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After learning aeronautics and aviation basics plan a flight and perform preflight checkouts in a real airplane these girls take their trip on a flight simulator in the Museums Aviation Learning Center.

Museum Continues to Expand Educational Offerings and Aerospace Programming

February 12, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Museum of Flight’s ambitious four-year campaign has successfully exceeded its goal. Now with a stronger financial foundation, the Museum will continue with equally bold plans in education and service to the community. As the […]

New Exhibit for The Museum of Flight

January 4, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE- On May 20, 2017, The Museum of Flight will open an exciting exhibit about the American and Soviet “Space Race” to the Moon during the 1960s. It is a story of individuals taming […]

2016 in Review Through Warbirds News’ Top Articles

January 3, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

2016 has been a banner year for warbirds, with many significant events and first flights taking place. We at WarbirdsNews have endeavored to keep our readers informed of as many developments as possible, with exclusive […]

Museum of Flight Celebrates Seafair & Blue Angels’ 70th Anniversary Aug. 5-7

July 23, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

SEATTLE, July 22, 2016–The Museum of Flight celebrates Seafair and the Blue Angels’ 70th anniversary Aug. 5-7 with Jet Blast Bash, an outdoor three-day family festival next to the Blue Angels’ flight line. The festival […]

A Look Inside the Museum of Flight’s New Aviation Pavilion

July 14, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

Museum of Flight Opens New Aviation Pavilion photos and words by Joe Kunzler On Thursday, June 23rd, the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington invited members of the media to tour the new Aviation Pavilion, take photographs […]

New FedEx Exhibit for the Museum of Flight

June 23, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

The world’s first museum exhibit about the extraordinary world of air cargo transportation makes its exclusive debut in The Museum of Flight’s new 140,000 sq. ft. Aviation Pavilion when it opens on June 25. The […]

Museum of Flight Unveils New Aviation Pavilion

June 15, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 4

The Museum of Flight will preview for the media its new, 3-acre Aviation Pavilion on June 23, 10 a.m. to noon. The 9-story high, roofed outdoor gallery doubles the Museum’s exhibit space with the biggest […]

Last Ever Boeing 247D Flight Took Place Today!

April 26, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

In what is most likely the last flight of her entire type, the Museum of Flight’s ultra-rare Boeing 247D flew one last time today. The short hop from the museum’s restoration and storage facility at […]

Boeing 727 Prototype Makes Her Last Flight

March 2, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

The evocative and now sadly rare whine of three Pratt&Whitney JT8D engines ringing in close harmony echoed over Paine Field in Everett, Washington as the prototype Boeing 727 airliner made her final flight today; a short hop […]

Lecture Launches in the Sixties’ Woman in Space Program

February 15, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – In 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to go into space, but over twenty years earlier, 13 American women were engaged in a project to train the first female astronauts–the […]

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