The event is a fundraiser to support the Aviation Museum of N.H.’s youth education programs, which include an upcoming summer camp and a high school student plane-building project.
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Cassutt race plane joins museum’s collection
The Cassutt will be hung from the ceiling of the Spirit of Flight Museum as if it were in an air race, said Spirit of Flight Foundation officials, who note it joins another famous air racer, Sky Baby.
New Earhart museum set to open April 14
A grand opening ceremony and ribbon cutting will be held at noon April 14, 2023, for the new Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum at the Amelia Earhart Memorial Airport (K59) in Atchison, Kansas, the hometown of the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Kentucky museum hosts its first Girls in Aerospace program
The success of the first program “has paved the way for future programs to be planned,” said museum officials, who added they hope “that more young girls will be inspired to pursue careers in aviation and aerospace.”
Family of pioneering pilot donates artifacts to the Museum of Women Pilots
The family of Marvel Crosson, one of the earliest female pilots, donated several of her aviation artifacts to The Ninety-Nines Museum of Women Pilots in Oklahoma March 10, 2023.
Rare Culver PQ-14 Target Drone donated to Spirit of Flight
“We have had a Culver PQ-14 Target Drone on our wish list for years, but there aren’t many left of the over 3,000 built,” said Gordon Page, president of the Spirit of Flight Foundation.
Middle school students get up-close look at a C-17
A recent STEM program at the Aviation Museum of Kentucky gave students a chance to get inside a C-17.
Aviation museum launches new Aviation Summer Camp program
The Aviation Museum of New Hampshire is taking its education program to new heights with the launch of a new summer camp for kids 10 to 17 that runs from July 10 through Aug. 3, 2023.
BOGO deal at Fargo Air Museum
The Fargo Air Museum in North Dakota is offering a “buy one get one” deal on normal adult admissions during February 2023 in honor of Giving Hearts Day.