.

📍 Mustang Field, El Reno, Oklahoma.

Free admission. Open today 10am–4pm — and back Saturday 10am–2pm. El Reno, OK.