Peachtree City, GA (Press Release) – Captivating stories of Atlanta’s involvement in World War II unfold across a series of five large display cases at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport T Concourse. The displays, prepared by the Commemorative Air Force
The Collings Foundation’s Wings of Freedom Tour joins forces with Naval Air Station Wildwood Air Museum (NASWAM)
Rio Grande, NJ — Anyone even mildly interested in WWII aircraft have seen or heard of the Collings Foundation’s aircraft. And even you have seen them it’s worth your time to have a second or even third look. If you
Historic Moffett Field Museum Reopens
Santa Clara County, CA — The Moffett Field Historical Society is scheduled to reopen the Moffett Field Museum today, closed for repairs since late February. The museum documents the history of the former Naval Air Station, its use as a
Historic Airport forced to shut down due to Trump’s “Summer White House”
Erwinna, PA — President Trump is planning to use his Bedminster golf club as his weekend home. A special Temporary Flight Restriction will be activated on those weekends which means that no general aviation flying will be allowed in a 10-mile
Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum to restore rare SBD-1 Dauntless
San Diego, CA — Voices echoed through the old warehouse, bouncing off old, dusty military vehicles and aircraft in various states of restoration. Tucked away to the side of the warehouse rests a partially restored Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless dive bomber,
2017 Chino Air show is a go!
Chino, CA — This year’s Planes of Fame Airshow at the Chino Airport will go on, after a group of airport businesses that filed a lawsuit to stop it has dropped the matter – for now. On Friday, a judge
TU-142M aircraft lands at Indian Air Museum
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India — Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu welcomed the TU-142M Long Range Maritime Patrol aircraft of the Indian Navy which landed at INS Dega for the last time this morning. A special ceremony organized at
Lawsuit seeks to halt annual Planes of Fame Air Show
Chino, CA — Citing financial losses and other hindrances to doing business, a group of tenants at Chino Airport has filed suit against fellow airport tenant Planes of Fame Air Museum in an attempt to halt its upcoming annual Planes of
Newly Restored Boeing B-29 “Doc” Coming to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017 as Part of Inaugural Tour
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, WI — newly restored B-29 has included EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017 on its inaugural tour schedule, creating the potential to have two of these World War II-era bombers in one place for the first time in more
Danish boy finds WWII aircraft with pilot’s remains in cockpit
Birkelse, Denmark — A 14-year-old Danish boy doing research for a history class found the wreckage of a German World War II plane with the remains of the pilot in the cockpit. Daniel Kristiansen and his father, Klaus, discovered what’s
Smithsonian Selects The Museum of Flight to Exhibit Apollo 11 Spacecraft on the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing
SEATTLE, WA (press release) –The Smithsonian Institution announced at a ceremony today that the Apollo 11 command module Columbia–the only portion of the historic spacecraft to complete the first mission to land a man on the moon and safely return
Geico Skytypers to appear at 2017 MAAM’s WWII Weekend
Reading, PA — The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum is pleased to announce that the GEICO Skytypers Airshow Team — a six-ship aerobatic team flying the North American SNJ-2 — will perform at the Museums 27th Annual World War II Weekend set
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks looking to film long awaited aviation blockbuster in Lincolnshire, UK
Lincolnshire, UK — American aviation advisers to a new Second World War blockbuster series by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks are visiting Lincolnshire to get a flavor of our historic USAAF connections. Masters of the Air is a ten-episode mini-series
Aviation museum eyes possible move to downtown Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Springs, CO — City for Champions is a menu of projects backed by tourism dollars funded by tax-increment financing. Projects including a sports medicine center for the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, an Olympic Museum and an Air
Campaign underway to move historic Vulcan bomber away from Doncaster UK
Doncaster UK — The iconic Cold War aircraft based at Doncaster Sheffield Airport has recently been put into storage and closed to the public, while two thirds of staff from the Vulcan to the Sky Trust which maintains it are