The San Diego Air & Space Museum and the Convair Alumni Association recently awarded 13 scholarships to 13 students. The scholarships are given annually on behalf of three Museum-administered scholarship funds: Bill Gibbs, R.A. “Ken” Rearwin and the Convair Alumni Association. To date, 245 students have been awarded $672,000. “I’m very proud there are many […]
Museums
Museum slates Open Cockpit Day, fundraising sale for Father’s Day
Oakland Aviation Museum in California will hold an Open Cockpit Day and aviation paraphernalia fundraising sale Sunday, June 16, to support its A-3 Skywarrior restoration project. The planes will be open for inspection from 12 noon to 4 p.m. “Imagine sitting in a Korean or Vietnam era jet airplane and feeling what it would have […]
Minnesota Aviation Learning Center planned
AirSpace Minnesota and The Museum of Flight in Seattle have joined forces to create the first Museum of Flight Aviation Learning Center (ALC) outside of the museum. Doug King, Museum of Flight president, and Dale Klapmeier, co-founder and CEO of Cirrus Aircraft and Board Chair of AirSpace Minnesota, made the announcement of the new initiative. […]
Aspen Avionics partners on museum exhibit
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Aspen Avionics’ Evolution Flight Display is part of a new exhibit at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in Albuquerque. The exhibit, called Dynamics of Flight, runs June 1 through Dec. 31, 2013, and highlights the advances in aircraft design and technology from the Wright brothers to the Space Shuttle. […]
Broadway stars to visit Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum
COMPTON, Calif. — Director Layon Gray and the cast of his hit Broadway play “Black Angels Over Tuskegee” will tour Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum (TAM) and its Tuskegee Airmen Learning Center June 4 at 4 p.m. Several area Tuskegee Airmen, who serve as mentors at TAM, are expected to attend. TAM is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit […]
Museum slates Open Cockpit Day
The Oakland Aviation Museum in California will hold an Open Cockpit Day and aviation paraphernalia fundraising sale June 16 — Father’s Day — to support its A-3 Skywarrior restoration project. The planes will be open for inspection from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Imagine sitting in a Korean or Vietnam era jet airplane and feeling […]
Air Zoo to offer free airplane rides to veterans
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — This summer, veterans who served during World War II and the Korean War will have the chance to take flight, for free. Veterans will be able to fly in a Boeing-Stearman N2S-5 Kaydet, courtesy of the Air Zoo and pilot/sponsor Alan Wright. The Kaydet is an open cockpit aircraft that served as […]
Museum cancels RC airshow, family days due to sequestration
DAYTON, Ohio — The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force has cancelled the annual Giant Scale Radio-Controlled Model Aircraft Show and the July and August Family Days as the impacts of sequestration continue. The events are being cancelled due to restrictions associated with the planned Department of Defense furloughs, which are scheduled to begin […]
RAF Museum launches restoration of rare Dornier 17
BARROWFORD, England — A team of restoration experts is currently at work salvaging a unique World War II aircraft from the floor of the English Channel. Using cutting edge restoration techniques within a purpose-built polytunnel from First Tunnels, the team hopes to have the rare Dornier 17 ready for exhibition within two years. British television […]