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The National Air and Space Museum’s “Modern Military Aviation” exhibit opens on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, featuring more than 150 artifacts spanning the post-World War II era to the present. The exhibit brings aircraft and weapons from conflicts across that period into a new display focused on military aviation.
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The National Air and Space Museum’s “Modern Military Aviation” exhibit opens on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, featuring more than 150 artifacts spanning the post-World War II era to the present. The exhibit brings aircraft and weapons from conflicts across that period into a new display focused on military aviation.
Oregon’s historic Tillamook Air Museum is preparing to welcome visitors back as repairs to its storm-damaged roof progress. The planned reopening comes less than a year after the damage, restoring public access to a notable aviation museum.
The EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, has added six aircraft to its displays in recent weeks. The additions expand the museum’s collection of aircraft on view.
The National Aviation Hall of Fame will enshrine six aerospace trailblazers in its 2027 class in Dayton, Ohio. The group includes astronauts, engineers and other pioneers, recognizing contributions across the breadth of aviation and spaceflight.
An expedition to Nikumaroro in Kiribati found no definitive evidence linking a lagoon object to Amelia Earhart’s missing Lockheed Electra 10-E. The Taraia Object team, involving the Archaeological Legacy Institute, Purdue Research Foundation and Purdue University, determined that a promising feature was not aircraft wreckage, leaving the nearly 90-year-old mystery unresolved.
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After a five-day boat journey, a Purdue University research team has arrived at Nikumaroro in the South Pacific to examine the “Taraia Object,” a mysterious feature in a lagoon that may be linked to Amelia Earhart’s missing Lockheed Electra. Earhart disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.
The Wright Model B, a later and substantially improved design that became the Wright brothers’ most successful aircraft, is featured in a historical AircraftForSale listing. The example highlights a chapter in the brothers’ work beyond the 1903 Wright Flyer, widely known for making the first powered flight.
An SR-71 Blackbird that has not flown in nearly 27 years was quietly removed from outdoor display at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center. Reports that former program members have been contacted have prompted speculation that NASA may be evaluating the iconic aircraft for a return as an experimental platform.
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