It’s a wonderful life for Jimmy Stewart’s newly restored Mustang, now ensconced in the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot, North Dakota.
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Fashion takes to the runway
The Museum of Flight in Seattle is partnering with Fashion District NW for Fashion in Flight, “a red carpet event showcasing the most distinctive designers from around the Northwest,” according to museum officials.
PlaneFest includes Young Eagles, Orville Wright birthday celebration
During the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire’s recent PlaneFest! celebration at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (KMHT), 37 Young Eagles took flight, many for the first time.
Museum of Flight artist-in-residence creates sculptures with aircraft structures
Salmon’s artwork blends aircraft structures with traditional woodcraft techniques that have been used in England and the Northeast, according to museum officials.
Warbird Roundup punctuates Idaho summer
Sue Paul, co-founder of the Warhawk Air Museum proudly says, with reasonable evidence to back her up, that Warbird Roundup “is the pilots’ and crews’ favorite show to attend.”
Better-than-new P-47 Thunderbolt debuts at Oshkosh
After a 12-year restoration by AirCorps Aviation, a Republic P-47D Thunderbolt wowed the crowds at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023.
When wine is a good thing in aviation
The International Women’s Air & Space Museum will host Corks on the Concourse Sept. 1, 2023, at the museum, which is located inside Burke Lakefront Airport (KBKL) in Cleveland, Ohio. The event occurs the night before the official start of the Cleveland National Air Show.
PT-17 joins Air Force museum collection
The aircraft is one of only two existing PT-17s that were used as Tuskegee Airmen trainers during World War II, according to museum officials.
C-46 Tinker Belle finds new home
The city of Monroe, North Carolina, has sold its C-46, “The Tinker Belle,” to the non-profit Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia.