EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA. — For test aircraft enthusiasts, students, and those who are just curious, gaining access to the current Air Force Flight Test Museum sometimes means signing up several months in advance for or a tour.
After last week’s official ground breaking on the new flight test museum to be located outside the gate, organizers and officials from the Flight Test Historical Foundation took the next step to making flight test history more accessible to visitors around the world.
The ceremony, attended by more than 250 people, kicked off the fully funded Phase 1 construction of the new museum, which will welcome a larger, state-of-the-art new building. Future phases will also feature a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education center.
Flight Test Historical Foundation chairwoman, Lisa Gray, hosted the event and spoke about the importance of “telling the story” of flight test in order to inspire generations to come.
“It is our mission to preserve the rich local history of flight test through the support of the museum at Edwards AFB,” said Gray.
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