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Planes of Fame Hangars Reopen

March 16, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Planes of Fame Air Museum will reopen to the public March 18, after closing temporarily in March due to COVID-19. San Bernardino County has transitioned to the “Substantial” or “Red” tier in the California Roadmap […]

San Diego Air & Space Museum Re-Opening Tomorrow

March 16, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Press Release – The San Diego Air & Space Museum in Balboa Park is back in operation tomorrow Wednesday, March 17. Reopening begins at 10:00 a.m. Reopening provides guests from around the world and locally […]

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The National Museum of the Tuskegee Airmen Has New Home in Detroit

March 14, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – The Tuskegee Airmen National Museum, which honors the history and legacy of its namesake group, has relocated to Detroit. The museum, which was previously in Michigan’s Fort Wayne, moved to the Coleman […]

B-29 Doc Adds Nebraska Event to 2021 Schedule

March 12, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – The Hastings Airport Association, in partnership with the Hastings Airport, & EAA Chapter 544, announced the exciting performer lineup and planned events for the Nebrasaka State Fly In scheduled for Fathers Day […]

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B-17E “Desert Rat” – March 2021 Restoration Update

March 11, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

Mike Kellner and his team of volunteers in Morengo, Illinois have been steadily working away on the restoration of Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress 41-2595 for much of the past four decades, and we have covered […]

Ron Alexander’s Legacy Continues

March 11, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Ron Alexander was known among fellow pilots as a “quiet giant” of aviation, he died Nov 17, 2016 in a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft crash near his Peach State Aerodrome home field in Williamson, Georgia. […]

EAA’s B-17 ‘Aluminum Overcast’ Begins 2021 National Tour In March

March 10, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – The Experimental Aircraft Association’s B-17 Flying Fortress Aluminum Overcast will return to a full national tour in 2021 after being sidelined for nearly all of 2020 due to the COVID pandemic. The […]

RNZAF Museum’s Canberra WT346 Arrives at Her New Home

March 10, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Back in November 2020, the Air Force Museum of New Zealand‘s Trust Board signed an agreement with the NZ Warbirds Association Inc. at Ardmore, for the loan of ex-RAF English Electric Canberra B(I)8 WT346. Part of […]

Castle Air Museum Adds Grumman A-6E Intruder

March 9, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Following the recent announcement about the acquisition of the F-117 Nighthawk, the Castle Air Museum in Atwater,CA had a significant aircraft arrive on Friday, March 5th. The aircraft is a Grumman A-6E Intruder and is the […]

Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum to Receive F-117 Nighthawk

March 8, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

For the first time in 15 years, the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum will welcome a new aircraft to its collection. An F-117 “Nighthawk” stealth bomber (s/n (85-0831) will arrive at the Museum in […]

Month: March 2021