Liquidation of simulators — 1940 Air Terminal Museum and Special Event Venue

We own 3 full size, full motion simulators and they are available for purchase:

Southwest’s first 737-200 simulator – donated by Southwest
Beechcraft King Air 200 – donated by FlightSafety
Hawker 700 – donated by FlightSafety

Each of these comes with all the associated computer cabinets that was used to run them when they were functional. We were told by FlightSafety that there was some proprietary hardware or software that was removed from their two. We don’t have any further details on that.

All 3 are in a hangar at 8323 Travelair Street in Houston, TX. You can see photos from the day everything was moved in. The wall was removed and replaced with a “temporary” wall that was sealed up. Removing it would not be difficult, but would require a forklift to do the job.

A very large forklift would be needed to move the simulators out, as you can see from one of the photos, a smaller green one struggling to move the 737 from the original hangar we procured it from. The photo of the forklift used to move it initially says “CAP22700LBS” on it, so a forklift of at least this size or larger would need to be used.

For the 737, there is a large hydraulic pump and associated piping / structure for that on a separate frame. It is sitting in the corner next to all the manuals.

Each sim was taken out of active service and donated to us, so they would have worked when we received them in 2010. However, none of the sims have been hooked up since we received them, and even if we would have restored them and made them work, we likely would not have enabled the motion due to the limited space in the room. As you will see with the photos, we constructed a walkway to let visitors easily get into each one and make airplane noises!

The 737 has the most associated with it. The King Air and Hawker each have a few cabinets, but the remainder of the entire room is dedicated to the 737 and its cabinets, manuals and hydraulics.

Price for each simulator is $20k USD.

We have never powered anything on since we received them, and we are 99% sure that if you connect anything to power now, you’re sure to release the magic smoke, so due diligence is required before applying power to anything.

The layout of the room is such that the 737 is blocking the removal of the other two, so even if you just want one or both of the smaller ones, you would need to arrange the very large forklift to remove the 737 first, before you can get the other two.

We have no way to transport anything, anyone purchasing these would need to arrange their own transportation & logistics, as well as arranging a very large forklift. The forklifts we used at the time were from Continental airlines, who is now United, but they are no longer on Hobby airport.

The 737 is by far the largest and as you can see from the photos, has the most equipment associated with it – all of the blue cabinets.

Unfortunately, we have to vacate the building by the end of June, so we would need to move quickly if someone is interested in purchasing them.

Any purchase would be final and we have no way to provide any kind of guarantee or warranty for any simulator purchased. You would be purchasing hardware of unknown functional capacity.

All of these operations will require vehicle escort onto the AOA of Hobby airport. Museum personnel will coordinate this part.

In summary, if you wish to procure a simulator, you must agree to the following:

• Pay $20k USD for each simulator and associated cabinets, documents, etc. you wish to procure. Once a check or wire transfer clears, we will schedule logistics.

• Handle all logistics related to removing the simulator and associated items, with the knowledge that if you want to extract the King air or Hawker before the 737 is removed, you will have to hire a forklift large enough to remove the 737 before you can get to the other two, and place the 737 back in the room. Hopefully, we can coordinate and get the 737 out first, so we don’t have any issues. The majority of the items in the room that are not the actual simulators belong to the 737.

• Remove the simulator(s) you purchase, and ALL items associated with it.

• Remove the temporary wall section that faces the ramp and reinstall after simulator(s) removal.

If you are in the Houston area and want to inspect anything further, a meetup can be arranged. Since we currently do not have an active insurance policy, any visitors would be required to sign a waiver and release of liability before entering museum property.

If you are not in the Houston area, we can also arrange a video call.

If you wish to purchase or want to arrange a visit or video call, please contact us via info@1940airterminal.org or our contact form:

https://www.1940airterminal.org/contact

Please do not call. Since we are shut down, no one is answering the phone. We are checking messages, but not every day.

A few photos are below, view all full size photos at the links here:

Dimensions of each simulator

2026-05-16 Simulator – General room

2026-05-16 Simulator – Hawker 700

2026-05-16 Simulator – King Air 200

2026-05-16 Simulator – Southwest 737

Initial delivery / wall setup

https://www.flickr.com/photos/blairmc99/albums/72177720333583039/