Eugene Kettering, a philanthropist and co-founder of the Air Force Museum (now the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force), donated his extensive collection of 624 delicate, scratch-built model ...
One of the Museum's most popular models, this replica of the Johnson Monoplane was built in 1959 by Julius and Harry Johnson—who designed and built the original aircraft in 1910. Among the historic ...
The Model 281 Proteus and Model 401 Sierra were on static display at Nellis Air Force Base for Aviation Nation 2025. Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, hosted the Aviation Nation 2025 airshow on Apr. 5-6, ...
Since their invention more than 100 years ago, airplanes have been moved through the air by the spinning surfaces of propellers or turbines. But watching science fiction movies like the “Star Wars,” ...
Over the summer last year I took my daughters out to Bong State Recreation Area in Wisconsin. The massive park offers miles and miles of walking and riding trails, large camping areas, a place to ride ...
The Tauranga Model Aircraft Club is preparing for one of the biggest events on its calendar this weekend, with hundreds of model aircraft and aviation items expected to go under the hammer at the club ...
We’ve often heard the expression “that won’t fly,” but an MIT-based experimental model literally contradicts that statement for one type of flight propulsion. Like a science-fiction story come true, ...
The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, Pub. L. 112-95 (February 14, 2012) (FMRA) included a number of provisions related to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operating in the National Airspace ...
Click to open image viewer. Wood and metal exhibit model of the Lockheed Electra two-engine low-wing monoplnad transport aircraft that Amelia Earhart flew on her last round the world flight in overall ...