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EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024: Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Confirms Avro Lancaster Participation

On May 31st, the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum confirmed that North America's only airworthy Lancaster…

Delta Flight Museum Resumes DC-3 Tours

Delta Flight Museum announced the return of DC-3 tours.  Starting Tuesday, June 4th, the museum…

Gyrocopters Saved at Newark Air Museum

A Campbell-Bensen B.8M gyrocopter which has been on loan at the Newark Air Museum (NAM)…

SEPECAT Jaguar Goes on Display at Yorkshire Air Museum

Two volunteer guides at the Yorkshire Air Museum have been reunited with the Cold War…

‘Home Beyond Earth’ Exhibit Opening at The The Museum of Flight in Seattle

PRESS RELEASE Only a few more weeks until the June 8 opening of The Museum…

Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome’s New Fokker D.VI

By Adam Estes Known throughout the world for its extensive collection of original and reproduction…

CAF Loans a Leather Jacket Owned by Ruth Florey to the National WASP WWII Museum

At the 2024 Homecoming Event of the National WASP WWII Museum, members of the Commemorative…

Federal Aviation Administration Dockets Complaint Against The Kansas City Aviation Department

The Airline History Museum (AHM), formerly known as Save-A-Connie, has been denied access to its…

WASP Homecoming Celebration and Airshow 2024

On April 26-27, the National WASP WWII Museum held its renowned WASP Homecoming Celebration and…

CAF Great Plains Wing Welcomes 1946 Fairchild PT-19 Arrival

The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Great Plains Wing (GPW) has recently acquired a 1946 Fairchild…

Fort Worth Aviation Museum to Unveil General Dynamics YF-16 Prototype #2

The inadvertent first flight of General Dynamics YF-16 #1 (#72-1567) on January 20, 1974 was…

Tampa Bay’s Commemorative Air Force Wing Welcomes Its Inaugural Aircraft

The Tampa Bay Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) has achieved a significant milestone…

Education Takes Flight this Summer at Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum

This summer, third to ninth-grade students in the Portland Metro area are invited to participate…