SEATTLE, March 27, 2013—During the April 4 Free First Thursday from 5 to 9 p.m., the Museum will celebrate NASA Climate Day with family activities and presentations exploring the science of climate change and what we can do about it.
Museum of Aviation dropping 32 aircraft
WARNER ROBINS. GA USA — For the first time in its 29-year history, the Museum of Aviation is downsizing. The museum is getting rid of 29 planes and three missiles, which is about a third of its total collection. Museum
Kermit Weeks acquires Curtiss Wright 19R
Aircraft descrition from wikipedia.com: Originally conceived as the Curtiss-Robertson CR-2 Coupe shortly before the Curtiss-Wright merger and the dropping of the Curtiss-Robertson brand, it was an all-metal, low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration with fixed tailwheel undercarriage and side-by-side seating for two.
Smithsonian offers objects for transfer to Museums and Educational Organizations
As part of established practices and policies related to the effective stewardship of our collections, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum has identified a list of candidate objects which are being made available for transfer to qualified museums and
Canada’s ‘Wooden Wonder’ making glorious comeback
When the world’s last airworthy Mosquito fighter-bomber crashed at a British air show in 1996, the tragic deaths of the two men on board the Second World War-era plane were compounded by the heartbreaking loss to global aviation heritage. “It’s
‘Doc’s Friends’ tackles restoration of vintage B-29
A project to restore “Doc,” a vintage B-29 Superfortress, to flying condition has been resurrected by a group of Wichitans called “Doc’s Friends.” The project to restore the bomber, built by Boeing Wichita, has been on hold for several
Amazon.com’s Bezos Expedition recovers Apollo F-1 rocket engines
Source: bezosexpeditions.com What an incredible adventure. We are right now onboard the Seabed Worker headed back to Cape Canaveral after finishing three weeks at sea, working almost 3 miles below the surface. We found so much. We’ve seen an
Removing Items from the Collection at the National Air and Space Museum
Visitors to the National Air and Space Museum don’t often get to see the work that goes on behind the scenes. This is especially true in terms of the labor that goes into collecting and caring for their artifacts.
Aviation museum has lift off with £24,000 grant
Aviation lovers at Gloucestershire’s Jet Age Museum are flying high after scooping £24,000 in grants. The windfall will facilitate the completion of the museum’s building at Gloucestershire Airport in Staverton and launch a project to build a Horsa assault glider
Kids Can Fly High At Tulsa Air And Space Museum
TULSA, OK USA — Kids in Tulsa are getting the chance to fly high without ever leaving the ground this spring break. It’s part of the activities going on at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum. All week, kids will
Former RAAF F111 jet bomber arrives at Port Adelaide Aviation Museum
THE SA Aviation Museum has become the first in Australia to take delivery of a former RAAF F111 jet bomber. The retired jet – which can reach speeds up to two-and-a-half times the speed of sound – arrived at the
New era for Pacific Coast Air Museum
Close to 25 years after a band of brothers first conspired to create a place in Sonoma County to preserve historic aircraft and their stories, the Pacific Coast Air Museum boasts a sweet collection of winged wonders and one barnstormer
Fairfield CT, First in Flight? From museum to pancakes, Whitehead tributes soar
It’s taken more than a century, but news that the Fairfield flight of an aviation pioneer has won new recognition as the first-ever manned flight has a small but growing group of town residents flying high. “What?” and
Museum of Flight adds new spyplane
After three years of restoration, Seattle’s Museum of Flight just installed an unusual Vietnam-era spyplane. Lockheed’s Missile and Space Division designed the YO-3A Quiet Star as a nearly silent observation aircraft, according to the museum. During the war in Vietnam, a forward
Museum of Flight adds antique replica of Earhart’s plane
Seattle’s Museum of Flight already owns the only known piece of the Lockheed Model 10-E Electra that Amelia Earhart was flying on her ill-fated attempt to fly around the world in 1937. Now, it’s getting a whole Electra. The aircraft