Aviation History

Staff and volunteers are preparing to move the artifacts to the gallery’s Midlands location.

For the most part, Canadian manufacturers have produced the kinds of aircraft one might expect from a northern country with vast, rugged wilderness, harsh winters, and a large number of unimproved airstrips. Aircraft like the Noorduyn Norseman and the iconic de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver have established the country as a legendary producer of tough, […]

Tinian airfield was used as a launching point for B-29 bombers targeting Imperial Japan, including the ‘Enola Gay.’

Light attack jet, which initially went into service in 1986, has logged 1,539 combat flight hours.

K-class blimps were deployed to hunt U-boats along the U.S. West Coast.

With a delta wing, jet engine, fixed gear, wooden structure, and less thrust than a Cessna 172, the bizarre combination of specifications is shared with no other aircraft.

It was designed with ‘quadricycle’ landing gear and modular cargo pod that, in theory, could be quickly attached to and detached from the aircraft.

Annual event in Stockton, California, makes the surreal experience of operating a ‘Flying Fortress’ possible, 80 years after World War II.

The Wright brothers and the Douglas DC-3 both marked aviation milestones on this date in 1903 and 1935.

D-Day Squadron commemorates the vital role Douglas aircraft played during the historic World War II invasion.