Tag: Aviation History

Marine Corps Pilot Celebrates 100th Birthday

This Saturday, Planes of Fame Air Museum (POF) will host the 100th birthday party of…

Humanitarian Aircraft, Missions Highlighted at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021

PRESS RELEASE - EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is hosting a special attraction this year that will…

USS Midway Museum A-7B Corsair II Returns from Restoration

On June 3rd, the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California took delivery of their freshly-restored…

Thunder Over Michigan 2021 – World’s Largest B-25 Mitchell Gathering

The Yankee Air Museum is renowned for pulling out all the stops when it comes…

Then and Now: RAF Hawkinge

by Richard Paver If you’re unfamiliar with the term rephotography, it involves the process of…

Rise Above: WASP Film Finally Touring Nationwide

PRESS RELEASE - The new film Rise Above: WASP is finally touring the country, with…

COAP Returns to the Skies!

Much like it has been for the entire vintage aviation community, the Center of Aviation…

C-53 ‘Beach City Baby’ Receives Her Nose Art

As regular readers will know, we have been following the remarkable efforts of Jason Capra…

Then and Now: A Return to Bodney with 352nd FG Mustang ‘Miss Helen’

by Richard Paver If you’re unfamiliar with the term rephotography, it involves the process of…

June 27, 1923, The First Successful Aerial Refueling

In 1923, the U.S. Army undertook tests at Rockwell Field, San Diego, California, to test…