Air Museum Network – Connecting You with Aviation History
The word “special” can be an adjective defined as better, greater or otherwise different from what is usual. This word certainly applies to anything that is one of a kind person, place or thing. There are plenty on the list
Granja do Marquês, Portugal – For many, the words air museum conjures up images of the Imperial War Museum or the National Museum of the United States Air force. The reality is that most museums fall between The Smithsonian’s National
Dayton, Ohio – Air Museum Network recently reported on the unveiling of the “Memphis Belle” Exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. This event was the icing on a “week-long, aviation event filled” cake. Air Museum
Dayton, OH – Historic events in aviation are few and far between. When a potential moment looms on the horizon, aviation enthusiasts monitor every development in hopes of being part of something historic. When the National Museum of the United
Dayton, OH — The “Memphis Belle”, the second World War II B-17 bomber to complete 25 missions (“Hells Bells” was first), which arrived in pieces and sat for years in a restoration hangar at the National Museum of the U.S.
Bethel, PA – On a late October morning like many of the weekends before, I was scheduled to attend an air show. I had not had a weekend at home in months and the decision to go to one more,
San Diego, CA — Voices echoed through the old warehouse, bouncing off old, dusty military vehicles and aircraft in various states of restoration. Tucked away to the side of the warehouse rests a partially restored Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless dive bomber,
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
Everett, WA — March 25 marks the 60th anniversary of the first flight of one of the Museum’s most historic military jets–the Chance Vought XF8U-1 Crusader. Seattle’s Museum of Flight will celebrate the date during an 11 a.m. ceremony with the aircraft at
Wichita, KS — The restorers of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress that almost met its end as a target at a desert weapons-testing range celebrated a milestone March 23 when the reconstructed aircraft was rolled out of a hangar in ,
Liberal, KS — The Mid-America Air Museum is home to more than 100 aircraft and other artifacts of aviation history. One of those pieces of history, an OV-10 “Bronco” aircraft, will soon be getting some much-needed repair work along with a
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM) has announced April 1-16, 2016 as the proposed dates for the next Mutual Concerns of Air and Space Museums Conference. Plans are for the meeting to be held in the New York City
Concrete, WA — The North Cascades Vintage Aircraft Museum is working on their first ever newsletter! Help them out by signing up. Issue #001 comes out at the end of this month with new issues publishing once a quarter. Featured will be news about the
Pima, AZ — For the first time, the U.S. Air Force has resurrected a B-52 bomber that had been in long-term storage at the Boneyard, the portion of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson, Arizona, where the military sends aircraft