Experience the thrill and excitement of a flight on "The Yellow Rose."
The Commemorative Air Force - Central Texas Air Wing's Vintage B-25 Mitchell Bomber.
Now everyone can enjoy the excitement, the history, the memories of flying in a legend. Soar above the Central Texas landscape while friends and family enjoy themselves in our museum and observation library.
Our B-25 Bomber is a True American Hero.
View a great video of a flight on a CAF sister B-25 (7 minutes.)
Group flights (4 passenger minimum) make the perfect gift, or "Employee Incentive Award Packages." Lucky recipients get to share the excitement of their experience with as many as 20 guests they wish to invite to our facility at the conveniently located San Marcos Municipal Airport. Accommodation for larger groups are available. We suggest a donation of $3.00 per visitor to our Hanger.
Invited guests can watch the flight, enjoy our vintage aircraft & historic hanger, multi-media museum exhibits, aviation library and our relaxing "Officers Club" and observation area (air conditioned and ADA accessible.)
Our historic WWII & Korean War hanger welcomes your guests.
View our vintage WWII aircraft that regularly fly throughout Central Texas and the United States.
Our Aviation Museum now offers fully mobile accessed multi-media displays.
Our comfortable "Officers Club" has a great runway viewing area. Make a party for your guests, order-in food & beverage services available.
Our aviation library also has a great runway view.
A short video (30 seconds) of the "Yellow Rose" landing.
View is approximate from our Officers Club & Library.
Experience the famous 1942 Doolittle Raid over Tokyo.
Visit our "Doolittle Room" and its impressive recreation of the famous B-25 raid.
The B-25 first gained fame as the bomber used in the 18 April 1942 Doolittle Raid, in which 16 B-25Bs led by Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle attacked mainland Japan, four months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor (he received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery.) The mission gave a much-needed lift in spirits to the Americans, and alarmed the Japanese who had believed their home islands were inviolable by enemy forces.
The Story of Our "Yellow Rose"
The North American B-25 Mitchell was an American twin-engined medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation. It was used by many Allied air forces, in every theater of World War II, as well as many other air forces after the war ended, and saw service across four decades.
The B-25 bomber's story has been immortalized in many famous films.
Below is a selected clip from The 2001 movie "Pearl Harbor."
View Doolittle's Raid -from carrier take-off to bombing run over Japan. 9 minutes.
Alec Baldwin plays Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle. Ben Affleck plays one of his team's pilots.
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