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The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum has started the process of constructing temporary scaffolding and a protective cover over Space Shuttle Enterprise, as it works to reopen the Space Shuttle Pavilion for Spring 2013. The process is expected to

ASHLAND, OR USA — Its exact duty service is unclear, but the Douglas C-54 now ensconced in the Durham Restoration Gallery at the Strategic Air and Space Museum clearly has seen hazardous duty since retirement. The four-engine cargo plane is

One of Hughes most popular planes. This plane was frequently used to pick up one of his flings, Katherine Hepburn. No word yet as to if the aircraft will be displayed to the public at Kermit’s Fantasy of Flight. Watch

Lincolnshire, UK — Lincolnshire farmers Fred and Harold Panton why they wanted to restore a Lancaster bomber as a tribute to their brother Christopher, who along with 55,000 other aircrew of RAF Bomber Command lost his life during World War

British experts looking for a cache of World War II Spitfire planes believed to be buried in Burma say they have discovered a crate. The team has lowered a camera into the crate in the Kachin state capital Myitkyina, but

Ludington, Michigan USA — A Cessna landed inside Sandcastles Children’s Museum Saturday morning, flown in by pieces in the hands of the Mason County Pilots Association members and museum volunteers who carried, first the fuselage and then as the day

BEVERLY HILLS, CA USA — The 10th Annual “Living Legends of Aviation” Awards, presented by Bell Helicopter and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and hosted by John Travolta (pictured), will be held Jan. 18, at the Beverly Hilton. The program starts with

Windsor Locks, CT USA — What better way to spend a day than playing pilot at the Museum!  Open Cockpit Sundays are by far our most popular events when visitors are permitted to climb into the cockpits of up to

The only flying De Havilland Mosquito will have a busy schedule in North America this summer, according to its owner Jerry Yagen of the Fighter Factory. As we reported earlier, the reconstructed Mosquito, which flew for the first time in

York, United Kingdom — The first of their monthly “anti-deterioration” aircraft engine runs will take place during the day on Sunday 13th January at the Yorkshire Air Museum. It is planned for the Blackburn Buccaneer jet XN974 and the De

WARNER ROBINS, GA USA– One day a couple of years ago, a flat-bed truck rolled onto the Museum of Aviation grounds with a weathered old F-100 jet strapped to the back. One man saluted as he fought back a wave

KALAMAZOO, MI USA – Air Zoo Board of Directors Chairman Pete Parish has announced that Bob Ellis, Air Zoo president and CEO, will retire after 35 years of service to the museum. The Air Zoo Board of Directors has named

ATWATER, CA, USA — Crews are hard at work restoring a historic military jet that will soon be on display in the North Valley. Volunteers are working on a T-37 at a hangar at Castle Airport. When their work is

In the generally upbeat annals of American military aviation, the plump, snub-nosed little fighter called the Brewster Buffalo stands out as a turkey. The plane had its day of ignominy in the epic Battle of Midway in June 1942, when

Fargo, ND USA — The Fargo Air Museum opened its hangar today, welcoming in a belated Christmas gift. Kirk Lindberg, of Inver Grove Heights, landed the 1994 Velocity plane at its new permanent home. After nearly 20 years flying the