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National Naval Aviation Museum Celebrates its 50th Anniversary

June 21, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The National Naval Aviation Museum (NNAM) of Pensacola, Florida is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year, having first opened its doors to the public on June 8, 1963. The museum started quite small, utilizing a […]

US Air Force and Hollywood’s Ongoing Long-Term Relationship

June 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Many of the over one million yearly visitors who tour the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB near Dayton, Ohio have no idea that they are in the presence of movie […]

Pearson Field Education Center Rises from Pearson Air Museum Ashes

June 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

We’ve been reporting on the ongoing saga of the breakup of the Pearson Aviation Museum at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington. In a dispute between the US National Parks Service and the local non-profit, Fort […]

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina Found in Puerto Rico is Australia Bound

June 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 15

The Rathmines Catalina Memorial Park Trust (RCMPT), after a worldwide, seven-year search, located and purchased a rare Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina finding the plane (un)surprisingly enough, on eBay, located in Puerto Rico, reportedly acquiring the plane […]

National Museum of the US Air Force Plans Major Expansion

June 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio will be relocating it’s collection of one-of-a-kind experimental aircraft to a new $46 million gallery in 2015, giving […]

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Dornier Do 17 Retrieved From Goodwin Sands Arrives at RAF Museum Cosford

June 15, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

The Donier Do 17 that the RAF Museum recently retrieved from under 50 feet of salt water where it had lain for over 70 years, arrived at the museum’s Cosford facility today. Museum staff as […]

Yanks Air Museum Open Cockpit Day- 6/15/13

June 14, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California will be hosting an “Open Cockpit Day” on June 15, 2013 from 10AM to 3PM. The centerpiece of the day’s festivities will be the collection’s Grumman F4F Wildcat making […]

Air Show Report: Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s 23rd Annual World War II Weekend 2013

June 13, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

Tom Pawlesh Reports: The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum‘s 23rd Annual World War II Weekend and “Gathering of Warbirds” is one of the largest events of its type in the world. The 2013 event held last weekend […]

Howard Hughes Sikorsky S-43 Heading to Fantasy of Flight Collection in Florida

June 13, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 6

This week, Kermit Weeks of Fantasy of Flight of Polk City, Florida will be heading to Texas with a crew of technicians to begin disassembly of Sikorsky S-43 N-440, once owned by Howard Hughes. Hughes […]

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Chennault Aviation and Military Museum gets a Budgetary Respite

June 12, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Named after a local man of note, General Claire Lee Chennault, the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum located in Monroe, Louisiana is located not far from where the legendary aviator grew up and is the […]

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