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| Travel Air 5000 tail |
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| Travel Air project late 2013 |
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| Travel Air cabin model |
Amon Carter, famous Fort Worth, Texas businessman, had owned this Travel Air after it was retired from service with National Air Transport Flying Service. C3002 flew with NAT from 1927 until 1931. In the mid-1930s Carter parked the Travel Air on his ranch near Fort Worth. It was left outside until saved by pilot, Harry Hansen. Hansen spent many years working on the aircraft intending to return it to flyable condition. To push through to save the airframe from inactivity the project was moved to the Cowtown Aerocrafters hangar. The new mission was to restore it to static condition for display in a new Fort Worth museum.
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| Wright engine parts |
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| Wright engine core and mount |
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| Restored engine parts |
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| NAT stamp on the restored prop |
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| Shine! |
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| The large wings |
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| May of 2014 progress |
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| May 2014 |
In August 2014 the completed static restoration was rolled out for photos. It was moved at a later date to its new museum home in Fort Worth. It now hangs on display in the Morning Star private museum. (The only other surviving Travel Air 5000 "Woolaroc" is on display in Bartlesville, Oklahoma)
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| Static restoration complete for NAT serial number 17 |
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| NAT serial number 22 |
