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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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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