HONOLULU — More than a dozen Pearl Harbor and World War II survivors joined 750 guests, and Triple Ace Fighter Pilot and Congressional Gold Medal recipient Col. Clarence “Bud” Anderson at this year’s ninth annual Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor Anniversary Gala, Dec. 5. Themed, “For Love of Country — Pass It On,” the evening “remembered the past, […]
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Original Ghost Swamp nose art created by Disney artists
HONOLULU, Hawaii — The Pacific Aviation Museum reports a new collaboration with the artists of Walt Disney Animation Studios & Disneytoon Studios. To honor the World War II-era B17 Flying Fortress, “Swamp Ghost,” artists Mike Gabriel (director, “Pocahontas,” “The Rescuers Down Under” and the Oscar-nominated short, “Lorenzo”) and Klay Hall (director, Disneytoon Studios “Planes”) worked to […]
Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame Class of 2016 named
WETASKIWIN, Alberta – Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame (CAHF) will induct four new members, and recognize a Belt of Orion recipient, at its 43rd annual gala dinner and ceremony, to be held June 9, 2016, at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, at Rockcliffe Airport in Ottawa. The new members are: Frederick James Carmichael, a northern […]
Santa flies into museum Dec. 12
SEATTLE — Santa’s Landing Party at The Museum of Flight begins Saturday morning, Dec. 12, when the jolly old man and his wife will arrive via a classic 1930s biplane at 11:45 a.m. After greeting well-wishers outside, the couple will hear children’s holiday wishes inside of the museum until 4 p.m. Also in the museum, […]
Former test pilot to speak on F-22 at Air Force museum
DAYTON, Ohio — Former test pilot Paul Metz will present “The First True Stealth Fighter: Evolution of the F-22 Raptor,” during a free lecture on Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Metz’s talk will trace the military, geo-political and technical forces that drove the more than 30-year […]
Curtiss museum reaches P-40 restoration milestone
HAMMONDSPORT, N.Y. — The Glenn H. Curtiss Museum reports it has achieved a milestone in its restoration of a historic World War II-era Curtiss P-40 aircraft, with the help of volunteers in its Restoration Shop. Two P-40s went down over the Florida Everglades in 1943, following a mid-air collision on a training flight. The planes remained in […]
Pictures of the day: The art of the airport tower
A new exhibit, “Art of the Airport Tower,” opened Nov. 11 at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. The exhibit, composed of 50 photographs by Smithsonian photographer Carolyn Russo, explores the varied forms and functions of airport traffic control towers in the U.S. and around the world. The exhibit will remain on display at […]
Pictures of the day: Rare nose art exhibit travels to EAA AirVenture museum
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — More than 30 pieces of nose art from World War II combat aircraft are making their first-ever trip outside their home museum, with the Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh chosen as the first public display location for this rare collection. The collection from the Commemorative Air Force […]
Oregon Aviation Hall of Fame induction Nov. 7
Evergreen Dream to Fly Gala, featuring the induction of four aviators into the Oregon Aviation Hall of Honor, will be held Nov. 7 at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville. 2015 inductees include: Lt. Col. Bill Harris: Harris originally enlisted in the Navy in 1936 and as radioman, performed duties with the scout planes on the USS Houston. […]