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Dive Into The World Of A Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer

This week The Museum of Flight will host a unique learning opportunity for the visitors.…

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San Diego Air and Space Museum Begins Refurbishment of Hungarian MiG-21

By Adam Estes The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 is arguably one of the most versatile aircraft of…

Adam Estes

Michigan Flight Museum, Interview With President Kevin Walsh

Whenever a storied aviation museum renames itself or even modifies its logo, there is inevitably…

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Walt Disney Studios and WWII Exhibition Opens at Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum

During World War II, the esteemed generation of Americans, often dubbed the Greatest Generation, wholeheartedly…

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Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum’s C-47 Restoration Takes Flight

PRESS RELEASE The Douglas C-47A Skytrain (S/N 43-15512) was airborne at the Evergreen Aviation and…

Stephen Chapis

Duxford Flying Days

By Nigel Hitchman This past weekend, the Imperial War Museum hosted the first of three…

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Yankee Air Museum Is Now Michigan Flight Museum & Air Adventures

PRESS RELEASE BELLEVILLE, MICH. (May 6, 2024) – Introducing the Michigan Flight Museum & Air…

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Charles McGee Selected as 2024 Paul E Garber Shrine Honoree

The First Flight Society announced today that Brigadier General Charles McGee has been named the 2024…

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Veteran Naval Aircraft Head to Falklands For New Exhibition on 1982 Conflict

PRESS RELEASE via Royal Navy A retired Sea Harrier jump jet and Lynx helicopter are…

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Star Wars in Force at Museum of Flight

PRESS RELEASE On May 4 the Museum celebrates everything Star Wars with family programs including…

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Second World War Week at RAF Museum

PRESS RELEASE Travel back in time with the RAF Museum London this May Half-Term with…

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Open Cockpit Day at the Palm Springs Air Museum: P-47 Thunderbolt

This Saturday, May 4th, 2024, from 10am to 12pm, you have the chance to sit…

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USS Lexington: An Inside Look at the Effort to Rescue Historic aircraft in the Pacific

On Wednesday, May 1st, the Military Aviation Museum will host a webinar with team members…

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National Museum of the USAF Erects Atlas Missile

By Adam Estes There have been a lot of new developments with the National Museum…

Adam Estes