Boeing plans to give its very first 787 Dreamliner to an air museum, and the company reportedly is looking at options in Japan. The planned donation of ZA001, the aircraft that was historically first rolled out to the public on
Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive! and the WWII Airpower Legacy Project planning August flyovers
The organization Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive! is organizing several WWII aircraft flyovers in August to commemorate to the end of WWII through the WWII Airpower Legacy Project. The goal of the stated as is “To pay tribute to the pivotal
Navy electronic warfare Grumman EA-6B Prowler lands at Museum of Flight
SEATTLE, WA (Press Release) –The last active duty flight of this Navy electronic warfare Grumman EA-6B Prowler jet will be to The Museum of Flight on May 27, where it will be officially decommissioned and taken into the Museum’s permanent collection.
Polish Aviation Museum gains unique WWII airplane
Kraków, Poland — The Caudron-Renault CR.714 Cyclone, which was used by Poles in the defense of France, is the only fully intact example of its kind is now on display at the Polish Aviation Museum. Owing to technical faults, the
Restored Spitfire Mk. I unveiled at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford
An immaculately restored Spitfire Mk. I which is being sold for up to £2.5million later this summer is being unveiled today at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford. The unique piece of Second World War British history, which helped to
Chanute Air Museum to close
Rantoul IL — One of the last signs that Rantoul at one time held an Air Force base will vanish at the end of this year. Chanute Air Museum, which has operated in the community since the spring of 1994
Royal Aviation Museum of Western Cananda unveils new exhibit of Canada’s water bombers
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA — Find out what it’s like to fight forest fires with the Canadian-made Bombardier 415 at the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada’s new exhibit Ready for Action! Visitors to the new exhibit can hear pilots tells
Volunteers restore F-106 Delta Dart for Dakota Territory Air Museum
Minot, N.D. — Six months ago an F-106 Delta Dart arrived on two trucks at the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot from Arizona. Volunteers at the air museum spent the winter months reassembling and painting the more than 70-foot
Yankee Air Museum invites ‘Bomber Buffing’ help Saturday
YPSILANTI, MI — The Yankee Air Museum will be buffing aircraft aluminum exteriors this Saturday, April 18th to prepare for some platinum anniversaries, and invites the public to join. Saturday is the Willow Run Airport museum’s 20th annual Bomber Buffing when volunteers help
Model of Wright brothers’ Flyer lands at Western North Carolina Air Museum
Hindersonville North Carolina — After 20 months of diligent work, 84-year-old Donald “Rube” Waddell brought his three-quarters scaled model of Wilbur and Orville Wright’s Flyer to the Western North Carolina Air Museum this past weekend. The original flyer made its
Qantas Founders Museum nearing completion of Stage Three of the Super Constellation Project
Longreach, Queensland, AU — Progress on Stage 3 of the Qantas Founders Museum’s Super Constellation Project in Manila, Philippines continues apace with the disassembly of the aircraft completed and preparations for storage and shipment now well advanced. In Stage 1
PBY-Naval Air Museum unveils new aircraft display
Oak Harbor, Bud Zylstra can still remember the roar of the PBY engines over Oak Harbor. He shared some of those memories during the opening of the PBY-Naval Air Museum’s new aircraft display exhibit Wednesday. “When we were sitting in
Pima Air & Space Museum getting Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Tucson, AZ — Tucson’s Pima Air & Space Museum, an affiliate of the Titan II Missile Museum in Sahuarita, has a new addition to its airplane collection — a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner commercial jet. The donation from Boeing arrives today
Pilot, plane reunited after 58 years
Escondido, CA — A former Navy pilot was reunited with a plane he ejected from more than 50 years ago at Rancho Guejito in Escondido. While conducting a familiarization flight in the San Diego skies in 1957, Robert F. Jones,
National Geographic Studios Presents new film “Living in the Age of Airplanes”
Washington D.C. — This spring, National Geographic Studios presents an immersive new giant screen film experience that offers a fresh perspective on a modern-day miracle that many of us take for granted: flying. Using spectacular aerial and nature photography, LIVING IN