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Jet Age Museum New Display Hanger Construction Continues Apace

March 1, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

At Gloucestershire Airport, in Gloucestershire, England, the Jet Age Museum’s new 11,000+ square foot display hangar is finally nearing completion with only interior work remaining. It is anticipated that the Hangar will be open to […]

Living History Event At Planes Of Fame

March 1, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

This upcoming Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Planes of Fame Air Museum the monthly Living History Event theme is “Little Friends/Bomber Escorts”, featuring the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. The featured speaker is Sandy Ross, Lt. Colonel […]

London Imperial War Museum Renovation Brings Notable Aircraft to Duxford

February 28, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The British Imperial War Museums (IWM) held a free admission day at their Duxford Airfield branch in Cambridgeshire, England which saw large crowds in attendance to commemorate Armistice Day. Visitors had the opportunity to see […]

KB-50J to be Displayed at the Pima Air and Space Museum

February 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

After 6 months of meticulous restoration the KB-50J is now fully restored and ready to be displayed at Pima Air and Space museum. The Boeing B-50 Superfortress strategic bomber was a post–World War II revision […]

Tour Using QR Technology at Wildwood Aviation Museum

February 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

As mobile technology is fast becoming the communications and learning medium of choice, integrating QR technology into an aviation museum experience will without a doubt improve the visitors experience. Naval Air Station (NAS) Wildwood Aviation […]

Restoration of Thompson Trophy-Winning P-51D Mustang

February 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The New England Air Museum’s (NEAM) North American P-51D Mustang, N13Y, has been moved out of storage and into their 11,000 square foot restoration hangar, where crew chief Pete McConnell and his team are now […]

Historic Plane Shuffle Accompanies Renovation of the Imperial War Museum-London

February 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

An exodus of exhibits from the Imperial War Museum’s (IWM) London Branch is making way for the construction of the First World War Centenary exhibits which are a part of the museum’s substantial renovation of […]

Tuskegee Airmen Circa May 1942 to Aug 1943

Special Black History Month Celebration At The Frontiers of Flight Museum

February 21, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Frontiers of Flight Museum, the Texas Eagles for Aviation and Claude R. Platte DFW Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen have partnered to bring a special Black History celebration to the North Texas community. The […]

Worlds Oldest Consolidated PBY Catalina Returns to the Air

February 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Stichting Neptune Association’s Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, PH-PBY, flew for the first time in more than three years at Lelystad in The Netherlands, following a long period of maintenance in the organization’s new hangar at […]

Happy 50th Birthday San Diego Air & Space Museum!

February 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The San Diego Aerospace Museum San Diego Aerospace Museum or SDASM is California’s “Official Air and Space Museum,” one of the four largest aviation and space museums in the country and is home to the […]

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