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MILLVILLE, NJ — The Millville Army Air Field Museum (MAAFM) will present its 6th Annual Aviation Celebration 2013 on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a rain date of Sunday, Sept. 29. The static aircraft display

Padua, Italy — On May 17, 2013 a Grumman HU-16 Albatross displayed by the Museo dell’Aria del Castello di San Pelagio (Air Museum of San Pelagio Castle) in Padua, Italy was wrecked and turned into a heap of aluminum scrap

PROVIDENCE, RI — The effort to bring the retired aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy to Rhode Island for use as a museum has passed another hurdle with the town council in Middletown voting to support the project in concept.  

ATWATER, CA — Castle Air Museum’s latest addition to its collection is a presidential one.   The Atwater museum’s staff is expecting the plane, which carried presidents Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan, within the next month.   “This is a

Millville, NJ — Dick Goldstine’s father was a mechanic at the Millville airport and he grew up flying model airplanes there. Goldstine himself served in the Air Force. Now 67, the Millville resident still spends most days at the airport,

JBLM-McChord Field, WA — In late July, McChord Heritage Center Administrator Ray Jordan confirmed that the Museum will acquire a Kaman H-43A Huskie from the Museum of Aviation at Robbins AFB GA. The HH-43 was one of 32 aircraft the

Lexington Park, MD — Almost a year ago a large crowd was all smiles as ground was broken for the new Patuxent River Naval Air Museum. Many dignitaries were on hand as Casey Stinger, president of the company building the

Ilchester, Somerset UK — It may have been unceremoniously dumped from the armouries of the Royal Navy and the RAF. But at the Fleet Air Arm Museum the Hawker Harrier is going from strength to strength.   The Yeovilton Museum

DAYTON, OH — One of the U.S. Air Force’s first C-21A aircraft landed at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Wednesday, according to museum officials.   Col. Kent Olson, commander of the 119th Wing of the North

Wheatfield, NY — In mid-July, the Niagara Aerospace Museum helped remove a biplane from the Rich Renaissance Center in Buffalo where it had hung on display for nearly three decades. Many people thought it was a version of the WWI-era

Lower Township, NJ — Naval Air Station Wildwood (NASW) Aviation Museum has received funding through the 2013 Cape May County Arts Regrant program. The support will assist the museum’s efforts in producing a night of education titled “Sounds of the

Oakman, AL — A retired Air Force veteran decides to take his wife and son to visit the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. Nothing unusual about that.   When they pulled into the parking lot, the sign on the

Darwin, Australia — Darwin’s aviation museum has today officially received the logbook for its newly acquired fighter bomber. Minister for Arts and Museums Matt Conlan said the retired F-111 aircraft A8-113 had strong ties to the Territory and it was

Riverside, CA — Joe Onesty flew 27 missions during World War II. Seven decades later, the 88-year-old needs reinforcements. Onesty is in charge of finding volunteer docents at the P-38 Museum next to March Air Reserve Base in Riverside. The

Liberal, KS — The Mid-America Air Museum will celebrate its 25th Anniversary September 28th with a benefit dinner featuring General Larry D. Welch, USAF (Ret.) as the special guest.  The museum opened as the Liberal Air Museum in 1988 as