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ASHLAND, NE USA — Jake Tuma is a maker. The 10-year-old Lincoln boy already mastered the Lego Robotics set he received for Christmas, transforming its piles of plastics and electronics into a realistic lunar rover and an electric guitar that

SAN DIEGO – With this year marking the 100 year anniversary of Naval and Marine Corps aviation, the San Diego Air and Space Museum helps local Marines and sailors view a glimpse into the past to see the advancements throughout

The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation at Pensacola Naval Air Station will host retired Col. John Orr of the Canadian Royal Navy to present the “History of the Sea King – Development of Anti-Submarine Helicopter,” on Jan. 19 as part of

WICHITA KS USA — The Kansas Aviation Museum is offering a rare opportunity for the public to experience a flight in an F-4 simulator. The so-called F4 experience will be available Wednesday through Sunday (Dec. 26-30, 2012) at the Wichita

WARNER ROBINS GA USA — At the Museum of Aviation’s World War II Hangar on most any Wednesday afternoon, visitors don’t have to read the placards scattered about to learn history. They can hear it straight from a man who

The Hagerstown Aviation Museum is trying to bring a 55-year-old Fairchild airplane back to the western Maryland city where it was made. President John Seburn says the twin-engine, C-123 cargo plane was built sometime between 1954 and 1958. He says

Robert L. “Hoot” Gibson, EAA 219551, is one of four people who will be inducted onto the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) class of 2013 in October 2013. The announcement was made by NAHF Enshrinement Director Ron Kaplan on

The sound of veteran aeroplane engines was heard all day at the Bombers and Biplanes fundraiser at the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre on Saturday. The 350 aviation enthusiasts at the show were treated to aerial displays from rare World War

The Historic Flight Foundation displays and flies vintage aircraft from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, also the home to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner manufacturing plant. Contrasting the very latest commercial aircraft of today, being built right next door, The Historic

Approaching Lakehurst, N.J., the flight crew may have had an inkling of the disaster about to unfold. The Hindenburg, the largest aircraft ever made, was tail heavy and resisted repeated attempts to trim it level—a sign pointing to a leak

WAUKEGAN IL USA  – After spending almost 70 years submerged in Lake Michigan, salvage experts pulled an old World War II fighter plane out of the water on Friday. The FM-2 “Wildcat” went into the lake off the end of

BELLINGHAM, WA USA – Heritage Flight Museum Executive Director Greg Anders said he is looking for a new home for the museum’s collection of vintage aircraft because the Port of Bellingham has reneged on an earlier promise of a $1-a-year

Millville, NJ USA – A museum that celebrates the city’s military history now has a wing named for one of its biggest supporters. A new section of the Millville Army Air Field Museum has been named to honor Hugh McElroy.

December 7 is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. This observance honors the more than 2,400 U.S. military service personnel who died on December 7, 1941, during the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by Japanese forces. Shortly after the attack on

Our team’s job is to select and shape the displays for the new Atrium and what you see as you first step into IWM London. The challenge is how to draw all the complexity of conflict – its overwhelming forces