5/16/17 Historic Aviation Memorial Museum by Chelsea Purgahn
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Louis Thomas, president of the Historical Aviation Memorial Museum, poses for a portrait with his plane at the Tyler Pounds Regional Airport in Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The HAMM staff works to preserve the history of aviation and will be sharing the knowledge during an aviation camp June 27 through July 1 for children 12 to 15 years old. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Brian Barnett pumps fuel into a plane at the Tyler Pounds Regional Airport in Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The Historical Aviation Memorial Museum at the airport works to preserve the history of aviation and will be sharing the knowledge during an aviation camp June 27 through July 1 for children 12 to 15 years old. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Norm Walker, docent at the Historical Aviation Memorial Museum, talks about various historic planes at the museum in Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The HAMM staff works to preserve the history of aviation and will be sharing the knowledge during an aviation camp June 27 through July 1 for children 12 to 15 years old. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Model planes that are in the process of being repaired are photographed at the Historical Aviation Memorial Museum in Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The HAMM staff works to preserve the history of aviation and will be sharing the knowledge during an aviation camp June 27 through July 1 for children 12 to 15 years old. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Aaron Smith works on planes at the Tyler Pounds Regional Airport in Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The Historical Aviation Memorial Museum at the airport works to preserve the history of aviation and will be sharing the knowledge during an aviation camp June 27 through July 1 for children 12 to 15 years old. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Norm Walker, docent at the Historical Aviation Memorial Museum, laughs as he is interviewed at the museum in Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The HAMM staff works to preserve the history of aviation and will be sharing the knowledge during an aviation camp June 27 through July 1 for children 12 to 15 years old. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Norm Walker, docent at the Historical Aviation Memorial Museum, talks about various historic planes at the museum in Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The HAMM staff works to preserve the history of aviation and will be sharing the knowledge during an aviation camp June 27 through July 1 for children 12 to 15 years old. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Matt Fenwick gets on a tractor to go clean other planes at the Tyler Pounds Regional Airport in Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The Historical Aviation Memorial Museum at the airport works to preserve the history of aviation and will be sharing the knowledge during an aviation camp June 27 through July 1 for children 12 to 15 years old. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Louis Thomas, president of the Historical Aviation Memorial Museum, poses for a portrait with his plane at the Tyler Pounds Regional Airport in Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The HAMM staff works to preserve the history of aviation and will be sharing the knowledge during an aviation camp June 27 through July 1 for children 12 to 15 years old. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Norm Walker's Air Force uniform is photographed at the Historical Aviation Memorial Museum where he is a docent in Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The HAMM staff works to preserve the history of aviation and will be sharing the knowledge during an aviation camp June 27 through July 1 for children 12 to 15 years old. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
The controls of Louis Thomas', president of the Historical Aviation Memorial Museum, airplaine, photographed at Tyler Pounds Regional Airport in Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The HAMM staff works to preserve the history of aviation and will be sharing the knowledge during an aviation camp June 27 through July 1 for children 12 to 15 years old. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Norm Walker, docent at the Historical Aviation Memorial Museum, talks about various historic planes at the museum in Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The HAMM staff works to preserve the history of aviation and will be sharing the knowledge during an aviation camp June 27 through July 1 for children 12 to 15 years old. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Model planes that are in the process of being repaired are photographed at the Historical Aviation Memorial Museum in Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The HAMM staff works to preserve the history of aviation and will be sharing the knowledge during an aviation camp June 27 through July 1 for children 12 to 15 years old. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)