WARNER ROBINS, GA – The Northrop Grumman Corporation recently donated $25,000 to the Museum of Aviation for its Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Programs. Presenting the check was Larry Wingate, Director of Northrop Grumman’s Systems, Logistics and Modernization Business
Transatlantic ride on a Lancaster bomber being auctioned off on eBay
Hamilton, ON – The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is auctioning off a once-in-a-lifetime ride in thier Lancaster bomber. The winner of the trip – in one of the only two remaining airworthy Lancasters left in the world – will travel
The Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum shows off their latest acquisition (QH-50 DASH)
Horsham, PA — The Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum recently held their Open House event and also unveiled their latest acquisition the Gyrodyne QH-50 DASH (Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter). The museum recently acquired the aircraft as loan from the National Naval
Tuskegee Airmen traveling exhibit returns to Liberty Aviation Museum
The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron and the Rise Above Traveling Exhibit are coming to the Liberty Aviation Museum (LAM) at the Erie-Ottawa International Airport in Port Clinton May 13-17. The Rise Above exhibit tells the story of
Museum Adds World War II Navy Wildcat Fighter to Gallery
Seattle, WA — After 16 years of meticulous restoration, The Museum of Flight’s 70-year-old General Motors FM-2 Wildcat fighter plane is now on permanent display in the Museum’s World War II gallery. This Grumman-designed aircraft was built under contract by
Commemorative Air Force announces new base at Dallas Executive Airport
Dallas, TX — The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) has announced its selection of Dallas Executive Airport as the location for their CAF National Airbase and corporate Headquarters. “After an intensive one-year nationwide search, which began with 23 cities and narrowed
Discovery Center Launched at Tulsa Air and Space Museum
Tulsa, OK — Tulsa has a new educational community resource as the Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium launched the Discovery Center earlier this month. The Discovery Center, featuring an MD-80 aircraft donated to the museum by American
Asia’s largest aerospace museum opens in Jeju South Korea
Jeju South Korea — Jeju Aerospace Museum, Asia’s largest aerospace museum, opened Thursday in Seogwipo, Jejudo Island, said Jeju Free International Development Center in a press release. JDC has developed the theme-park type museum in cooperation with the Korean
Air museum receives $2,550 grant
RANTOUL, IL — Community Foundation of East Central Illinois has awarded a $2,550 grant to Chanute Air Museum to develop educational programs utilizing flight simulation. The grant has allowed the museum to purchase a computer, monitor, flight control yoke
P-51D Set as Gate Guardian for MAPS Museum
North Canton, OH — The P-51 fighter plane “Jean Ann II” glided to a landing near MAPS Air Museum at Akron Canton Airport about a week ago. The plane’s power was a crane that hoisted the restored plane from
Area 51 to be Revealed in Lectures at Seattle Museum of Flight
SEATTLE, WA –The realities of the Area 51 secret Air Force flight facility at Groom Lake, Nev. will be discussed during a day of lectures and book signings at the Museum on April 26. Presenters include Area 51 authors Peter Merlin and
Air Zoo to restore historic WWII fighter plane after 68 years at Lake Michigan bottom
KALAMAZOO, MI – The restoration of a General Motors/Eastern Aircraft Division FM-2 “Wildcat” fighter that sat upside down on the bottom of Lake Michigan for 68 years has officially begun at the Air Zoo. “Our restoration team was champing
The 2014 Mutual Concerns of Air and Space Museums hosted by NASM is underway
Arlington, VA — The 2014 Mutual Concerns of Air and Space Museums in underway this weekend in Arlington Virginia. The conference is hosted by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The conference provides venue for air and space museums
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Smithsonian to renovate iconic Air and Space Museum with $30 million from Boeing
WASHINGTON D.C. — The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) announced plans Thursday to renovate its iconic “Milestones of Flight” exhibit for the first time since opening its doors in 1976. The renovation will be funded with a donation of