SEATTLE — The Museum of Flight recently opened its new, three-acre Aviation Pavilion.
The nine-story roofed outdoor gallery doubles the museum’s exhibit space with the biggest expansion in its 51-year history. [Read more…]
Museum of Flight hosts ‘Above and Beyond’ interactive exhibit
SEATTLE — Above and Beyond — The Ultimate Interactive Flight Exhibition that explores the wonder of flight and the marvels of aerospace innovation, design and technology, opens for the summer at The Museum of Flight on May 28, and will run through Sept. 10. [Read more…]
Last flight slated for rare 1933 Boeing 247D
SEATTLE — The world’s oldest flyable Boeing airliner will make its last flight April 26, according to officials with the Museum of Flight.
The classic twin-engine Boeing 247D from the 1930s — one of four remaining in the world, and the only one flyable — has been in the museum’s collection since 1966. [Read more…]
Museum to screen new documentary on Naval aviators
SEATTLE — On Jan. 9 at 2 p.m. The Museum of Flight hosts a screening of the new documentary, “Eleven.”
The film features recent interviews with World War II veterans who served aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hornet during the war. They all flew for Carrier Air Group 11. [Read more…]
Santa flies into museum Dec. 12
SEATTLE — Santa’s Landing Party at The Museum of Flight begins Saturday morning, Dec. 12, when the jolly old man and his wife will arrive via a classic 1930s biplane at 11:45 a.m. [Read more…]
Temporary closures at Seattle’s Museum of Flight
SEATTLE —The Museum of Flight’s Airpark will be closed beginning Monday, Oct. 12, and will reopen on Wednesday, Oct. 21. The Charles Simonyi Space Gallery will be closed on Saturday, Oct. 17. [Read more…]
Boeing donates $30 million to The Museum of Flight
SEATTLE — The Boeing Company and June Boeing, wife of the late William E. Boeing, Jr., have each contributed $15 million to expand science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education offered through The Museum of Flight. [Read more…]
Texas museum to duplicate Museum of Flight Education Center
SEATTLE — The Museum of Flight has signed an agreement with Galveston’s Lone Star Flight Museum to design and build a duplicate of the museum’s Aviation Learning Center (ALC), an educational facility that is used to introduce students to the concepts of aviation and flying. [Read more…]
Last flight of Navy jet
SEATTLE — The last active duty flight of a Navy electronic warfare Grumman EA-6B Prowler jet will be to The Museum of Flight on May 27, where it will be officially decommissioned and taken into the museum’s collection. [Read more…]
Museum of Flight opens new education center
SEATTLE — The Museum of Flight opened its new $2.5 million Alaska Airlines Aerospace Education Center, May 7. [Read more…]