Air Museum Network – Connecting You with Aviation History
Oshkosh, WI — Last summer the GEICO Skytypers invited the Air Museum Network’s Rich Souza to explore the Team behind the scenes. At this year’s EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin we were invited view the show up close and personal.
Lexington KY — The Aviation Museum of Kentucky now has a whale. The “Whale” is the Douglas Aircraft A3D Skywarrior. It was given the name Whale due to its large size. Such size did not prevent it from operating from
Gander, NL — Do not stand on top of the antique aircraft at the North American Aviation Museum. Not even if there’s a Charizard up there. That’s the message from the museum this week, after adventurous Pokemon Go players affixed themselves to the
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
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
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
Toughkenamon, PA — Many parallels can be drawn between motion pictures and aviation. The Wright Brothers’ historic flight in 1903 occurred the same year Edwin Porter’s film, “The Great Train Robbery”, premiered. The early 1900’s was a time of fragile
Earlysville, VA — John Gaertner of Blue Swallow Aircraft LLC has sent us a link to his video showing the first successful test run of the restored 0X-5 engine on his recently completed restoration of a 1918 Curtiss JN4D “Jenny”.
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
Allentown PA — The Solar Impulse II continues its voyage into history as the solar powered aircraft, piloted by Bertand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, made a stop at the Lehigh Valley Airport in Allentown Pennsylvania. The Air Museum Network was
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
Oahu, HI — Dec. 7 will mark the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and Oahu’s Pacific Aviation Museum has begun a public renovation on the most complete remaining example of critical aircraft used during the aerial