Air Museum Network – Connecting You with Aviation History
Where else can you… Be asked to be photographed by Chinese businessmen while they ask you (through and interpreter) where they can buy vintage aircraft for their for their Porsche dealership back home “Where pandas come from”? Watch people happily
Seattle, WA — The Museum of Flight received a record $30 million Thursday to expand its education programs from serving 1,000 students a year today to 5,000 by 2019. The donation includes $15 million from the Boeing Company and another
Hagerstown, MD — A Fairchild C-123K Provider manufactured in Hagerstown is coming home. The 1956 Fairchild C-123K Provider, which was manufactured at the Fairchild Aircraft Co. in Hagerstown, was acquired by the Hagerstown Aviation Museum nearly two years ago after more
Norfolk, UK — Fighter ace Douglas Bader was stationed there, it served a crucial role during conflicts such as the Battle of Britain and the Iraq war and has been home to aircraft such as Hawker Hurricanes and Jaguars. And now
Langley, BC — The Canadian Museum of Flight in Langley has agreed to provide a replica of a century-old Sopwith Pup biplane for the 100th anniversary of the First World War battle of Vimy Ridge. Now all they have to
The Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum is no stranger to young visitors learning about aerospace and aviation within its doors, but this fall will provide a new opportunity for about 100 youth. The museum is opening the
Indian Navy’s warhorse INS Viraat, which is to be decommissioned in February 2016 may not meet the same disgraceful and unfortunate fate as that of INS Vikrant which after retiring from service had to be sold off as scrap last
A PBY-6A Catalina has been left abandoned and stranded for a while on a beach off the north Gulf Coast of the US. It the subsequent “recovery operation” the Catalina broke apart and has been destroyed. The plane is a PBY-6A
Annually, millions of people, from all walks of life, flock to airshows around the world. People attend these events for different reasons. For some, it is a way to reconnect with something that had been a part of their lives.
Off the coast of Orange Beach, AL, a hastily restored (i.e., to Hollywood’s liking) PBY Catalina began taking on water. The aircraft is currently being used in the making of the movie, “USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage” featuring Nicholas Cage.
Mound, LA — The Southern Heritage Air Foundation reopened its museum Wednesday with an expanded collection that examines not only the history of aviation, but highlights the experiences of local World War II veterans and includes displays of significant events and people from
Terterboro NJ — The Air Museum Network was present and accounted for at the New Jersey Aviation Hall of Fame’s 2015 edition of Wings and Wheels. This annual event is held at the Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, just a
Dayton, OH — Tours of the hanger filled with historic presidential and experimental aircraft will resume next week at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, according to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The museum had suspended shuttle bus service
Washington D.C. — The National Air and Space Museum, the Smithsonian’s most visited museum, will need an estimated $500 million for repairs, the Smithsonian’s acting secretary said Wednesday. The Air and Space Museum, built in 1976, will need repairs to
(Press Release) EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (June 12, 2015) — A rare de Havilland Mosquito fighter/bomber, the legendary Royal Air Force aircraft from World War II, will help commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain at