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Museum of Flight Seattle Joins Global Celebration of Spaceflight with April 14 Yuris Night Party

Museum Joins Global Celebration of Spaceflight with April 14 Yuri’s Night Party

March 30, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Museum of Flight joins the global celebration of humanity’s past, present, and future in space with a Yuri’s Night party on April 14. Yuri’s Night at the Museum is a 21+ dance party with […]

Museum of Flight Announces Flight Training Scholarships

February 20, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The following is a press release from the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington concerning their announcements of scholarships for flight training and college education. While the subject is a little beyond the normal remit […]

Astronaut/Mountaineer Scott Parazynski to Speak at The Museum of Flight

November 28, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

On Dec. 9 the Museum hosts a lecture and book signing with the remarkable Scott Parazynski, the only person to have flown in space and summited Mt. Everest. The astronaut, explorer, physician, inventor and now […]

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 […]

Museum Of Flight Opens Exhibit Depicting World War I Aviation

September 12, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

World War I aviation is brought to life in a new exhibit featuring the paintings of Seattle artist Jim Dietz. The show, Wood and Canvas: The WWI Aviation Art of Jim Dietz, developed by Wings […]

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 […]

Katherine Sui Fun Cheung photo courtesy of Ed Moy.

New Documentary of Aviation Pioneer Makes Seattle Premiere July 8

June 22, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

On July 8, The Museum hosts Seattle’s premiere of a new documentary about one of the most sensational women pilots of the 1930s. “Aviatrix: The Katherine Sui Fun Cheung Story” tells the story of the […]

TF 51D B 24J B 17 and B 25 of the Collings Foundation.

“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 […]

Major Installation in New APOLLO Gallery

March 27, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 1

Last week the Museum of Flight received a special delivery– a full-scale F-1 rocket engine, received on loan from the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. The F-1 engine remains the most powerful single-nozzle, liquid-fueled rocket […]

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 […]

Museum of Flight – Seattle