Air Museum Network – Connecting You with Aviation History
LUBBOCK,TX– In 1944, then 22-year-old Charlie Screws was flying over Nazi controlled France when his plane was shot down. 71 years later, a piece of his downed P-47 Thunderbolt showed up on his doorstep as it made it’s way to
It has been 50 years since two Avro Lancaster bombers flew side by side. Watch this trailer filmed when the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Avro Lancaster visited the UK. Coming Summer 2015 – Worldwide TV release followed by DVD/Blu-ray (all
WASHINGTON D.C. – – Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis, one of the most treasured aircraft at the National Air and Space Museum, has been lowered to the floor for its first conservation treatment in 22 years. For decades, the
Seattle, WA — Museum of Flight visitors can experience the past, present and future of space travel during the three-day showing of the pioneering SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, Jan 17-19. The Dragon made history in May 2012 when it became the
Oak Harbor, WA – To minimize disturbances to traffic flow and local business, a midnight move is being planned this month to wheel a World War II–era aircraft through the heart of downtown Oak Harbor. The move of the PBY-5A
FORT PIERCE, FL -– As the crowd gathered around the National Navy Sea, Air and Land Museum Nov. 19, it became clear this wasn’t a standard military retirement. There was no podium, no colors and no sound system. A small
Desktop Engineering (DTE) is working with volunteers at the t 1A F-BGNX to help restore a rare de Havilland Comet 1A. DTE has provided its services free-of-charge to produce 3D drawings of the original instrument panels which have been submitted to
Seattle WA — The Museum of Flight is planning to build a huge roof over some of its largest aircraft, including the first Boeing 747 and the museum’s new 787 Dreamliner. Plans submitted to the city of Tukwila Nov. 13
PALM SPRINGS, CA – – As the sound of two Pratt and Whitney jet engines echoed through the San Jacinto Mountain Range, one of the last four Navy EA-6B ‘Prowler’ fixed-wing aircraft still in service, made its triumphant final fly-by over
Every year, a team of scientists and researchers dive into the waters of the western Pacific republic of Palau, armed with underwater drones, thermal cameras, metal detectors — and the drive to solve a decades-old mystery. On Friday, GoPro released
Seattle, WA — This weekend the Museum of Flight, located at the southwest corner of Boeing Field, will become the first museum in the world to add a Boeing 787 Dreamliner to its collection. The Boeing Company will donate Dreamliner
Duxford, UK — A veteran United States airman went back in time to be reunited with a famous warplane – which he last few 70 years ago. During the Second World War, Huie Lamb Jr was a P-51 Mustang pilot,
Ontario, Canada — The wreckage of a Second World War plane that disappeared roughly 70 years ago is being hauled out of Ontario’s Lake Muskoka this week. The December 1940 crash killed Lt. Peter Campbell and Leading Aircraftsman Theodore (Ted)
North Canton, OH — Marauders from across the U.S. descended upon MAPS Museum Oct. 17 to reunite. Those attending the reunion included Army Air Corps members that had been part of the crew of a Marauder air plane, B-26, during
Worcestershire, UK — Two brothers have built a replica of the WW1 Bristol Scout aircraft flown by their grandfather after finding parts of the original in his shed. David Bremner, from Ludlow, Shropshire, and his brother Rick, from Tenbury Wells,