Although you’d expect the Beechcraft Heritage Museum to be in Wichita, Kansas, the “Air Capital of the World” and home of the Beech factory since 1932, it’s located 825 statute miles to the southeast in the small town of Tullahoma, Tennessee. Founded in 1973 by a group of Beechcraft Staggerwing enthusiasts, the privately funded facility […]
Museums
Museum of Flight closed this weekend
SEATTLE — The Museum of Flight will temporarily suspend its normal operations Friday morning, July 15, through Sunday evening, July 17, for an unprecedented three-day special event, which sold out within hours of announcement. The invitation-only event celebrating Boeing’s 100th anniversary will take place at the museum and its perimeter from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. all three days. […]
Enhance aviation education with retired military and airline pilots
By Penny Hamilton Because most communities have retired military aviators and commercial airline staff, they are an excellent resource for local airports and aviation museums to enhance their aviation education outreach programs. Did you know you could honor Vietnam-era pilots with a speakers program in recognition of many dates related to the 50th anniversary? Ideas […]
WWII bomber and fighter aircraft rides at Museum of Flight
SEATTLE — The steady rumble of World War II bomber flight operations will resonate at The Museum of Flight July 1-4, while a group of four historic aircraft is based here for public rides and tours. Ground tours and flights will be available in the B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator and B-25 Mitchell bombers, and a dual-control […]
Museum of Flight opens new pavilion
SEATTLE — The Museum of Flight recently opened its new, three-acre Aviation Pavilion. The nine-story roofed outdoor gallery doubles the museum’s exhibit space with the biggest expansion in its 51-year history. The Pavilion exhibit focuses on the development of large aircraft and commercial airliners from the 1930s to the present, and includes planes that cannot be seen […]
Double Ace Steve ‘Spiro’ Pisanos passes away
A celebration of the life of legendary American hero Steve “Spiro” Pisanos, who recently passed away at the age of 96, will be held June 30 at 2 p.m. at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. Pisanos was a World War II fighter double ace who served with the United States Army Air Corps, […]
Innovations in Flight Day at Smithsonian June 18
More than 50 aircraft will be flown in for one day only for the “Innovations in Flight” family day and outdoor aviation display, held annually at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. In honor of the U.S. Coast Guard’s 100th anniversary, a variety of Coast Guard aircraft will join […]
Air Force museum opens fourth building
DAYTON, Ohio — Visitors from around the world can once again walk in the footsteps of presidents, astronauts, test pilots and those brought out of captivity as the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force opened its fourth building on June 8. The new $40.8 million, 224,000-square-foot building, which was privately financed by the Air […]
Video: Flying to the Mid America Flight Museum
Gene Lee of The HDPilot.com sent in this video of his recent IFR/IMC flight in his RV-7A to the Mid America Flight Museum in Mt. Pleasant, Texas.