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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
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
In the spring of 2016 one of the most revolutionary aircraft in aviation history will take to the skies for the first time in more than 60 years. The Junkers F13 was the world’s first all-metal transport aircraft, designed just
The last original de Havilland Comet left the ground for the first time in six decades at an event last week. The 1952 Hatfield-designed and built aircraft is one of the star exhibits at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum in
The wreck of a Flying Fortress bomber shot down by Messerschmitt fighters during the Second World War has been found lying on the seabed off the coast of Sicily. The B-17, nicknamed Devils from Hell by its nine-man crew, was
DALLAS, TX – The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) is organizing the “12 Planes of Christmas,” a holiday giving campaign that enables people to support the restoration and operation of World War II aircraft. Located at SupportCAF.org from December 1, the
Rhinebeck, NY — The Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum has completed the most authentic reproduction of Charles Lindbergh’s famed Spirit of St. Louis built to date, and its first test flight was successfully made earlier today by Aerodrome pilot and aircraft restorer/builder,
DAYTON, OH– Restoration crews at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force moved the North American XB-70 Valkyrie into the museum’s new fourth building on Oct. 27. The aircraft – the world’s only remaining XB-70 – will be displayed in the
PRESS RELEASE ASHLAND, NE –The Strategic Air & Space Museum will unveil the newly restored C-54 Skymaster to the public on November 16, 2015. The meticulous restoration of this incredible aircraft began in October of 2012. The Strategic Air & Space
Port Elizabeth, South Africa — Yet another example of the dedication and commitment that is the hallmark of SA Air Force Museum people, be they full-time force members, reserves or Friends, took to the air at this month’s flying training
For nearly three decades, an old Soviet airliner lay abandoned on a small airfield deep inside Siberia. Years of neglect under the harsh Siberian climate had reduced the Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104A to little more than a decaying wreck. Until Maria Karmanova came
An historic artifact of the Memphis Belle once pried out of the cockpit and made part of a cocktail table is now back where it originally began: A part of the iconic World War II B-17F bomber under restoration at
Rome, GA – The only BTD-1 Destroyer aircraft in existence has made its way to Richard B. Russell Regional Airport to be part of the Hixson Museum of Flight exhibit that has moved to Rome, GA. According to Hixson Museum