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New Interactive Women Answer The Call Exhibit Opening at The Yankee Air Museum

September 1, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE The Yankee Air Museum offers a private tour of its new interactive Women Answer the Call exhibit for media on Friday, September 8th beginning at 9:30am. Participants should report to the Museum at […]

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New Library – Help Wanted for Moorabbin Aviation Museum, Australia

September 1, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 0

The Moorabbin Air Museum, Australia, is embarking on its biggest project in its 60 year history. Situated at Moorabbin Airport in the South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, the Museum has one of the most […]

B-17D “The Swoose” Update

September 1, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 2

Back in April, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force (NMUSAF) announced that they would resume the restoration of Boeing B-17D Flying Fortress 40-3097, nicknamed The Swoose, one of the most storied survivors of […]

Museum of Aviation Celebrates Its B-17 and 483rd Bombardment Group

August 31, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB, GA held a special occasion to mark two significant and relevant events. Simultaneously, the museum was celebrating their B-17 and the 483rd Bombardment Group Association; an aircraft and […]

B-17G Yankee Lady to Offer Flying Opportunity Labor Day Weekend

August 29, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE Experience a multi-sensory and immersive adventure by taking a ride on a WWII B-17 Bomber this Saturday, September 2nd at the Yankee Air Museum’s Hangar located at the Roush Aeronautics Center at the […]

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The X4009 Collection – Honoring a Spitfire And His Pilot

August 29, 2023 Angela Decker 0

As aviation enthusiasts, our greatest desire is to see history live on in tangible ways. To be able to see, touch, and experience history in a tangible fashion is the ultimate way in which we […]

Rangsdorf Bücker Fly-In

August 27, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 2

By Nigel Hitchman On June 24-25, there was a great Bücker Fly-in at the original factory airfield at Rangsdorf, just south of Berlin. It was organized by the Friends of the Bücker Museum, following previous […]

Aussie Mustang ‘Snifter’ to The UK

August 26, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 1

By Nigel Hitchman & James Kightly Queensland, Australia-based two-seat Mustang VH-MFT is heading to Archerfield airport this weekend (26-7 August 2023) to be dismantled for shipping to the UK, where it will be re-assembled and […]

P-51 Mustang Takes to The Skies at Sywell After Restoration

August 25, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 16

By Nigel Hitchman Today August 25, 2023, P-51 Mustang G-CLNV was flown at Sywell Aerodrome for the first time after an extensive restoration by Air Leasing. The pilot for the first flight was well-known warbird […]

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New Zealand P-3 Orion Retires to Air Force Museum of New Zealand

August 25, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 0

By James Kightly, Commissioning Editor. The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Lockheed P-3K2 Orion NZ4203 will be delivered to the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, Christchurch, in September 2023. The Lockheed P-3 Orion […]

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