Author: the Air Museum Network

Alaska’s Centennial of Flight celebration now includes a particularly special aircraft, a BT13B World War II training plane that was formally donated to the Commemorative Air Force Thursday by longtime Anchorage resident Howard “Mike” Hunt. The BT13B flew earlier this

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA — A gleaming silver and banana-yellow B-17, a vintage bomber from World War II, rolled past the window behind David Hunt. It’s up for sale.   Seated at his desk inside the Military Aviation Museum in Pungo,

FORT WORTH, TX — It has gone by names like “Dorito” and “UFO.” And for a long while, its future was in peril.   But thanks to some North Texas aircraft fanatics and aviation old-timers, the mockup of the A-12A

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum announced that it will receive a $6 million donation from the Thomas W. Haas Foundation to establish an endowment for its Public Observatory Program. It is the largest donation ever given to the

Sandra Seaward wants it made known the North Atlantic Aviation Museum is still in the community and it’s still vitally important to the town of Gander (Newfoundland & Labrador). Located on the Trans Canada Highway in Gander, near the Tourism

New York, NY — Work continues on the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum’s Space Shuttle Pavilion, set to reopen on July 10, with the addition of the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft. On loan from Greg Olsen, who was on hand

The owner of one of the world’s largest collections of World War I- and World War II-era planes is selling off his aircraft and said he may have to close the Military Aviation Museum in Pungo.   Gerald Yagen said

Oshkosh, WI — The world’s only flying prototype of a Fairey Gannet T5, Janet the Gannet, will be flying to EAA AirVenture on opening day Monday, July 29. It will be on display at Phillips 66 Plaza throughout the rest

Washington DC, USA — The National Air and Space Museum presents a series of concerts in the Museum in Washington, DC. Presented by various ensembles from renowned military bands, the concerts will feature vocal and instrumental selections from a variety

Seattle WA — Seattle Museum of Flight – On June 22 there will be a vintage warplane fly-in associated with a lecture examining the transfer of American warplanes to the Soviet Union via the Lend-Lease program during World War II.

YPSILANTI TWP. MI — Rosie the Riveter returned to her factory over the weekend, just a few months before it’s likely to be demolished.   The former Willow Run bomber plant in Ypsilanti Township — built by Henry Ford to