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Smithsonian Magazine Sponsors Free Visits To Museums Saturday September 28,2013

This upcoming weekend you can visit one of the many  museums in the United States,…

The Replica of The Legendary Avro Arrow Will Be Moved Into a Storage Facility

The Avro Arrow (CF-105) was  an advanced, supersonic, twin-engined, all-weather interceptor jet aircraft developed by…

New England Air Museum to Host Open Cockpit Day and Great New England RC Swap Meet on October 13th

The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, will be holding two special events…

RAF Museum Officially Receives Hercules C-130 in Handover Ceremony

Last week, the Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford, UK held an official handover ceremony…

P-47 Thunderbolt Open Cockpit at Palm Springs Air Museum

This Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013 from 1PM to 3PM, sit in the cockpit of the P-47 Thunderbolt…

North American SNJ-6 Texan Restored After Hitting Power Lines is Acquired By Lyon Air Museum

Lyon Air Museum of Santa Ana, California has announced that they have acquired an airworthy…

Niagara Aerospace Museum Builds its Collection

The Niagara Aerospace Museum has recently relocated to a new facility within a former terminal…

RAAF-Restored F-111C Arrives at Pacific Aviation Museum in Hawaii

The Royal Australian Air Force-restored General Dynamics F-111C that has been gifted to the Pacific…

Doolittle Raiders’ Final Toast Ceremony to take place at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

NEWS RELEASE   DAYTON, Ohio — The U.S. Air Force will host the famed Doolittle…

Spitfire and Lancaster Flypasts announced for Royal Air Force Museum’s Battle of Britain Weekend

The Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford, UK will be commemorating the Battle of Britain,…

Eight Broken Bolingbrokes Go Towards One Flyer at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum of Hamilton, Ontario, is in the process of restoring a…

RAF Vickers VC10 Aerial Refueling Tanker Arrives at Classic Air Force Museum

One of the final three flying Vickers VC10 jetliners left in the world landed last…

RAAF-Restored F-111C’s Tail Arrives Aboard RAAF C-17

As we wrote this morning, the Royal Australian Air Force, which recently had restored six…

RAAF-Restored F-111C Going to Hawaiian Museum in an Amazing Gesture of Goodwill

In surprising news, the Royal Australian Air Force, which recently had restored six of their…