Eden Prairie, MN — Wings of the North (WOTN) is planning a Grand Opening event for the Wings of the North Air Museum at the Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie. This celebration will take place from 8 a.m. to
Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre committed to keeping doors open after founder’s death
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC Canada — Volunteers at the Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre say the recent death of its founder, Godfrey Pasmore, has filled them with more drive to keep the museum’s doors open. Pasmore died on March 12, at the age of 83. Eighteen
London Jet Aircraft Museum acquires Hawker Hunter
London, ON Canada — The Jet Aircraft Museum will soon be home to a Hawker Hunter aircraft, an iconic Cold War-era plane that served the British Royal Air Force for decades as a ground attack jet and fighter-bomber. “We are just
NASA jet to be reunited with space shuttle Enterprise at Intrepid museum
New York, NY — Almost 40 years after it gave chase to the space shuttle Enterprise, a NASA jet is about to catch up with the prototype winged orbiter at a museum in New York City. The two-seat, supersonic T-38
Gatwick aviation museum to reopen after its owner died
Gatwick, UK — An aviation museum is to reopen three years after its owner died. The Gatwick Aviation Museum (GAM) will open in its new hangar in Lowfield Heath Road, Charlwood, on Good Friday (March 25). Founder Peter Vallance’s proposals
Travis AFB Heritage Center To Downsize Vintage Aircraft Collection
Travis AFB, CA — The Travis AFB Heritage Center is undergoing a transformation that will narrow its scope of exhibits to better show visitors the history of Travis, military airlift and the commands that have called the installation home since it
1942 Bristol Bolingbroke now on display at Scotland’s National Museum of Flight
East Lothian, UK — An airplane which played a significant role in the RAF’s success in the Second World War has been fitted with a new propeller at the National Museum of Flight. The 1942 Bristol Bolingbroke aircraft is based at
F-16 Fighting Falcon arrives at Castle Air Museum
Atwater, CA — After years of waiting, the Castle Air Museum in Atwater received a “gem” of a plane on Monday to add to its collection of nearly 70 historical aircraft. An F-16 Fighting Falcon that served with the 144th
Museum of Flight’s Historic Boeing 727 Prototype Ready to Fly
PRESS RELEASE — Seattle, WA — The Museum of Flight’s recently-restored Boeing 727 prototype will make its first flight in 25 years on March 2 – weather permitting – at about 10:30 a.m.; the flight will also be the airplane’s
“A New Moon Rises” Opens at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
Washington, D.C. — The National Air and Space Museum will open its newest exhibition, “A New Moon Rises: New Views from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera,” Feb. 26, displaying dramatic landscapes of the moon captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
New England Air Museum Plans To Reinvent Itself After Receiving State Money
Windsor Locks, CT — After receiving nearly $1 million in state bonding, executive director Jerry Roberts can see his plans for the New England Air Museum starting to come to life. Roberts, a writer and historian who became the museum’s
Two rare Japanese warbirds in one little museum
Kanoya, Japan — The first flying Zero to call Japan home in 70 years has come to Kanoya, in the far south of Kyushu. Flying or not, Japanese warbirds are a rare breed. They were never produced in the same
Rare Russian aircraft could be scrapped when museum is moved
Monino Airfield, Russia — The Central Air Force Museum of the VVS at Monino is the most endangered museum you will ever find. I am not sure what I can accomplish with this article, but I feel the world of
Taiwan’s UFO-shaped The Aviation Education Exhibition Centerhangs planes in midair
Kaohsiung , Taiwan — The Aviation Education Exhibition Center in Kaohsiung is not only designed to look like a UFO, but it has something unique inside — it is the first museum in Taiwan where historically important planes are exhibited
A New Look Inside the Apollo 11 Spacecraft Reveals A Few Surprises
The Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia—with its strangely beautiful charred orange exterior—has been on display behind Plexiglas at the Smithsonian Institution since 1970. After 46 years, you might think the artifact had revealed all of its secrets. But thanks to