KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, FLORIDA USA – After threeand ahalf years of holding out and waiting, a Clay County museum is getting its wish. The Wings of Dreams Aviation Museum in Keystone Heights took delivery of a World War II era Douglas
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum dedicates day for people with special needs
McMinnville, Oegon USA — It’s not just spaceships and rockets that can reach the stars. It’s determination that fuels us into the horizon — something the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum aims to instill this Saturday at the Reaching for
Kansas Aviation Museum to open learning center
By The Associated Press WICHITA, Kansas USA — The Kansas Aviation Museum in Wichita is planning to open an interactive learning center that features flight simulators, a weather station and educational stations. The new center is expected to open March
San Diego Air & Space Museum’s Bell X-1 replica nearing completion
San Diego, California USA — The San Diego Air and Space Museum’s Bell X-1 project was begun about 15 months ago and is coming along quite nicely. It will be finished as “Glamorous Glennis,” the aircraft flown by Chuck Yeager
Indoor air show and chili at SAC Museum
Ashland, Nebraska USA — The Strategic Air and Space Museum is dishing out chili, planes and more on Saturday. The event, which is included in the museum’s admission price, will provide hours of high-flying family fun, organizers said in a
Classic aircraft attraction on target to re-live heyday of British aviation
Cornwall, UK — Visitors to Cornwall this summer may be forgiven for thinking they have stumbled on to the set of a remake of Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines as the skies are filled with classic aircraft. Preparations
New curator takes on task of inventorying archives at Aviation Memorial Museum
Tyler, Texas USA — Sarah Willett is standing in the Historical Aviation Memorial Museum in Tyler. Everywhere she turns are memorabilia that tell fascinating stories of how the United States conquered the sky. There is so much to see, it
Seattle Museum of Flight to host Mutual Concerns of Air and Space Museums Conference
Mutual Concerns of Air and Space Museums Conference Seattle, Washington at the Museum of Flight Saturday, April 27th – Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 Optional Field trips planned for Wednesday, May 1 and Thursday, May 2. Sponsored by: Smithsonian National Air
Archaeologists believe no Spitfires buried in Burma
Archaeologists hunting for World War II Spitfires in Burma believe there are no planes buried at the sites where they have been digging, the BBC understands. The archaeologists have concluded that evidence does not support the original claim that as
Flightsim model used as a fundraiser
With the success of the Mid Atlantic Air Museum‘s sales of their flight simulator models of their Douglas DC-3, B-25 and TBM Avenger, the Commemorative Air Force has commissioned David Eckert (the creator of the Air Museum Network website) to
Businessman brings WWII plane home
EL CAJON, CA USA — Local businessman Jim Slattery loves naval aviation, and it seems he will spare no expense to preserve it wherever possible. Two years ago, Slattery, 62, of Poway purchased a broken-down, World War II-era PBY Catalina
Cape May NJ museum gets tourism grant
RIO GRANDE, NJ USA — The state of New Jersey wants more people to know about the Aviation Museum in Rio Grande. The Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum has been awarded a travel and tourism grant for 2013. The
Tulsa Air and Space Museum offers after-school “tinkering” classes
Tulsa, OK USA — The Tulsa Air and Space Museum and Planetarium’s classes give elementary students a chance to exercise their engineering and science muscles after school. For the next eight weeks, students will be tinkering and building in the
$112,518 grant to fix up the Heritage in Flight Museum
LINCOLN, IL USA — After receiving word that the Heritage in Flight Museum at the Logan County Airport near Lincoln was in line for a $112,518 grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, museum Director Jack Burke made an
Teacher workshop at the Museum of Aviation focuses on blacks in aviation
Warner Robins, GA USA — Once a month, teachers come to the Museum of Aviation for training aimed at inspiring student interest in science, technology, engineering and math. This month’s program, held Saturday, was also aimed at inspiring student interest