Air Museum Network – Connecting You with Aviation History
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
HOUSTON, TX — A bright yellow biplane buzzing alongside a hangar at Ellington Airport carried Houston’s mayor to a memorable photo op arrival as officials unveiled plans for a new Lone Star Flight Museum. The $35-million museum will turn Ellington,
Hixson, TN — The Hixson Museum of Flight is considering moving to the Cleveland Regional Jetport. The aircraft display and aviation history museum has outgrown its space at the Dallas Bay Skypark in Hixson. Andreas Montgomery of the museum made
Mount Pleasant , TX — The Mid-America Flight Museum based at the Mount Pleasant Regional Airport in Mount Pleasant, Texas is getting a permanent headquarters and home. Owner and operator Scott Glover said Friday morning he received approval for his building
Los Angeles, CA — Two years after it paraded through the streets of Los Angeles following a cross-country ferry flight from Florida, the space shuttle Endeavour was loaded with a Spacehab logistics module Thursday ahead of the orbiter’s planned transition
Excerpt from AOPA Pilot Magazine Story by Dave Hirshman dave.hirschman@aopa.org Hang around aircraft restorers and you’ll inevitably hear tales of priceless historical relics hidden in barns, buried in shrink wrap, or otherwise stuck in time awaiting discovery. These stories are almost
A museum is asking people to share family photographs and memories of US airmen and women stationed in Britain during WWII. The Imperial War Museum in Duxford, Cambridgeshire has set up a website (www.americanairmuseum.com) about in a bid to create
Millville, NJ — The fall season attempted to encroach on the small city of Millville, New Jersey this past weekend but this effort was stymied by summer as it imposed itself and offered aviation enthusiasts one last hurrah. The Millville
A brand new exhibition entitled ‘Pilots of the Caribbean: Volunteers of African Heritage in the Royal Air Force’ is due to open at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford next Month (6 October 2014). The exhibition opening will coincide with
Seattle, WA — The first Boeing 747 was never an airliner. For over 25 years it was used by Boeing for flight tests until the plane was retired and grounded in the 1990s, then moved to The Museum of Flight
Warren, OH — After years of hard work, the Ernie Hall Aviation Museum in Warren is finally open. Museum Director Bill Griffin said the project on North River Road was started in March and he is happy to finally have
Bremerton, WA — A group started a Change.org petition drive to save the aircraft carrier USS Ranger and then worked to get the retired aircraft carrier named as a Washington state and national historic site. The efforts came despite the
Belleville, MI — The Yankee Air Museum will be soaring shortly into welcoming skies and a bright future, complete with an inspiring and appropriate new name. Either that, or the new name will be a sniveling kowtow to the gods
Wichita, KS — The B-29 Superfortess called “Doc,” which is being restored inside a Boeing Wichita hangar, is getting closer to getting back in the air, volunteers say. Work on the flaps – the last major structural piece to be
Atwater, CA — For nearly 20 years, acquiring an EC-121 airplane has been on the top of the wish list for the Castle Air Museum. If about $200,000 can be raised, that rare military aircraft now languishing in Montana might