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New EAA Museum Exhibit Honors First Black Naval Aviator

April 26, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (April 25, 2022) — A new exhibit that opened on April 23 in the EAA Aviation Museum’s Eagle Hangar honors the late Thomas Hudner, a Korean […]

Skyfest50 – Celebrating 50 Years of Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

April 21, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

A collection of over forty aircraft has grown through the friendship of Dennis Bradley and Alan Ness. Their love of aviation and their desire to maintain and preserve Canada’s aviation history saw restoration projects that […]

WASP 80th Anniversary Homecoming Celebration and Family Reunion

April 20, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

2022 marks the 80th year of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), the quasi-military organization which trained women to fly, test aircraft and train other pilots during WWII; the program traces its roots to a pair […]

World’s Oldest Seaplane Flies Again

April 13, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

Caproni Ca.100 I-ABOU flew again on Thursday, April 7, 2022, following a 16 year operational hiatus. Cesare Baj e Gerolamo Gavazzi was the lucky man at the controls for this flight, which took place on […]

Stallion 51 Welcomes Jerry “Jive” Kerby to Their Stable of Mustang Instructor Pilots

April 12, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

Stallion 51 has been in the business of sharing the cockpit of their dual control P-51 Mustangs, as well as their T-6 Texan and L-39 TurboJet for decades. Their experienced and enthusiastic instructors not only […]

American Heritage Museum 1918 Nieuport 28

Original WWI-era Nieuport 28C-1 Returns to Flight

April 11, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

Under a moody sky on April 2nd, 2022, legendary early aeroplane specialist, Mikael Carlson, flew the American Heritage Museum’s Nieuport 28 C-1 biplane fighter on its first post-restoration flight, taking off from a grass strip near his workshop […]

Today in Aviation History – Agello Sets World’s Speed Record

April 10, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

On April, 10 1933 at Lago di Garda, Brescia, Italy, Warrant Officer Francesco Agello, Regia Aeronautica, flew the Macchi-Castoldi M.C. 72, MM 177, the first of five float planes in the series, over a 3-kilometer […]

F 117 Nighthawk Goes on Display at Palm Springs Air Museum

F-117A Nighthawk Goes on Display at Palm Springs Air Museum

April 8, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 2

The Palm Springs Air Museum now has another iconic aircraft on display within its already impressive collection; Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk 85-0833 Black Devil was installed over the weekend at the museum’s new, specially designed exhibit in the Jim Houston […]

First Flight Society Celebrates Wilbur Wright Day 2022 On April 16th

April 7, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – KITTY HAWK, N.C. – April 7, 2022 – The First Flight Society (FFS) announced the 1st annual Wilbur Wright Day at Currituck County Regional Airport on April 16th, 2022. The event runs […]

Warbird Showcase at Warrenton-Fauquier Airport May 7/8 2022

April 6, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Capital Wing, in conjunction with the Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation (DAMF), will start the 2022 Warbird Showcase tour at Warrenton-Fauquier Airport in Midland, VA over the weekend of May 7th/8th. […]

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