Lewis Collection San Antonio/South Texas

The collection is split between SAT and his ranch, generally.
There are no warbirds at Twin Oaks, and if you saw it you would know why. I've flown out of that place once in a 170 and didn't think we'd make it. Think of a wide sidewalk about 2000 feet long sloping downhill with houses all around.

 

That's pretty funny. It is common, though, to see his P-51 landing at SAT on final over US 281N. His hangar complex and office building are there.
This is Twin Oaks, just north of SAT, looking SE at the runway is 1.9% downhill in this view (!!). Remember: it's 30 feet wide - less than the wingspan of a Cessna 172 (35'10"). You have to call SAT tower for permission to take off and land EVEN THOUGH THEY CANNOT SEE YOU. Would you fly your Grumman Tigercats or Glacier Girl P-38 out of here??

Runway Information
Runway 12/30
Dimensions: 2225 x 30 ft. / 678 x 9 m
Surface: asphalt/turf, in good condition
TURF 140 FT SE END.
Weight bearing capacity: Single wheel: 4.0

Runway edge markings: RY NUMBERS 10 FT TALL.
RUNWAY 12 RUNWAY 30
Gradient: 1.9% 1.9%
Traffic pattern: left left
Markings: NSTD, in poor condition NSTD, in good condition
Obstructions: 30 ft. trees, 200 ft. from runway
+6 FT FENCE 30 FT L; ACCESS ROAD 50 FT R; BLDGS 60-100 FT L OF EXTDD CNTRLN; +30 FT TREE 17 FT FM RY END. 6 ft. fence, 40 ft. right of centerline
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In my old L-3, PT-19, PT-13, PT-26, but not those that you mentioned , Russ. I'm an ol' chicken.

 

I might try in an L-bird, but the only fixed wings this ol' chicken might feel comfortable in would be a Maule or Pilatus Porter. That said, I have a friend with a Cessna 170 that lives in one of the houses there and flies out regularly. Apparantly the local convention in most winds is take-off downhil on 12 and land uphill on 30.

Seth - yes, it's right there off of Heimer behind the trees on the SE side - there is a little gate. It is, as I remember, owned by one guy, although there are several planes there. Famously, a guy wrecked a Bonanza (!) trying to use Twin Oaks.

Back to Mr. Lewis' collection, I've not seen it myself as it is not open to the public. Here's a photo someone did shoot of a part of his collection at SAT:
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Rod Lewis has more warbirds than God. He now has 2 Grumman F7F Tigercats, 2 stock Bearcats, Glacer Girl, Mike Browns 3350 air racer, Rare Bear F8F Bearcat 3350 air racer and many others. I know that he is bringing 8 planes to the Reno Air Races this year....thats an entire row just to himself. Rod is a super nice guy.