Air Museum Network – Connecting You with Aviation History
Amarillo, TX — The Texas Panhandle has a rich and long aviation history, the story of which a group of individuals is seeking to tell. Amarillo was home for decades to an Air Force base that flew B-52 strategic bombers.
PASCO, Wash. — The Pacific Northwest Aviation Museum has opened its doors to the public for the first time. Located in the original, historic Naval Air Station Pasco Control Tower building, the museum has just started with renovations, guided tours
PRESS RELEASE Rhinebeck, NY — Late Thursday afternoon, August 20, 2015 at approximately 4:50pm, a fire broke out in the Field Gift Shop and Model Museum on the property of Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome (ORA). The building was fully engulfed and
RED HOOK, NY — A fire Thursday afternoon at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in the town of Red Hook destroyed a gift shop near the runway used for air shows, authorities said. The Red Hook Fire Company was dispatched at
Waterford Twp, MI — The World Heritage Air Museum (WHAM) announced the opening its new headquarters and flight operations base at a renovated hanger at Oakland County International Airport (OCIA). The hanger will be home to several rare vintage jets
Cambridge, UK — A North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell bomber, which formed the inspiration for Joseph Heller’s novel Catch 22, has received a detailed repaint from experts at Duxford Imperial War Museum. The aircraft has been repainted to represent the
In April 2014, Kermit Weeks closed his museum to the public and over the past year has been thinking about what Fantasy of Flight was always meant to be: using the history of aviation as a self-discovery tool that is
Miners Rest,, Australia — An enormous Rolls-Royce plane engine has been donated to the Ballarat Aviation Museum. The turbo fan engine, titled Rolls-Royce RB211, was handed over by Federation Training and Field Air. Chief engineer for Field Air Maintenance Cameron
RANTOUL, IL — In what Mayor Chuck Smith called “a huge surprise and a disappointment,” the Air Force has rejected Rantoul’s request to keep three vintage aircraft currently housed at the Chanute Air Museum. The museum will close at the
A piece of Rhode Island’s aviation history may disappear forever. The Quonset Air Museum is in danger of being permanently dismantled if its present home cannot be repaired or if a new location cannot be found. Founded in 1992, the
Windsor Locks , CT — The New England Air Museum said the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded it a $230,000 grant to update its facilities and develop new exhibits. NEAM, located across Perimeter Road from Bradley International Airport,
Washington, D.C. — With the 46th anniversary of the first manned mission to the moon last Monday, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum successfully reached its Kickstarter goal of $500,000 to have Neil Armstrong’s 1969 spacesuit preserved, digitalized and displayed.
Seattle, WA — The Museum of Flight received a record $30 million Thursday to expand its education programs from serving 1,000 students a year today to 5,000 by 2019. The donation includes $15 million from the Boeing Company and another
Hagerstown, MD — A Fairchild C-123K Provider manufactured in Hagerstown is coming home. The 1956 Fairchild C-123K Provider, which was manufactured at the Fairchild Aircraft Co. in Hagerstown, was acquired by the Hagerstown Aviation Museum nearly two years ago after more
Rantoul, IL — Chanute Air Museum will close at the end of the year, but three of the aircraft exhibited there are expected to remain at Rantoul National Aviation Center. The village of Rantoul is asking to be able to