Last spring the Kansas Aviation Museum began the task of raising $110,000 to move a B-47 to the museum from a parking lot at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. That mission was successful and today that WB-47E is on the ramp at the museum, where it is undergoing restoration. Once that’s complete, it […]
The perfect museum experience
Planning a visit to an aviation museum is a lot like making a cross-country flight. The better your planning is, the better your visit will be. Getting started Start your visit by getting as much information as you can about the exhibits, including when they are open. That way there are no unpleasant surprises, such […]
Air Victory Museum in danger : State ups rent to $2,000 a month
Have you ever rented a house, had the landlord sell the property, and the new landlord increase the rent so much you wondered how you were going to pay it? In a nutshell that’s what’s happening to the Air Victory Museum at South Jersey Regional Airport (VAY) near Mount Holly, N.J. Until recently the museum […]
How to put on an air show: The experts speak
Have you ever been to an air show or fly-in where the experience was so bad that it wouldn’t matter if your favorite air show performer and every airworthy warbird in the United States was scheduled to be there — and giving free rides — you STILL wouldn’t go back? It happens. It’s the little […]
AirCam #1 joins EAA museum collection
The No. 1 AirCam has been accepted into the permanent collection of the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh. Designed by Phil Lockwood, the AirCam is a twin-engine, light aircraft originally commissioned by The National Geographic Society for aerial photography missions. In mid-2006 Lockwood regained ownership of the Air-Cam design, which had been held by Leza […]
Western Museum of Flight relocates
The Western Museum of Flight recently moved to the Torrance Municipal Airport (TOA), also known as Louis Zamperini Field, in California. The museum specializes in the history of aerospace technology development, with particular emphasis on the origins and growth of the industry in southern California. Aircraft displays, photographs and other historical documents and materials are […]
Five ‘Must See’ Museums
Ask any pilot and he will have his own list of favorite museums. A recent informal poll by General Aviation News asked our columnists and the industry’s movers and shakers to list the “must see” museums for anyone interested in aviation. These five topped the poll. NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM, STEVEN F. UDVAR-HAZY CENTER […]
The “secret world” of private collections
Museums aren’t the only place to find great airplane collections. In an upcoming issue we peer behind closed hangar doors into the largely-unknown world of private airplane collections, ranging from a few examples in small hangars on obscure airports to vast collections brought together by billionaires. Most of these collections are hard to find but […]
Hometown names park for Glenn Curtiss
An eight-acre piece of land on Keuka Lake, in upstate New York, is being turned into a park honoring Glenn H. Curtiss. The land has been in dispute for the past several years. That dispute ended recently when Curtiss’ hometown of Hammondsport bought the land from a real estate developer for $900,000. The funds came […]