KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Air Zoo is offering a variety of aviation and space-related camps for kids ages 4-17. Full and partial scholarships are available, museum officials note. Summer camps include: Two is Twice the Fun Earn Your Wings Family Rocket Clinic Cosmic Space Camp Beginner R/C Camp Boys Science Academy Girls Science Academy Advanced Boys […]
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Airport director featured speaker at museum series
The Aviation Museum of New Hampshire will hold its next monthly program as part of its Second Saturday@Museum speaker series on Saturday, May 12, featuring Mark Brewer, director of the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. The airport is a $1.24 billion economic engine and job creator for the region. It has the complexity and challenges of a […]
Skywarrior makes final landing at Honolulu museum
An A-3D Skywarrior, also called the “Whale” because of its immense size, has landed at the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor, becoming the 30th aircraft to join the museum’s collection. It will be restored and put on display in Hangar 79. The Skywarriors were first used as tactical nuclear bombers and were the heaviest aircraft […]
Virtually tour the Air Force museum
The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Virtual Tour is now fully embedded with audio and video hotspots, and touch-screen devices, offering online visitors the opportunity to experience the entire museum. Located at NMusafvirtualtour.com, the final two areas to be embedded — the Cold War Gallery, with over 300 hotspots, and the Missile & […]
Birthday parties take flight at the Air Zoo
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Air Zoo guests looking for high-flying fun can now choose from three customized birthday party packages. Build Your Own Birthday Party: Customize your birthday party with this package, which costs $8 per person and includes a Co-Pilot wristband for each guest. From there, you may upgrade your wristband package and add themed […]
Discover Your Future in Aviation
The sky was the limit recently as hundreds of young people interested in aviation as a career or hobby attended Pacific Aviation Museum’s Discover Your Future in Aviation. This is the third year for the aviation conference, a day filled with hands-on workshops and seminars, a career fair with over 25 participating organizations, and interactive […]
Lyon Air Museum to recognize Doolittle Raider’s anniversary
The Doolittle Raid comes to life on Saturday, April 21, at Orange County’s John Wayne Airport when Lyon Air Museum’s B-25 bomber “Guardian of Freedom” roars into the air at noon as part of a program about the famous World War II bombing mission. The event begins at 10:30 a.m. with a presentation and book […]
Museum to hold special observation Monday
Against the backdrop of Passover, the liberation of the Nazi death camps will be observed at the American Airpower Museum at Republic Airport in Farmingdale, N.Y., Monday, April 9. Attending the commemoration will be Holocaust survivors, liberators, members of the clergy and school students. The program is being held during the week when the notorious […]
1928 Heath added to Air Zoo collection
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Air Zoo has added a 1928 Heath Baby Bullet to its collection. Made by the Heath Airplane Co., it was used in various air races and air fairs during the Golden Age of Aviation. “While small in size, airplanes like the Baby Bullet played a huge role in showcasing aviation to the general public,” said […]