Air Museum Network – Connecting You with Aviation History
Toulouse – Blagnac, France — Aeroscopia is located adjacent to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, putting it in proximity to Airbus’ home location – including the company’s headquarters and its A380, A350 XWB, A330 and A320 Family final assembly lines. This enables visitors to appreciate Airbus’
The future is looking brighter for Duxford air museum’s education centre following an £8 million funding boost. The Imperial War Museum (IWM) has received the major funding boost following support from South Cambridgeshire’s MP Andrew Lansley. But, jobs are still
Polk City, FL — A scaled-down version of Fantasy of Flight is now open to the public. The aviation-themed attraction originally opened in 1995 but closed its doors April 6. One year earlier, Fantasy of Flight had announced it was
It has been 50 years since two Avro Lancaster bombers flew side by side. Watch this trailer filmed when the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Avro Lancaster visited the UK. Coming Summer 2015 – Worldwide TV release followed by DVD/Blu-ray (all
WASHINGTON D.C. – – Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis, one of the most treasured aircraft at the National Air and Space Museum, has been lowered to the floor for its first conservation treatment in 22 years. For decades, the
Seattle, WA — Museum of Flight visitors can experience the past, present and future of space travel during the three-day showing of the pioneering SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, Jan 17-19. The Dragon made history in May 2012 when it became the
Broken Arrow, OK – Jack D. Smith could take a piece of tin, steel or aluminum and build anything. And, he could do it without any printed plans or blueprint to follow. We’re talking about big items and built with
Washington D.C. – In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first two ventures of astronauts outside the spacecraft, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., will open “Outside the Spacecraft: 50 Years of Extra-Vehicular Activity” Jan.
Oak Harbor, WA – To minimize disturbances to traffic flow and local business, a midnight move is being planned this month to wheel a World War II–era aircraft through the heart of downtown Oak Harbor. The move of the PBY-5A
Chico, CA — Chico Air Museum is counting down the days before it closes the current museum and opens in its new quarters. Located at 170 Convair Ave. at the Chico Municipal Airport, the museum was required by the city to
KATHMANDU, (Xinhua) — The opening of Nepal’s first aircraft museum in Dhangadi in the far western part of the country, some 500 km from Kathmandu, has attracted local and foreign tourists to the much-neglected region. Just three months after its
CORRECTION: The story below incorrectly reported that the Everygreen Aviation and Space Museum filed for bankruptcy. It has not. Evergreen Vintage, a company wholly owed by Delford M. Smith, declared bankruptcy. We regret this error and encourage readers to visit
Virginia Beach, VA — The Military Aviation Museum has named Mike Potter as it’s new Museum Director. Mike is by vocation, a former community banker in Virginia and is now a bank consultant. Mike’s avocation for forty years has been flying. He
FORT PIERCE, FL -– As the crowd gathered around the National Navy Sea, Air and Land Museum Nov. 19, it became clear this wasn’t a standard military retirement. There was no podium, no colors and no sound system. A small
Tucson, AZ. NASA selected Pima Air & Space Museum as the area’s Simulcast Splashdown partner for its first venture outside the earth’s protective magnetic field in 40 years: the Orion EFT-1, on Thu., Dec. 4, 2014. Although an unmanned flight,