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Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada — An old British-built warbird that served aboard a Canadian aircraft carrier and was eventually found in the African desert has made its way to the Shearwater Aviation Museum. It took 17 years to restore
CAPE MAY AIRPORT, NJ — Naval Air Station Wildwood (NASW) Aviation Museum recently received financial contributions from several local veterans groups to help support and expand the museum’s education and general programming. The museum will use the funds, in conjunction
Santa Ana, CA — Museum staff are excited to officially announce that the Lyon Air Museum has acquired the North American AT-6F/SNJ-6 Texan, currently on display in their hangar. The WWII advanced trainer joins the fleet of historically significant aircraft
Sioux City, IA — The latest exhibit at the MidAmerican Museum of Aviation and Transportation in Sioux City now displays the Pratt Whitney 4360 which is the largest air cooled rotary cylinder aircraft engine ever made.
YPSILANTI, MI — Those concerned about the Yankee Air Museum meeting its August deadline in the race to save the Willow Run Bomber Plant can breathe a sigh of relief: the campaign has been extended for two more months.
DOVER, DE — On Wednesday, a C-5A will be retired and put on permanent display at the Air Mobility Command Museum. This will be the 31st of the museum’s collection of retired military planes dating to the 1940s.
Oshkosh, WI – EAA AirVenture 2013 – A Grumman (Eastern Aircraft) FM-2 Wildcat that was raised for Lake Michigan in late 2012 is on display at EAA’s AirVenture Warbird Area. The plane had been sitting at the bottom of the
Oshkosh, WI – EAA AirVenture 2013 – The EAA Air Venture’s “Radial Roundup and brought out some of the finest examples of radial engine powered aircraft from the Golden Air of aviation. Vintage aircraft owners were invited to the gathering
The Oakland Aviation Museum in Oakland, Calif., will hold Open Cockpit Day Aug. 11. The planes will be open for inspection from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Aircraft that will be open include a Mig-15, a Harrier vertical
Suited for Space open July 26, 2013 at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum and reveals the remarkable creativity and ingenuity of nearly a century of flight and spacesuit design and development. Through rare and original photography, including unique
To Fly and Fight, An American Life, a new biopic documenting the life and career of World War II triple ace and Vietnam War wing commander Col. C.E. “Bud” Anderson, will premiere during AirVenture Oshkosh 2013. The documentary will
COLUMBUS, IN — Groundbreaking ceremonies Saturday will usher the Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum into a new era in promotion of the area’s military history and development of the museum as a tourist attraction. The museum at Columbus Municipal Airport is
The Lark of Duluth reproduction of a Benoist Flying Boat Type XIV, the airplane that flew the world’s first scheduled airline service a century ago, was significantly damaged during a test flight Tuesday morning on St. Louis Bay near Sky
Ypsilanti Township, MI — As a September demolition date looms for the former Willow Run Powertrain facility in Ypsilanti Township, fundraising efforts to save a portion of the attached Willow Run bomber plant are about $4.7 million short. With
Hagerstown, MD — The Hagerstown Aviation Museum will present an Open Airplane Afternoon event Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Attendees will be able to climb aboard and sit in the cockpit of the 1948 Fairchild C-82 and 1953