WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN. — The New England Air Museum will hold its annual Veterans Day event, “A Tribute to our Veterans, Servicemen & Servicewomen, on Sunday, Nov. 8. Visitors to the museum will have the opportunity to meet and talk one-on-one with veterans of World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. They will also have the chance to sit […]
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Class of 2015 named for Air & Space Hall of Fame
SAN DIEGO — Officials with the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum have named the Class of 2015. It includes: Alan Mulally, contributor on every Boeing commercial aircraft from the 727 through the 787; Bill Chana, flight test engineer for Convair and developer of “the world’s smallest […]
Museum slates book sale
The International Women’s Air & Space Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, will host its annual Book Sale and Pancake Breakfast Nov. 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Breakfast will consist of pancakes, eggs, sausage, coffee, and juice (suggested $5 donation). There will be plenty of books for sale — and museum officials note there are more than […]
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. There will be no visitor access to the airpark’s popular Air Force One, Concorde and 787 Dreamliner during the entire time, and on […]
Memphis Belle instrument panel donated to Air Force museum
DAYTON, Ohio — Officials from the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force donated the pilot’s instrument panel from the Boeing B-17F Memphis Belle to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force during a ceremony last week. The Memphis Belle is one of the most famous aircraft in World War II history. In […]
Museum plans gala
HONOLULU — The Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor will hold its annual gala on Saturday, Dec. 5. This year’s theme is “For Love of Country — Pass It On.” Music, dining, auctions, special guests, and an atmosphere that takes one back in time will turn the museum’s WWII Hangar 79 — its windows still riddled with holes […]
New England Air Museum to hold Open Cockpit Day, RC Swap Meet
WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN. – The New England Air Museum will hold three events on Sunday, Oct. 11, including the Fall Open Cockpit Day. Visitors will be permitted to climb into the cockpits of up to 12 aircraft, including the Vietnam era “Huey” helicopter; the North American F-100 Super Sabre jet fighter; the Coast Guard HH-52 rescue helicopter; Lockheed […]
Museum planned for KGMU
The Military History Center of the Carolinas plans to open a museum at the Greenville Downtown Airport (KGMU) in Greenville, S.C. For many years, members of the Military History Center of the Carolinas (MHCC) have been collecting and restoring items to take to events. The group, which has members from South Carolina, North Carolina and […]
Oakland museum open new exhibit Sept. 20
Oakland Aviation Museum‘s newest exhibit, Legacy of World Airways, opens with a public reception, Sunday, Sept. 20, at 11 a.m. Also that day, the museum’s Open Cockpit Day begins at noon at the museum, which is on Oakland International Airport’s historic North Field in Oakland, Calif. The Legacy of World Airways exhibit tells the stories […]