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Month: February 2016

Museum of Flight’s Historic Boeing 727 Prototype Ready to Fly

Museum of Flight’s Historic Boeing 727 Prototype Ready to Fly

PRESS RELEASE — Seattle, WA — The Museum of Flight’s recently-restored Boeing 727 prototype will make its first flight in 25 years on March 2 – weather permitting – at about 10:30 a.m.; the flight will also be the airplane’s

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“A New Moon Rises” Opens at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum

“A New Moon Rises” Opens at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum

Washington, D.C. — The National Air and Space Museum will open its newest exhibition, “A New Moon Rises: New Views from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera,” Feb. 26, displaying dramatic landscapes of the moon captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

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New England Air Museum Plans To Reinvent Itself After Receiving State Money

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Windsor Locks, CT — After receiving nearly $1 million in state bonding, executive director Jerry Roberts can see his plans for the New England Air Museum starting to come to life. Roberts, a writer and historian who became the museum’s

the Air Museum Network February 17, 2016 Museum News, News No Comments Read more

Two rare Japanese warbirds in one little museum

Two rare Japanese warbirds in one little museum

Kanoya, Japan — The first flying Zero to call Japan home in 70 years has come to Kanoya, in the far south of Kyushu. Flying or not, Japanese warbirds are a rare breed. They were never produced in the same

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Rare Russian aircraft could be scrapped when museum is moved

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Monino Airfield, Russia — The Central Air Force Museum of the VVS at Monino is the most endangered museum you will ever find. I am not sure what I can accomplish with this article, but I feel the world of

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Taiwan’s UFO-shaped The Aviation Education Exhibition Centerhangs planes in midair

F-84G fighter and HU-16 among other aircraft on display at the Aviation Education Exhibition Center

Kaohsiung , Taiwan — The Aviation Education Exhibition Center in Kaohsiung is not only designed to look like a UFO, but it has something unique inside — it is the first museum in Taiwan where historically important planes are exhibited

the Air Museum Network February 16, 2016 Museum News, News No Comments Read more

A New Look Inside the Apollo 11 Spacecraft Reveals A Few Surprises

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The Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia—with its strangely beautiful charred orange exterior—has been on display behind Plexiglas at the Smithsonian Institution since 1970. After 46 years, you might think the artifact had revealed all of its secrets. But thanks to

the Air Museum Network February 12, 2016 Aircraft News, News No Comments Read more

Pratt & Whitney’s first engine gets historic designation

R-1340 Wasp engine

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has assigned its “historic engineering landmark” designation to an engine Pratt & Whitney first designed in the 1920s. The ASME said it’s recognizing the R-1340 Wasp A engine’s historic technical significance in engineering

the Air Museum Network February 3, 2016 Aircraft News, News No Comments Read more

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