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SR-71 Blackbird Forum at The Museum of Flight

August 28, 2019 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington is holding a special event on the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird over the weekend of September 14th/15th featuring more than two dozen personnel involved in flying and maintaining them. […]

Museum of Flight Lecture – Secret CIA Flights from Taiwan Revealed

August 23, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 0

On Sept. 1 the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington will present the story of how CIA pilots of the Republic of China Air Force (Taiwan) “Black Bat Squadron” flew a daring nighttime mission to […]

Museum Launches Screenings of Stunning New Space Film

Museum of Flight Launches Screenings of Stunning New Space Film

June 14, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Seattle premiere of the documentary, In Saturn’s Rings, is at The Museum of Flight. The Museum is now offering daily screenings of the groundbreaking film described as “a 14 billion light-year journey of the […]

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B-52 Takes the Freeways to Museum in Seattle

May 24, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Museum of Flight’s combat veteran Boeing B-52G Stratofortress will soon move from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, to the Museum’s West Campus at Boeing Field in Seattle. The aircraft has been in open storage […]

The Museum of Flight: First Mission to Pluto Detailed in Lecture and Book Signing

May 9, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 1

On May 17, Town Hall Seattle and The Museum of Flight host a lecture and book signing with space experts, Alan Stern and David Grinspoon, who will share insight from their new book “Chasing New […]

Former U.S. Navy FA 18 Blue Angel is a new landmark next to Museum

Museum of Flight Puts Blue Angel on a Pedestal

November 18, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

On Nov. 17 the Museum’s Navy F/A-18C Blue Angel was relocated from a corner in the Aviation Pavilion to its new home on free display atop a pedestal near the Museum’s south lawn entrance. Canted […]

SE 5 and Sopwith Camel flown in New Zealand for the documentary Millionaires Unit. Photo credit Harry Davison.

Museum of Flight Screens Documentary About Ivy League Flyers

August 30, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

On Sept. 9, the Museum presents a special screening of The Millionaires’ Unit-U.S. Naval Aviators in the First World War, the story of a privileged group of college students from Yale who formed a private […]

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“Wings of Freedom Tour” to Visit The Museum of Flight

June 8, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 2

The steady rumble of World War II airplanes will resonate at The Museum of Flight June 23-25, when the Collings Foundation “Wings of Freedom Tour” will visit The Museum of Flight. Ground tours and flights […]

The “Baby Boeing” 737 Turns the Big Five-O with a Birthday Party

March 15, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

On April 9, the Museum will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Boeing 737’s first flight. A panel presentation at noon will include maiden flight pilot Brien Wygle, and original 737 engineers Bob Bogash and […]

The Museum of Flight Remembers Fallen Astronauts

January 23, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

From Jan. 27-Feb. 5 the Museum pays tribute to the astronauts who were lost in the quest to explore outer space. The astronauts of Apollo 1, and of shuttle missions STS-51-L Challenger and STS-107 Columbia […]

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