Author: the Air Museum Network

On Tuesday, April 1, visitors will be able to see the Museum’s latest restored aircraft, a Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver, at the Udvar-Hazy Center. It is the first aircraft to be fully restored at the new Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar.

PIERRE, SD — State officials say the South Dakota National Guard Museum will be closed for remodeling through mid-April.   The state’s Department of the Military says the renovation project includes lighting and ceiling upgrades in one of the museum’s

A historic mockup of a NASA space shuttle crew cabin has grown wings and a tail to launch as the newest exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Ohio.   Set to debut Wednesday (Feb. 26),

 Shropshire, UK — The EAP – the aircraft developed from the Experimental Aircraft Programme of the 1980s – was unveiled yesterday at the RAF Museum Cosford.   Its arrival marks the start of a four-year programme which will commemorate both

Myrtle Beach, FL — An Air Force One museum may land in Myrtle Beach. A group of former presidential pilots, university leaders and museum directors wants to build the $75 million project — described as a replica of the White

The Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow, southern Poland, is ranked eighth among the world’s top museums of its kind by CNN Television. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington is ranked in first place, followed by the Imperial

Port Clinton, OH — The Liberty Aviation Museum, adjacent to the Erie-Ottawa International Airport in Port Clinton, opened in July of 2012. A year and a half later, the museum is already undergoing a major expansion.   The hangar being

Somerset, UK — A rare surviving Kamikaze aircraft seized by the British at the end of World War II is to go on display for the first time. The aircraft, which would have been flown by a Japanese pilot on

Manchester, UK — It may have survived the D-Day landings, but a WWII plane was broken down into smaller pieces so it could be transported from the Museum of Science and Industry to a London museum.   The Spitfire, which

URBANA, OH — Volunteers working on the B-17 construction project at the Champaign Aviation Museum said they are about halfway done with making the “Champaign Lady” fly. Bill Albers works on the plane and led a presentation Thursday to update

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, CA – The Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum added a new aircraft to its historical ranks Feb. 4 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.   Museum personnel welcomed a Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler, the newest

Wichita, KS — The Kansas Aviation Museum will receive some badly-needed building improvements, thanks to a Wichita City Council vote Tuesday.   The council unanimously approved a $1.8 million project to provide handicapped-accessible restrooms and modern heating and air conditioning

  In Thursday afternoon ceremonies at its C.R. Smith Museum in Fort Worth, American Airlines held a presentation of the wings and pin of an unknown flight attendant killed as Flight 77 flew into the side of the Pentagon on