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Museum scares up free family fun

Posted on October 8th, 2012 by

SEATTLE — Every year near Halloween, The Museum of Flight becomes The Museum of Fright. This year’s Halloween celebration will take place on Sunday, Oct. 28, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with family activities and low admission prices for... Continue Reading →

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Air Zoo adds Curtiss Robin to its collection

Posted on October 4th, 2012 by

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Air Zoo has added a new plane—a 1928 Curtiss Robin—to its collection of aircraft. Continue Reading →

Visit your favorite aviation museum — for free

Posted on September 27th, 2012 by

Don’t forget that a number of aviation museums across the nation will participate in Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day this Saturday, Sept. 29, including the Museum of Flight in Seattle, the Florida Air Museum in Lakeland, International Women’s Air & Space... Continue Reading →

6th anniversary gala set for Pacific Aviation Museum

Posted on September 23rd, 2012 by

The 6th anniversary gala for the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor is set for Thursday, Dec. 6. Continue Reading →

Photo cutline: Four Tuskegee Airmen, Homer Hogues, Robert T. McDaniel, Claude R. Platte, and Calvin Spann, were part of a special trip sponsored by a non-profit organization. They were granted a private tour of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site on Sept. 15. They are pictured here with Tuskegee University President, Gilbert L. Rochon, and Jeremy Bloom, the founder of the non-profit organization.

Tuskegee University welcomes airmen home, commits to new generation

Posted on September 20th, 2012 by

TUSKEGEE, Ala. — After more than 60 years, part of Tuskegee’s aviation legacy recently returned to historic Moton Field. Four original Tuskegee Airmen were welcomed back to the historic training site by the National Park Service and Tuskegee University President,... Continue Reading →

Air Zoo to celebrate WASPs

Posted on September 20th, 2012 by

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Air Zoo is celebrating the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) with a special reunion and presentation on Saturday, Sept. 22, at 1 p.m. Continue Reading →

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Boy Scouts can earn American Heritage badge with help of real aviation experts

Posted on September 20th, 2012 by

POLK CITY, Fla. — Boy Scouts of all ages, both troops and individuals, are once again invited to share in the excitement of earning their American Heritage badge with the help of aviation experts at Fantasy of Flight during the... Continue Reading →

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Fred Keller to be inducted into Kentucky Hall of Fame

Posted on September 19th, 2012 by

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky native Fred Keller, whose record of EAA awards earns respect among homebuilders, will be inducted into the Kentucky Aviation Hall of Fame during a ceremony and banquet Oct. 27. Continue Reading →

Visit your favorite aviation museum — for free

Posted on September 13th, 2012 by

A number of aviation museums across the nation will participate in Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Sept. 29, including the Florida Air Museum in Lakeland, International Women’s Air & Space Museum in Cleveland, and the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola,... Continue Reading →

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Celebrating the B-52

Posted on September 12th, 2012 by

SEATTLE — On Sept. 29 from 4:30 to 10 p.m., the Museum of Flight offers a lecture, cocktail reception and dinner party with speakers in the museum’s B-52 60th Anniversary Symposium. Special guest of the dinner, which is sponsored by... Continue Reading →