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The Museum of Flight is Now in Your Home

March 27, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Given that almost every aviation museum around the globe is currently shuttered due to the pandemic, some of them have been looking for ‘virtual’ ways to remain open online. The Museum of Flight in Seattle, […]

EAA Ford Tri-Motor Tour Temporarily Standing Down

March 13, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Given the present uncertainty across the globe, where major sporting events, conventions and social gatherings are being curtailed due to well-founded health concerns, it should come as no surprise that there would be repercussions for […]

Museum of Flight – New Online Access to Rocketry Archives

November 6, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

In our youth, many among us surely experimented with model rockets, building and launching them, and staring up in wonder as they shot up into the sky, and (hopefully) came back down to earth safely […]

Destination Moon Exhibit Opening April 13th at Museum of Flight

March 21, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

As most readers will be aware, July 16th – 24th, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, the first landing of human beings on the lunar surface. As such, many aviation museums […]

Jet Blast Bash Festival Brings Fans to the Blue Angels

July 27, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Museum of Flight’s Aug. 4-5 Seafair weekend outdoor festival-by-the-flightline, Jet Blast Bash, offers fast planes, fast cars, music, food and beer with the closest seats in Seattle to the ceremony and thunder of the […]

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Boeing B-52G Fuselage Arrives at Museum of Flight

June 3, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As we mentioned would be happening today in a recent article, the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington moved the fuselage of their Boeing B-52 Stratofortress from its long term storage site at Paine Field […]

Museum of Flight to Open New Vietnam War Exhibit

April 27, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

SEATTLE, April 26, 2018: On May 26th, the Museum opens Vietnam Divided: War Above Southeast Asia, a permanent addition to the Museum’s glass-walled main gallery that focuses on the air war over Southeast Asia from […]

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 […]

Aichi Museum of Flight Opens Today

November 30, 2017 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

A significant aviation museum named the Aichi Museum of Flight opened for the first time today at Nagoya Airport within the prefecture of Aichi, Japan. While the new museum celebrates aviation as a whole, it […]

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 […]

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