The short video features the Grumman Duck “Candy Clipper” from Fantasy of Flight in Florida, with owner Kermit Weeks sharing some fascinating facts about the bird.
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Picture of the Day: Hand propping a PT-22
Gary Lanthrum submitted this photo and note: “A nice look at cooperative aviation efforts. The plane is a PT-22 that was maintained by the Port Townsend Aero Museum in Washington State until being sold to a private party. The director of the museum is hand propping it for the new owner.”
Aviation-themed Little Free Library planned at KPDK
The free library, where people can take a book or leave a book, will be modeled after KPDK’s iconic World War II hangar, once home to Navy airplanes, and now in use by EPPS Aviation.
The Biggest Little Air Show returns
2021 marked the eighth annual Biggest Little Air Show put on by the museum at San Carlos Airport (KSQL) and the event quickly sold out. Attendees and staff alike enjoyed the perfect weather and the flight performances without having to worry about masks and social distancing while outside.
Museum fundraiser slated day before Cleveland Air Show
The International Women’s Air & Space Museum (IWASM) will host its annual fundraising event “Corks on the Concourse” on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, from 6-9 p.m.
Staggerwing opera makes its debut
The one-hour opera dramatizes the historic flight of Louise Thaden and Blanche Noyes in the 1936 Bendix Air Race, the first time that the prestigious aviation competition permitted women to participate.
National Air and Space Museum general aviation gallery gets a $1 million boost
The new “We All Fly” gallery will celebrate general aviation. It is slated to open in 2022.
Swift Museum raffle takes off
The grand prize winner has their choice of either a $30,000 credit towards an engine from Continental or Lycoming or $20,000 in cash.
Future of Maine Air Museum in question
Hit hard by its forced closure during the pandemic, the Maine Air Museum is also facing the loss of the volunteers who have taken leadership roles to keep the museum open.