Museum guests are treated to the extra special experience of being allowed to sit at the controls and pose for pictures. From 10:30-12:30 each Saturday, a selected aircraft will be opened up and made accessible to the public. Museum Volunteers will also be on hand to answer questions and provide the historical back drop for […]
Cary Grant chased by a crop duster spraying bullets. A WWII passenger plane shot down over water, its passengers struggling to survive after a spectacular crash at sea. These sequences from director Alfred Hitchcock’s classics North by Northwest and Foreign Correspondent are the two most famous uses of airplanes by the Master of Suspense. But planes, both on and off […]
Museum guests are treated to the extra special experience of being allowed to sit at the controls and pose for pictures. From 10:30-12:30 each Saturday, a selected aircraft will be opened up and made accessible to the public. Museum Volunteers will also be on hand to answer questions and provide the historical back drop for […]
COMBAT CONTRAILS: VIETNAM is comprised of the harrowing stories of combatants who fought on the ground, in the air and over the water. From rescuing downed pilots as a determined enemy closed in, to dealing with a crazed water buffalo in the back of a lumbering C-123K transport, the experiences of these weathered warriors are […]
Museum guests are treated to the extra special experience of being allowed to sit at the controls and pose for pictures. From 10:30-12:30 each Saturday, a selected aircraft will be opened up and made accessible to the public. Museum Volunteers will also be on hand to answer questions and provide the historical back drop for […]
Presenter Doug Tomas will share the results of his research in the story of his great-great uncle who the flight engineer on the B-24 “Ready, Willing and Able”, shot down over northern Italy in December of 1943. Doug’s research turned up much unexpected information and eventually lead to a trip to Italy for a special […]
Museum guests are treated to the extra special experience of being allowed to sit at the controls and pose for pictures. From 10:30-12:30 each Saturday, a selected aircraft will be opened up and made accessible to the public. Museum Volunteers will also be on hand to answer questions and provide the historical back drop for […]
Britain and France declared war on Germany in September 1939 in response to the invasion of Poland. The period between September 1939 and April 1940 is often called the 'Phoney War' because, although war raged at sea, very little happened in Western Europe during this time. This changed in April 1940 with British and German […]
Museum guests are treated to the extra special experience of being allowed to sit at the controls and pose for pictures. From 10:30-12:30 each Saturday, a selected aircraft will be opened up and made accessible to the public. Museum Volunteers will also be on hand to answer questions and provide the historical back drop for […]
Our Nation’s highest military award for valor is given for action above and beyond the call of duty. This topic covers the stories of WWII Medal of Honor recipients, individuals who risked and gave their lives for their fellow brothers in arms, for freedom, and for their country at war and at peace. While not […]
