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New England Air Museum to Hold First Open Cockpit Day 0n Sunday, January 19

January 1, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Conn. will hold its next Open Cockpit Day on Sunday, January 19. On that day, visitors will be permitted to climb into the cockpits of up to […]

The Legacy Of Walker Air Force Base

December 31, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 157

Alan Armstrong reports. Today, Roswell International Air Center is a sleepy airport in southeastern New Mexico upon which are parked numerous jetliners that have been mothballed or are being broken up for salvage. Located three […]

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Open House On Saturday, January 25, 2014

December 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, a 760,000-square-foot facility that houses airplanes belonging to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s vast collection of aviation artifacts, celebrated its 10th anniversary over the weekend.Smithsonian National Air and […]

CV-22 Osprey Landed At The National Museum Of The U.S. Air Force

December 13, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

PRESS RELEASE – DAYTON, Ohio — Yesterday one of the U.S. Air Force’s more unique aircraft landed at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force a day later than what originally planned.In fact the […]

Reggiane Re.2000 “Falco” Recovered From Italian Waters

December 5, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 6

The “Falco” ( Italian for hawk) has come to light: yesterday the mission to recover the fighter Re.2000 was successfully completed. The Reggiane’s fighter had sunk in the waters of Portovenere (La Spezia) in 1943. […]

NAS Museum To Unveil F6F3 Hellcat crashed in Lake Michigan

December 4, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

In November 2009 more than 60 years after it went crashing into Lake Michigan, a Navy F6F-3 Hellcat fighter plane was lifted from the water of lake Michigan. The aircraft recovery was paid for by […]

POF’s Living History Event: Attack On Pearl Harbor

December 3, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

As reported on Planes of Fame Air Museum’s website on December 7,2013 the museum, for its monthly Living History Event, will feature ‘Attack on Pearl Harbor’. The Japanese Imperial Navy Aichi D3A ‘Val’ (movie conversion) and […]

The National Museum of the US Air Force To Add Another Building

December 3, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

360 aircraft and missiles ,thousands of historical items and exhibits definitely need room. In fact the museum’s website today announced that The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force announced today that it is set […]

The U.S. Coast Guard in Vietnam And The Albatross Flight At The Palm Springs Air Museum

November 30, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

On Saturday November 30, 2013 at 1 pm the Palm Springs Air Museum will present THE US COAST GUARD IN VIETNAM by Dr. Douglas Kroll .Vietnam is usually remembered as a war fought in jungles […]

Handley Page O400 of 207 Squadron in flight copy

WW1 Bomber Wings Found in Garage

November 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

PRESS RELEASE-The unique remains of a First World War Handley Page O/400 bomber aircraft have been saved by a team from the RAF Museum.Members of the Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at the RAF Museum Cosford, […]

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