Air Museum Network – Connecting You with Aviation History
Box Elder, SD — The South Dakota Air and Space Museum will host its first community appreciation day on Saturday July 30, 2016. Normal museum hours are 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; special appreciation day events will run from 10:00
PRESS RELEASE — The F-14 Tomcat “Fast Eagle 102” is the sole surviving aircraft from the air-to-air battle and shoot down of two Libyan Su-22 Fitter aircraft on August 19, 1981. While on deployment with the USS Nimitz battle group off the Libyan
PRESS RELEASE – – The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) will fly its P-51 Mustang, “Red Nose,” and SB2C-5 Helldiver, “The Beast,” to Fond du Lac airport (KFLD) as part of the 2016 Experimental Aviation Association (EAA) AirVenture at Oshkosh, Wis.,
The source code for Apollo 11’s guidance computer has been available for a while (Google hosted it several years ago, for instance), but would you know how to find it or search through it? As of this week, it’s almost
Wichita, KS — The Wichita group restoring the Boeing B-29 Superfortress named “Doc” said Friday that the airplane is expected to make its first flight July 17. “Hundreds of volunteers have spent thousands of hours working to restore this national
McMinnville , OR — A buyer has emerged for property at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville that had been threatened by foreclosure and bankruptcy proceedings. Utah businessman Steve Down is leading a group of investors who have
Middle Wallop, UK —The Museum of Army Flying has received a major boost towards its ambitious £2.7 million development plan by successfully securing funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Based at Middle Wallop and serving as the regimental museum
PORTAGE, MI — A rare, combat-flown World War II U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-2P “Dauntless” Dive Bomber recovered from the bottom of Lake Michigan arrived Friday at Air Zoo, where it will be restored. After evaluating aviation museums throughout the country,
Cayuga, ON — Ontario Provincial Police say a two people escaped injuries when the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum‘s Westland Lysander was forced to land in a field in near Cayuga. Police say the aircraft developed engine trouble after taking off from Hamilton Airport
Bethel, PA — It’s easy to forget that it’s 2016 when you’re at the Golden Age Air Museum‘s Flying Circus airshow. The museum holds the event twice each year along with a fly-in, radio controlled aircraft show and a “pumpkin drop” in the
Colorado Springs, CO — Seventy-two years after D-Day, when American troops battled their way into Fortress Europe, one of the largest gatherings of World War II-era warbirds has been assembled in Colorado Springs and is open to the public. The
New York, NY — It is with great sadness that we report the loss of pilot Bill Gordon who was killed Friday evening in the crash of the American Airpower Museum’s P-47 Thunderbolt “Jacky’s Revenge”. The plane went down while on a
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (PRWEB) — The Military Aviation Museum held the maiden flight of its restored Messerschmitt Bf 109 earlier today, Friday, May 20th, in preparation of the aircraft’s participation in the Warbirds Over the Beach air show. This marks the
BELLEVILLE, MI — The USO and Yankee Air Museum are teaming up to collect and send 1 million messages of gratitude to active US military personnel stationed worldwide. On Saturday, May 28, the museum will hold “Celebrate and Connect,” an
Camarillo, CA (PRESS RELEASE) — The Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing is excited to announce that the North American PBJ Mitchell named Semper Fi, returned to flight on May 15, 2016 after a 23-year restoration. Semper Fi is the only original PBJ