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PRESS RELEASE ASHLAND, NE –The Strategic Air & Space Museum will unveil the newly restored C-54 Skymaster to the public on November 16, 2015. The meticulous restoration of this incredible aircraft began in October of 2012. The Strategic Air & Space
Port Elizabeth, South Africa — Yet another example of the dedication and commitment that is the hallmark of SA Air Force Museum people, be they full-time force members, reserves or Friends, took to the air at this month’s flying training
In the hopes that the Quonset Air Museum will once again take flight, state lawmakers have asked the Rhode Island Airport Corporation to delay its orders for the museum to vacate the premises. The museum, which preserves Rhode Island’s aviation
WARNER ROBINS, GA — After finally getting a B-17 bomber in its arsenal of attractions, the Museum of Aviation now has the plane that protected it. The museum staff has reassembled a fully restored P-51 Mustang fighter and rolled it
Palm Springs, CA — Many visitors flock to Palm Springs to see architecture from the middle of the 20th century. And pretty soon, they can also check out some of the aircrafts from the era as well. The Palm Springs Air
For nearly three decades, an old Soviet airliner lay abandoned on a small airfield deep inside Siberia. Years of neglect under the harsh Siberian climate had reduced the Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104A to little more than a decaying wreck. Until Maria Karmanova came
Bethel, PA — Recently, the Golden Age Air Museum held it’s Fall “Flying Circus” Airshow and once again, it did not disappoint. Yes, we know that the Air Museum Network covered the Spring event as well but we had so
An historic artifact of the Memphis Belle once pried out of the cockpit and made part of a cocktail table is now back where it originally began: A part of the iconic World War II B-17F bomber under restoration at
Kitty Hawk, NC — The National Park Service, owner and operator of the Wright Brothers National Memorial park near Kitty Hawk, has picked Raleigh architecture firm HagarSmith Design to finish the designs of a $5.2 million renovation and rehabilitation of
Rome, GA – The only BTD-1 Destroyer aircraft in existence has made its way to Richard B. Russell Regional Airport to be part of the Hixson Museum of Flight exhibit that has moved to Rome, GA. According to Hixson Museum
Bethel, PA — The visit by Pope Francis this weekend to Philadelphia is historic for some but for others it means major traffic headaches. If you’re part of the latter, why not head away from the city and experience a unique
Bristol, UK — For too many years, the last Concorde to fly has stood forlorn – but not entirely forgotten – next to the runway at Filton Airfield. But now work is starting at last to build a home for
North Kingstown, RI – The last aircraft to fly out of Quonset Naval Air Station back in the 1970’s sits alongside a torpedo bomber flown by the U.S. Navy in World War II. They’re just two of the 28 aircraft
This past Labor Day Weekend, The Naval Air Station Wildwood Air Museum (NASWAM) joined forces with The Collings Foundation’s Wings of Freedom Tour and brought four aviation filled days to the picturesque seaside town of Cape May New Jersey. The
Victoria, Australia — Watching apprehensively from a distance, secretary Ewan McArthur was as proud and anxious as a new dad on Monday as his six tonne “baby” made its way slowly home from Tullamarine to the Australian National Aviation Museum.