Month: September 2013

In the spirit of Smithsonian Museums, who offer free admission everyday, Museum Day Live! is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian magazine in which participating museums across the country open their doors to anyone presenting a Museum Day Ticket… for

Surrey, UK — A chapter of British aviation history closed today when the last flying Vickers VC10 landed at a county airstrip.   The distinctive grey, four-engine jet with the high tail plane, which first flew in the 1960s settled

MILLVILLE, NJ –Many of the aircraft that ruled the runways of the nation’s first defense airport decades ago are returning this weekend for everyone to see.   The Millville Army Air Field Museum is preparing to host its sixth annual

The Yankee Air Museum now has until Nov. 1 to raise $8 million to save part of the former Willow Run bomber plant in Ypsilanti Township from demolition, museum founder Dennis Norton said.   Since Sept. 10, the museum has

Seattle, WA — The long-awaited fly-in arrival of the Seattle Museum of Flight’s 1935 Lockheed Electra is over. After 78 years in service, this will be the plane’s final flight. The rare airliner is the same type as Amelia Earhart’s

Topeka, KS — Gene Howerter, chairman of the board of directors at the Combat Air Museum, is hoping people who support the museum will turn out for this year’s Winged Foot 5K/10K Run and 5K Walk.   The ninth annual

The RAF Museum has revealed its plans for a new interpretation centre, mobile applications with augmented reality and user generated content to help it share the preservation of the World Word Two German Dornier bomber it rescued from the seabed

Mississauga, ON Canada — A full-size replica of the Avro Arrow was moved from the Canadian Air and Space Museum at Downsview Park to Mississauga’s International Centre.   The $3-million model of the ill-fated Avro CF-105 Arrow was built by

Tucson, AZ — The 390th Memorial Museum, dedicated to the sacrifices of a World War II bomb group, is in the midst of putting finishing touches on a $2.4 million renovation that added 12,000 square feet of exhibit, office and

Cleveland, OH – The Board of Directors of the International Women’s Air and Space Museum (IWASM) recently announced the appointment of Barbara A. Williams as the Interim Executive Director of the museum located at Burke Lakefront Airport.   “We are

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA — The Air Force Flight Test Museum parted with a Sikorsky VH-34 helicopter Sept. 13. The aircraft, which has been in the boneyard for nearly 20 years, is being moved to the Texas Military Forces

Edmonton, Alberta Canada — With Edmonton City Centre Airport slated for closure on Nov. 30, the Alberta Aviation Museum must relocate its artifacts and 10 to 15 aircraft.   Survival is a museum’s most important priority, according to Tom Hinderks,

September 19, 2013, Pensacola, FL — The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation invites the public to visit the Naval Aviation Museum in celebration of its 50th anniversary. Join us for three days of special events and aircraft displays on Oct. 3,

MILLVILLE, NJ — The Millville Army Air Field Museum (MAAFM) will present its 6th Annual Aviation Celebration 2013 on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a rain date of Sunday, Sept. 29. The static aircraft display

Padua, Italy — On May 17, 2013 a Grumman HU-16 Albatross displayed by the Museo dell’Aria del Castello di San Pelagio (Air Museum of San Pelagio Castle) in Padua, Italy was wrecked and turned into a heap of aluminum scrap