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National Museum of the USAF Erects Atlas Missile

May 1, 2024 Adam Estes 3

By Adam Estes There have been a lot of new developments with the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force (NMUSAF) at Wright Patterson AFB near Dayton, Ohio from the recent arrival of the McDonnell-Douglas […]

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Freedom 7 – 60th Anniversary of Alan Shepard’s Historic First Spaceflight

May 5, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Sixty years ago, at precisely 9:34am EST, Alan B. Shepard Jr. became the first American, and only the second human being, to launch into space when his Mercury-Redstone rocket (MR-3) blasted off from launch pad […]

The Right Stuff, Nat Geo’s Mercury 7 Series Premieres in October

August 20, 2020 Moreno Aguiari 0

Who is the best pilot you ever saw? If you ever watched one of the greatest aviation movies ever produced, you’ll be familiar with Dennis Quaid brilliantly playing Gordon Cooper who throughout the film rehearses […]

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National Museum of the USAF Erects Atlas Missile

Freedom 7 – 60th Anniversary of Alan Shepard’s Historic First Spaceflight

The Right Stuff, Nat Geo’s Mercury 7 Series Premieres in October

Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group Achieves Major Milestone

AirCorps Aviation’s Piper L-4H Restoration Report – Fall 2024 Update

Mid America Flight Museum Releases Update on B-17G ‘Thunderbird’

Matt’s Gnat: A Red Arrows Jet Restoration Downunder