Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA – Saskatchewan has a rich aviation history and soon there will be a place to showcase it. Shovels broke ground Tuesday for the Saskatchewan Aviation Museum and Learning Centre at the Saskatoon’s John G. Diefenbaker International Airport. “It was
American Airpower Museum to host Legends Of Airpower and Armor Weekend
Farmingdale, NY — The American Airpower Museum is hosting their annual Legends Of Airpower and Armor Weekend event 10am-6pm Monday May 20th through Monday May 25th The Event Weekend officially kicks off on Friday May 22nd when scheduled flight operations begin. Event
Navy electronic warfare Grumman EA-6B Prowler lands at Museum of Flight
SEATTLE, WA (Press Release) –The last active duty flight of this Navy electronic warfare Grumman EA-6B Prowler jet will be to The Museum of Flight on May 27, where it will be officially decommissioned and taken into the Museum’s permanent collection.
Air traffic control gallery opens at The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park
Milton Keynes U.K. — An air traffic control gallery opened at The National Museum of Computing today featuring interactive exhibits highlighting the past, present and future of air traffic control. Sponsored by NATS, the UK’s leading air traffic management company,
Patuxent River Naval Air Museum set to open late this year
Lexington Park, MD — The new Patuxent River Naval Air Museum and Visitors Center should be open to the public before the end of the year. The building is expected to be completed in June and turned over the non-profit
Polish Aviation Museum gains unique WWII airplane
Kraków, Poland — The Caudron-Renault CR.714 Cyclone, which was used by Poles in the defense of France, is the only fully intact example of its kind is now on display at the Polish Aviation Museum. Owing to technical faults, the
Arsenal of Democracy Flyover Announces Live Webcast of Historic World War II Celebration
PRESS RELEASE — Washington, DC — The Arsenal of Democracy: World War II Victory Capitol Flyover Executive Committee announced that the Flyover will be streamed live on Friday, May 8, beginning at 10:30 a.m. The link for the live webcast is http://www.usvets.tv/Events/ArsenalofDemocracy2015.aspx.
Quonset Air Museum’s fate is up in the air
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — The Quonset Air Museum is grounded — maybe for good. The state-owned airport hangar at Quonset Point, which houses the museum and almost two dozen vintage military aircraft, sustained a partial roof collapse in March from
Naval Aviation Museum Foundation to host naval aviation symposium
Pensacola, FL — Since 1987, the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation has hosted its Naval Aviation Symposium each May in Pensacola. The Symposium series average nearly 3,000 guests annually, including active and retired flag and general officers and executives from the
Restored Spitfire Mk. I unveiled at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford
An immaculately restored Spitfire Mk. I which is being sold for up to £2.5million later this summer is being unveiled today at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford. The unique piece of Second World War British history, which helped to
Chanute Air Museum to close
Rantoul IL — One of the last signs that Rantoul at one time held an Air Force base will vanish at the end of this year. Chanute Air Museum, which has operated in the community since the spring of 1994
Royal Aviation Museum of Western Cananda unveils new exhibit of Canada’s water bombers
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA — Find out what it’s like to fight forest fires with the Canadian-made Bombardier 415 at the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada’s new exhibit Ready for Action! Visitors to the new exhibit can hear pilots tells
Volunteers restore F-106 Delta Dart for Dakota Territory Air Museum
Minot, N.D. — Six months ago an F-106 Delta Dart arrived on two trucks at the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot from Arizona. Volunteers at the air museum spent the winter months reassembling and painting the more than 70-foot
Yankee Air Museum invites ‘Bomber Buffing’ help Saturday
YPSILANTI, MI — The Yankee Air Museum will be buffing aircraft aluminum exteriors this Saturday, April 18th to prepare for some platinum anniversaries, and invites the public to join. Saturday is the Willow Run Airport museum’s 20th annual Bomber Buffing when volunteers help
Model of Wright brothers’ Flyer lands at Western North Carolina Air Museum
Hindersonville North Carolina — After 20 months of diligent work, 84-year-old Donald “Rube” Waddell brought his three-quarters scaled model of Wilbur and Orville Wright’s Flyer to the Western North Carolina Air Museum this past weekend. The original flyer made its