Aviation lovers at Gloucestershire’s Jet Age Museum are flying high after scooping £24,000 in grants. The windfall will facilitate the completion of the museum’s building at Gloucestershire Airport in Staverton and launch a project to build a Horsa assault glider
Kids Can Fly High At Tulsa Air And Space Museum
TULSA, OK USA — Kids in Tulsa are getting the chance to fly high without ever leaving the ground this spring break. It’s part of the activities going on at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum. All week, kids will
Former RAAF F111 jet bomber arrives at Port Adelaide Aviation Museum
THE SA Aviation Museum has become the first in Australia to take delivery of a former RAAF F111 jet bomber. The retired jet – which can reach speeds up to two-and-a-half times the speed of sound – arrived at the
New era for Pacific Coast Air Museum
Close to 25 years after a band of brothers first conspired to create a place in Sonoma County to preserve historic aircraft and their stories, the Pacific Coast Air Museum boasts a sweet collection of winged wonders and one barnstormer
Fairfield CT, First in Flight? From museum to pancakes, Whitehead tributes soar
It’s taken more than a century, but news that the Fairfield flight of an aviation pioneer has won new recognition as the first-ever manned flight has a small but growing group of town residents flying high. “What?” and
Museum of Flight adds new spyplane
After three years of restoration, Seattle’s Museum of Flight just installed an unusual Vietnam-era spyplane. Lockheed’s Missile and Space Division designed the YO-3A Quiet Star as a nearly silent observation aircraft, according to the museum. During the war in Vietnam, a forward
Museum of Flight adds antique replica of Earhart’s plane
Seattle’s Museum of Flight already owns the only known piece of the Lockheed Model 10-E Electra that Amelia Earhart was flying on her ill-fated attempt to fly around the world in 1937. Now, it’s getting a whole Electra. The aircraft
RAF Museum to launch RADAR Magazine
RADAR has been designed to give its readers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the work of the Museum. Many of its visitors live outside the UK and the magazine creates an excellent opportunity to engage with supporters all over the
New England Air Museum to Hold 2013 Space Expo on April 7
Windsor Locks, CT USA — The New England Air Museum will welcome former Space Shuttle Astronaut Jerry Ross on Sunday, April 7, 2013 at the museum in Windsor Locks for their annual Space Expo. Ross was one of
Mystery of Hindenburg air catastrophe solved
Researchers say they know how the Hindenburg airship came to its fiery end: static electricity. Seventy-six years ago, the German dirigible was promoted as the future of trans-Atlantic flight, but instead it became the notorious poster child of air disasters.
Major Kuwait-UK exhibition to take place over the National Day and Liberation Day holidays
The British Embassy is delighted to announce the opening of a major historical exhibition celebrating the close links between Kuwait and the United Kingdom. The exhibition is a collaborative project between the British Embassy, the British Royal Air Force Museum
Solano College to partner with new air museum
Fairfield, CA USA — A new partnership between SCC and the Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space Museum Education and Foundation will result in a new 20-acre museum and annex. The museum and other small facilities will make up 10
Ghost Hunters Investigate Strategic Air And Space Museum
We’ve all seen those ghost hunting shows…Do you ever wonder how it really works? A Nebraska-based group of ghost hunters and the Strategic Air and Space Museum allowed us to observe what happens during an investigation. From lights appearing to