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Month: December 2014

Chico Air Museum prepares for move

Chico Air Museum's Lockheed T-33A "Shooting Star"

Chico, CA — Chico Air Museum is counting down the days before it closes the current museum and opens in its new quarters. Located at 170 Convair Ave. at the Chico Municipal Airport, the museum was required by the city to

the Air Museum Network December 19, 2014 Museum News, News No Comments Read more

Nepal’s first aircraft museum to boost tourism in far west region

Nepal's first aircraft museum in Dhangadi

KATHMANDU, (Xinhua) — The opening of Nepal’s first aircraft museum in Dhangadi in the far western part of the country, some 500 km from Kathmandu, has attracted local and foreign tourists to the much-neglected region. Just three months after its

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CORRECTION: Spruce Goose Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum has NOT Filed for Bankruptcy

Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum

CORRECTION: The story below incorrectly reported that the Everygreen Aviation and Space Museum filed for bankruptcy. It has not.  Evergreen Vintage, a company wholly owed by Delford M. Smith, declared bankruptcy. We regret this error and encourage readers to visit

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The Military Aviation Museum Names New Museum Director

Mike Potter, Director of the Military Aviation Museum

Virginia Beach, VA — The Military Aviation Museum has named Mike Potter as it’s new Museum Director. Mike is by vocation, a former community banker in Virginia and is now a bank consultant. Mike’s avocation for forty years has been flying. He

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Last MH-60K Black Hawk lands at National Navy Sea, Air and Land Museum

MH-60K Black Hawk

FORT PIERCE, FL -– As the crowd gathered around the National Navy Sea, Air and Land Museum Nov. 19, it became clear this wasn’t a standard military retirement. There was no podium, no colors and no sound system. A small

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Company donates services to help restore rare de Havilland Comet 1A

Aeromaritime de Havilland DH-106 Comet

Desktop Engineering (DTE) is working with volunteers at the t 1A F-BGNX to help restore a rare de Havilland Comet 1A. DTE has provided its services free-of-charge to produce 3D drawings of the original instrument panels which have been submitted to

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NASA Partners With PIMA Air & Space Museum

Brothers and future astornauts Galeb (4 years old) and Aiden (7 years old) Mann discuss Orion’s journey with a Lockheed Martin team member. Photo by John Bezosky Jr.

Tucson, AZ.   NASA selected Pima Air & Space Museum as the area’s Simulcast Splashdown partner for its first venture outside the earth’s protective magnetic field in 40 years: the Orion EFT-1, on Thu., Dec. 4, 2014. Although an unmanned flight,

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Seattle Museum of Flight plans huge outdoor structure to protect historic aircraft

Museum of Flight

Seattle WA — The Museum of Flight is planning to build a huge roof over some of its largest aircraft, including the first Boeing 747 and the museum’s new 787 Dreamliner. Plans submitted to the city of Tukwila Nov. 13

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Air Force Band flash mob wows museum crowd (video)

Air Force Band flash mob wows museum crowd (video)

Chantilly, VA — The United States Air Force Band launched a musical “flash mob” Tuesday, surprising visitors at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., with a holiday-themed concert. Disguised as a special holiday

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Breitling Jet Team prepares to visit America

Breitling Jet Team

In 2015, the largest professional civilian jet aerobatic team will undertake its first United States tour. This exceptional formation, consisting of seven L-39C Albatros planes flying at nearly 435 mph, has already performed in 36 countries across the world. The

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Navy retires ‘Prowler’ at Palm Springs Air Museum

EA-6B ‘Prowler’

PALM SPRINGS, CA – – As the sound of two Pratt and Whitney jet engines echoed through the San Jacinto Mountain Range, one of the last four Navy EA-6B ‘Prowler’ fixed-wing aircraft still in service, made its triumphant final fly-by over

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Red Baron and Albert Ball relatives meet for first time at RAF Museum

London, UK — They were the most deadly air aces of the First World War, with 124 confirmed “kills” between them, though Baron Manfred von Richthofen and Albert Ball never fought each other in the skies over the Western Front.

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New England Air Museum names its new executive director

Jerry Paul Roberts is the New England Air Museum’s new executive director, effective Dec. 15

Windsor Locks, CT — Scott Ashton, president of the New England Air Museum’s Board of Directors, has announced the appointment of Jerry Paul Roberts as the museum’s new executive director, effective Dec. 15. Roberts succeeds Michael P. Speciale, who retired

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Wings Over the Rockies Museum breaks ground on $21M Centennial Airport expansion

Wings Over the Rockies Museum breaks ground on $21M Centennial Airport expansion

Denver, CO — The Colorado air and space museum Wings Over the Rockies announced Monday it has broken ground on an education and technology center at the Centennial Airport in Arapahoe County. Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum

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Tuesday is #GivingTuesday, a Day of Giving Back

The American Airpower Museum reminded us that  tomorrow Tuesday, December 2, 2014 is the #GivingTuesday. They ask seeking donations to support their efforts to restore their PBY Catalina back to flying condition. What is #GivingTuesday? We have a day for giving thanks. We have

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