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Duxford, UK — A veteran United States airman went back in time to be reunited with a famous warplane – which he last few 70 years ago. During the Second World War, Huie Lamb Jr was a P-51 Mustang pilot,
Ontario, Canada — The wreckage of a Second World War plane that disappeared roughly 70 years ago is being hauled out of Ontario’s Lake Muskoka this week. The December 1940 crash killed Lt. Peter Campbell and Leading Aircraftsman Theodore (Ted)
Ypsilanti Township, MI — All that’s needed now to save Rosie the Riveter’s old plant in Michigan is a signature or two. Yankee Air Museum chairman Ray Hunter will sign papers Thursday making the aviation museum the official owner of
North Canton, OH — Marauders from across the U.S. descended upon MAPS Museum Oct. 17 to reunite. Those attending the reunion included Army Air Corps members that had been part of the crew of a Marauder air plane, B-26, during
Cosford, UK — This November, the Sir Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford will once again be opening its doors. The week long event will allow Museum visitors behind the scenes access to aircraft conservation
HOUSTON, TX — A bright yellow biplane buzzing alongside a hangar at Ellington Airport carried Houston’s mayor to a memorable photo op arrival as officials unveiled plans for a new Lone Star Flight Museum. The $35-million museum will turn Ellington,
Hixson, TN — The Hixson Museum of Flight is considering moving to the Cleveland Regional Jetport. The aircraft display and aviation history museum has outgrown its space at the Dallas Bay Skypark in Hixson. Andreas Montgomery of the museum made
Worcestershire, UK — Two brothers have built a replica of the WW1 Bristol Scout aircraft flown by their grandfather after finding parts of the original in his shed. David Bremner, from Ludlow, Shropshire, and his brother Rick, from Tenbury Wells,
Mount Pleasant , TX — The Mid-America Flight Museum based at the Mount Pleasant Regional Airport in Mount Pleasant, Texas is getting a permanent headquarters and home. Owner and operator Scott Glover said Friday morning he received approval for his building
Dover, DE — The Air Mobility Command Museum is now the only place in the United States where one can see a complete set of every significant Lockheed airlifter built since World War II. That can be said since Tuesday
Los Angeles, CA — Two years after it paraded through the streets of Los Angeles following a cross-country ferry flight from Florida, the space shuttle Endeavour was loaded with a Spacehab logistics module Thursday ahead of the orbiter’s planned transition
Excerpt from AOPA Pilot Magazine Story by Dave Hirshman dave.hirschman@aopa.org Hang around aircraft restorers and you’ll inevitably hear tales of priceless historical relics hidden in barns, buried in shrink wrap, or otherwise stuck in time awaiting discovery. These stories are almost
A museum is asking people to share family photographs and memories of US airmen and women stationed in Britain during WWII. The Imperial War Museum in Duxford, Cambridgeshire has set up a website (www.americanairmuseum.com) about in a bid to create
Millville, NJ — The fall season attempted to encroach on the small city of Millville, New Jersey this past weekend but this effort was stymied by summer as it imposed itself and offered aviation enthusiasts one last hurrah. The Millville
A brand new exhibition entitled ‘Pilots of the Caribbean: Volunteers of African Heritage in the Royal Air Force’ is due to open at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford next Month (6 October 2014). The exhibition opening will coincide with