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RAF Museum Operations Manager Alan Edwards Centre and Visitor Experience Assistants Louise Hammond Left and Charlie Cooper Right

It’s Gold For The RAF Museum Midlands

October 20, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

The RAF Museum Midlands is delighted to announce it has officially achieved the highest accreditation awarded by the VisitEngland Visitor Attraction Quality Assessment Scheme: the Gold Award. The honors are designed to celebrate excellence within […]

New Spirit of Flight Museum Now Open

October 20, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

Nampa, Idaho, Wednesday, October 19, 2022: The Spirit of Flight Foundation museum opened its new facility at the Nampa Municipal Airport on Saturday, October 1, 2022. “We are excited to be able to open the […]

Waterbird Tops List of Aviation Heritage Awards for 2022

October 19, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE The Lakes Flying Company has won Aviation Heritage UK’s Robert Pleming Memorial Award for 2022 for its recreation and successful flying of Waterbird, an exacting replica of the first seaplane to fly with […]

Douglas AD-5W Skyraider at Platinum Fighter Sales

October 18, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Periodically, we highlight vintage aircraft listed for sale with one of our sponsors, Platinum Fighter Sales. One of their newly-listed airframes which really caught our eyes is the magnificent Douglas AD-5E Skyraider described in the […]

Fokker Scourge Redux & Nighttime Photo Shoot

October 17, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

A couple of weeks ago we published a story by Aaron Haase describing the Golden Age Air Museum’s marvelous annual air show, themed as the Fokker Scourge due to the four replica Fokker Dr.I triplanes participating […]

B-29 Doc Adds Ride Flights to Wings Over Houston Air Show Schedule

October 17, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

B-29 Flight Experience Rides will be available as part of the B-29 Doc arrival and participation in the 2022 Wings Over Houston Air Show, Oct. 27-31. The following is the B-29 Doc Flight Experience Schedule […]

Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk. XVIe credit David Blais

Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Announced Important Donation

October 17, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s President & CEO, Dave Rohrer, at their 50th Gala on October 15th, announced the donation of three significant aircraft to their collection – a Supermarine Spitfire, Avro Canada CF-100 […]

Pull a Plane 2022 is Ready to Launch on Oct. 15 in Wichita

October 14, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE The 2022 Pull a Plane for Education scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 15, is gearing up to be a premiere weekend event with something for all ages. The event at the B-29 Doc Hangar, […]

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BBMF Launch a Brand-new Spitfire Simulator Experience

October 14, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire simulator project began in April 2022 with an empty shell of a cockpit. The vision was to create a one-to-one scale replica Spitfire cockpit that, in […]

Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum America by Air

National Air and Space Museum Reopens With Eight New Galleries

October 13, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum reopens Friday, Oct. 14, with eight new and renovated galleries in the west wing of its building in Washington, D.C. The planetarium and museum store will […]

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