Air Museum Network – Connecting You with Aviation History
Oahu, HI — Dec. 7 will mark the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and Oahu’s Pacific Aviation Museum has begun a public renovation on the most complete remaining example of critical aircraft used during the aerial
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Dayton, OH — The world’s largest military aviation museum is getting bigger! Be one of the first to visit the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force’s new fourth building, which opens to the public on June 8, 2016. See
Chantilly, VA — With the U.S. Coast Guard celebrating its centennial of flight this year, it’s appropriate that the National Air and Space Museum welcomed its first Coast Guard aircraft to the collection today. The Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard entered Coast
Everett, WA — The world’s oldest flyable Boeing airliner will make its last flight on April 26. The classic twin-engine Boeing 247D from the 1930s–one of a mere four remaining in the world, and the only one flyable–has been in
Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada — Patrick Campbell clearly remembers the day more than 75 years ago when he climbed into the open cockpit of a two-seater Curtiss-Reid Rambler and took off from Cartierville airport. “It was a tremendous thrill,” Campbell said,
Stratford, CT — United Aero Group has donated a Sikorsky S-76A helicopter to the Connecticut Air and Space Center, a restoration museum that currently occupies buildings 6 and 53 at the former Stratford Army Engine Plant complex. The company acquired the
The Department of National Defence has donated the last CC-130 Hercules E aircraft still in service to the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. The aircraft made its last flight this morning, flying from 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron, Trenton Ontario
Brodhead, WI — A fundraising effort is underway to collect $1 million for the construction of the Alfred & Lois Kelch Aviation Museum in Brodhead, where visitors would be able to see vintage airplanes, automobiles and other historical artifacts, the
Beja, Portugal — The 9th edition of Real Thaw, the Portuguese Air Force Training Exercises, was held recently (February 21 to March 4 2016) at BA-11 in Beja Portugal. These exercises counted with the participation of forces from Belgium, Denmark, Norway,
Eden Prairie, MN — Wings of the North (WOTN) is planning a Grand Opening event for the Wings of the North Air Museum at the Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie. This celebration will take place from 8 a.m. to
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC Canada — Volunteers at the Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre say the recent death of its founder, Godfrey Pasmore, has filled them with more drive to keep the museum’s doors open. Pasmore died on March 12, at the age of 83. Eighteen
London, ON Canada — The Jet Aircraft Museum will soon be home to a Hawker Hunter aircraft, an iconic Cold War-era plane that served the British Royal Air Force for decades as a ground attack jet and fighter-bomber. “We are just