Tillamook, OR — The Port of Tillamook Bay is poised to take over operations of the Tillamook Air Museum, a popular tourist attraction as well as a monument to the Naval Air Station Tillamook, which played a pivotal role in
Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum Receives Over $100,000 for Preservation of Hangar
CAPE MAY AIRPORT, NJ – Naval Air Station Wildwood (NASW) Aviation Museum, located at the Cape May Airport, is proud to announce the museum recently received two grants for historic preservation, which will fund a project with four separate components.
How drones and GoPro cameras are helping the BentProp Project recover lost WWII planes
Every year, a team of scientists and researchers dive into the waters of the western Pacific republic of Palau, armed with underwater drones, thermal cameras, metal detectors — and the drive to solve a decades-old mystery. On Friday, GoPro released
1st International Symposium of Aviation & Aerospace Museums to be Held at the Dornier Museum Friedrichshafen
The first International Symposium of Aviation & Aerospace Museums to be Held at the Dornier Museum Friedrichshafen.
First Boeing 787 Dreamliner exhibit opens this weekend at Seattle Museum of Flight
Seattle, WA — This weekend the Museum of Flight, located at the southwest corner of Boeing Field, will become the first museum in the world to add a Boeing 787 Dreamliner to its collection. The Boeing Company will donate Dreamliner
Aircraft Receive New Paint, Life at Peterson Air Force Base Museum
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, CO. —A restoration project that started in August is breathing new life into several aircraft in and around the Peterson Air and Space Museum, and will likely be completed this spring after Old Man Winter has
Ex-fighter pilot unveils restored P-51 Mustang at the Imperial War Museum Duxford
Duxford, UK — A veteran United States airman went back in time to be reunited with a famous warplane – which he last few 70 years ago. During the Second World War, Huie Lamb Jr was a P-51 Mustang pilot,
WWII Era Northrop A-17 Nomad Hauled from Canadian Lake
Ontario, Canada — The wreckage of a Second World War plane that disappeared roughly 70 years ago is being hauled out of Ontario’s Lake Muskoka this week. The December 1940 crash killed Lt. Peter Campbell and Leading Aircraftsman Theodore (Ted)
Museum to officially purchase Rosie the Riveter’s old plant
Ypsilanti Township, MI — All that’s needed now to save Rosie the Riveter’s old plant in Michigan is a signature or two. Yankee Air Museum chairman Ray Hunter will sign papers Thursday making the aviation museum the official owner of
Marauders reunite at MAPS Museum
North Canton, OH — Marauders from across the U.S. descended upon MAPS Museum Oct. 17 to reunite. Those attending the reunion included Army Air Corps members that had been part of the crew of a Marauder air plane, B-26, during
Rare Behind The Scenes Look Into Aircraft Conservation at the Royal Air Force Museum
Cosford, UK — This November, the Sir Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford will once again be opening its doors. The week long event will allow Museum visitors behind the scenes access to aircraft conservation
Lone Star Flight Museum Unveils Plans for New Home at Ellington Airport
HOUSTON, TX — A bright yellow biplane buzzing alongside a hangar at Ellington Airport carried Houston’s mayor to a memorable photo op arrival as officials unveiled plans for a new Lone Star Flight Museum. The $35-million museum will turn Ellington,
Hixson Museum of Flight Considers a Move to Cleveland Regional Jetport
Hixson, TN — The Hixson Museum of Flight is considering moving to the Cleveland Regional Jetport. The aircraft display and aviation history museum has outgrown its space at the Dallas Bay Skypark in Hixson. Andreas Montgomery of the museum made
Brothers Build Replica of the WW1 Bristol Scout Flown by Their Grandfather
Worcestershire, UK — Two brothers have built a replica of the WW1 Bristol Scout aircraft flown by their grandfather after finding parts of the original in his shed. David Bremner, from Ludlow, Shropshire, and his brother Rick, from Tenbury Wells,
The Mid-America Flight Museum is Getting a New Home
Mount Pleasant , TX — The Mid-America Flight Museum based at the Mount Pleasant Regional Airport in Mount Pleasant, Texas is getting a permanent headquarters and home. Owner and operator Scott Glover said Friday morning he received approval for his building