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Month: August 2015

737 lands at Australian National Aviation Museum

Boeing-737-Moorabbin-001

Victoria, Australia — Watching apprehensively from a distance,  secretary Ewan McArthur was as proud and anxious as a new dad on Monday as his six tonne “baby” made its way slowly home from Tullamarine to the Australian National Aviation Museum.

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Texas Air and Space Museum seeking a new home

Texas Air & Space Museum

Amarillo, TX — The Texas Panhandle has a rich and long aviation history, the story of which a group of individuals is seeking to tell. Amarillo was home for decades to an Air Force base that flew B-52 strategic bombers.

the Air Museum Network August 26, 2015 Museum News, News No Comments Read more

Back Stage with the Geico Skytypers

Back Stage with the Geico Skytypers

Following World War II, Skytyping (also know as skywriting) became a popular form of marketing and publicity. With the abundance of surplus military aircraft, the skies of America became filled with puffy white messages advertising products, services and the occasional

Richard Souza August 25, 2015August 25, 2015 Air Show News, Featured No Comments Read more

Pacific Northwest Aviation Museum opens

PASCO, Wash. — The Pacific Northwest Aviation Museum has opened its doors to the public for the first time. Located in the original, historic Naval Air Station Pasco Control Tower building, the museum has just started with renovations, guided tours

the Air Museum Network August 25, 2015 Museum News, News No Comments Read more

Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome needs your help after fire destroys giftshop

PRESS RELEASE Rhinebeck, NY — Late Thursday afternoon, August 20, 2015 at approximately 4:50pm, a fire broke out in the Field Gift Shop and Model Museum on the property of Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome (ORA). The building was fully engulfed and

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Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome loses giftshop to fire

Rhinebeck fire

RED HOOK, NY —  A fire Thursday afternoon at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in the town of Red Hook destroyed a gift shop near the runway used for air shows, authorities said. The Red Hook Fire Company was dispatched at

the Air Museum Network August 21, 2015 Museum News, News No Comments Read more

Celebrate National Aviation Day!

National Aviation Day

National Aviation Day was established in 1939 by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who issued a presidential proclamation which designated the anniversary of Orville Wright’s birthday to be National Aviation Day . Six ways to Celebrate National Aviation Day (source: http://aviation.about.com)   1. Learn About the

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World Heritage Air Museum announced opening its new headquarters

Waterford Twp, MI — The World Heritage Air Museum (WHAM) announced the opening its new headquarters and flight operations base at a renovated hanger at Oakland County International Airport (OCIA). The hanger will be home to several rare vintage jets

the Air Museum Network August 18, 2015 Museum News, News No Comments Read more

Blue Swallow Aircraft brings WWI era aircraft back to life

Blue Swallow Aircraft brings WWI era aircraft back to life

Do you need your Curtiss JN4 Jenny restored? Or are you looking for impossible to find pre-WWI aircraft parts? Look no further than Blue Swallow Aircraft, LLC. Like most of us with a love of old airplanes, Blue Swallow Aircraft’s

the Air Museum Network August 18, 2015 Featured, News No Comments Read more

National Aviation Day to Honor Bob Hoover

Sean D. Tucker, Harrison Ford and Bob Hoover

PRESS RELEASE Washington D.C. — On Wednesday, August 19, 2015, Bob Hoover will be recognized for his contributions to aviation for this year’s National Aviation Day event at the U.S. Capitol. The event, beginning at 7PM in the U.S. Capitol’s

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B-25J Mitchell gets repaint at Duxford

B-25 at Duxford

Cambridge, UK — A North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell bomber, which formed the inspiration for Joseph Heller’s novel Catch 22, has received a detailed repaint from experts at Duxford Imperial War Museum. The aircraft has been repainted to represent the

the Air Museum Network August 17, 2015 Aircraft News, Museum News No Comments Read more

New venture at Kermit Weeks’ Fantasy of Flight taking shape

Kermit Weeks

In April 2014, Kermit Weeks closed his museum to the public and over the past year has been thinking about what Fantasy of Flight was always meant to be: using the history of aviation as a self-discovery tool that is

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Ballarat Aviation Museum lands enormous plane engine

Ballarat Aviation Museum lands enormous plane engine

Miners Rest,, Australia — An enormous Rolls-Royce plane engine has been donated to the Ballarat Aviation Museum. The turbo fan engine, titled Rolls-Royce RB211, was handed over by Federation Training and Field Air. Chief engineer for Field Air Maintenance Cameron

the Air Museum Network August 10, 2015 Museum News, News No Comments Read more

Air Force rejects Rantoul request for Chanute Air Museum planes

F-86

RANTOUL, IL — In what Mayor Chuck Smith called “a huge surprise and a disappointment,” the Air Force has rejected Rantoul’s request to keep three vintage aircraft currently housed at the Chanute Air Museum. The museum will close at the

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Photo of the Day: North American T-2 Buckeye

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