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Aviation Pioneer Tom Gunn Exhibit at the Pacific Aviation Museum

July 5, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Pacific Aviation Museum of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii is opening a new exhibit on Saturday July 13th. Entitled “Pacific Aviation Pioneers”, the inaugural exhibit will be on aviation daredevil and stunt pilot Tom Gunn and […]

Planes of Fame Hosting AVG Flying Tigers Event July 6th

July 4, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California will be holding a living history event on July 6. The topic for the event shall be the Flying Tigers and the AVG, featuring the Curtiss […]

Palm Springs Air Museum Trying to Land an F-105 Thunderchief

July 3, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

The Palm Springs Air Museum of Palm Springs, California has been offered a Republic F-105 Thunderchief by the US Air Force. All that is required is the money to ship the Vietnam War-era bomber/fighter plane […]

Scottish National Museum of Flight is Planning an Upgrade to its Facilities

June 30, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

While still in the planning stages, the Scottish National Museum of Flight in East Lothian, Scotland is preparing an application for a facilities upgrade for funding through the United Kingdom’s Heritage Lottery fund. Housed at […]

UK’s Historic Filton Aerodrome to Host A New Aviation Museum

June 29, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

With an aviation history that stretches back over 100 years and only ended six months ago, The Filton Aeordrome, located just a couple of miles north of Bristol, UK, is planned to be the site […]

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Fort Worth Aviation Museum Taking on the Restoration of A-12 Avenger II

June 29, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

It undoubtedly took some wangling, but the Veterans Memorial Air Park of Fort Worth has taken possession of the mockup of the McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II and intends to restore it for static display. […]

Canadian North Atlantic Aviation Museum Struggles for Public’s Attention

June 28, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

After completing a $400,000 renovation of its facilities, the North Atlantic Aviation Museum in Gander, Newfoundland still finds itself suffering from a lack of interest. A recent annual general meeting held by the museum’s board […]

RAAF F-111 Joins USAF B-52 at Australian Aviation Heritage Centre in Darwin

June 25, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The fifth of six Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) General Dynamics F-111 Aardvarks has landed at its new home, this time quite a bit further away from RAAF Amberly than its mates. Arriving last week […]

UPDATED: First Confirmed Warbird Sales From Jerry Yagen Military Aviation Museum

June 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 11

NOTE:The latest news on the dissolution of the MAM collection, including the destination of the Focke Wulf Fw 190 and the B-17 “Chuckie” are added at the bottom of this article. As we recently reported, […]

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WWII Veteran Tail Gunner Visits the Tribute to the B-25 He Crewed

June 23, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 8

At the Museum of Aviation near Warner Robins, Georgia, a recent visitor turned out to have quite a connection to the North American B-25 Mitchell bomber on display. He was its tail gunner. Well, not […]

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