Air Museum Network – Connecting You with Aviation History
London, ON Canada — The Jet Aircraft Museum will soon be home to a Hawker Hunter aircraft, an iconic Cold War-era plane that served the British Royal Air Force for decades as a ground attack jet and fighter-bomber. “We are just
New York, NY — Almost 40 years after it gave chase to the space shuttle Enterprise, a NASA jet is about to catch up with the prototype winged orbiter at a museum in New York City. The two-seat, supersonic T-38
Gatwick, UK — An aviation museum is to reopen three years after its owner died. The Gatwick Aviation Museum (GAM) will open in its new hangar in Lowfield Heath Road, Charlwood, on Good Friday (March 25). Founder Peter Vallance’s proposals
Travis AFB, CA — The Travis AFB Heritage Center is undergoing a transformation that will narrow its scope of exhibits to better show visitors the history of Travis, military airlift and the commands that have called the installation home since it
East Lothian, UK — An airplane which played a significant role in the RAF’s success in the Second World War has been fitted with a new propeller at the National Museum of Flight. The 1942 Bristol Bolingbroke aircraft is based at
Atwater, CA — After years of waiting, the Castle Air Museum in Atwater received a “gem” of a plane on Monday to add to its collection of nearly 70 historical aircraft. An F-16 Fighting Falcon that served with the 144th
PRESS RELEASE — Seattle, WA — The Museum of Flight’s recently-restored Boeing 727 prototype will make its first flight in 25 years on March 2 – weather permitting – at about 10:30 a.m.; the flight will also be the airplane’s
Washington, D.C. — The National Air and Space Museum will open its newest exhibition, “A New Moon Rises: New Views from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera,” Feb. 26, displaying dramatic landscapes of the moon captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Windsor Locks, CT — After receiving nearly $1 million in state bonding, executive director Jerry Roberts can see his plans for the New England Air Museum starting to come to life. Roberts, a writer and historian who became the museum’s
Kanoya, Japan — The first flying Zero to call Japan home in 70 years has come to Kanoya, in the far south of Kyushu. Flying or not, Japanese warbirds are a rare breed. They were never produced in the same
Monino Airfield, Russia — The Central Air Force Museum of the VVS at Monino is the most endangered museum you will ever find. I am not sure what I can accomplish with this article, but I feel the world of
Kaohsiung , Taiwan — The Aviation Education Exhibition Center in Kaohsiung is not only designed to look like a UFO, but it has something unique inside — it is the first museum in Taiwan where historically important planes are exhibited
The Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia—with its strangely beautiful charred orange exterior—has been on display behind Plexiglas at the Smithsonian Institution since 1970. After 46 years, you might think the artifact had revealed all of its secrets. But thanks to
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has assigned its “historic engineering landmark” designation to an engine Pratt & Whitney first designed in the 1920s. The ASME said it’s recognizing the R-1340 Wasp A engine’s historic technical significance in engineering
KANOYA, Japan (AP) — One of Mitsubishi’s legendary Zero fighter planes took to the skies over Japan on Wednesday for the first time since World War II. The restored plane made a brief flight to and from a naval base