Edward Bellande: Pioneering pilot
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:12:00 GMT
“Air speed record to Los Angeles broken” was a headline in the Oakland (California) Tribune on Jan. 28, 1932. The story reported that a new coastal speed record for tri-motored planes was made on the Oakland-Los Angeles airway when a Transcontinental
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Corsair VIP at Florida museum for holidays
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:11:00 GMT
Kissimmee Air Museum, located at the Floridas Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) will have a visiting VIP (Very Important Plane) during the holiday season: The Collings Foundation’s rare F4U-5NL Corsair. Its distinctive gull
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Air Museum expands with the help of grant
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:26:00 GMT
The Florida Air Museum is the recipient of a $30,000 grant from the Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust. The museum will use the grant to enhance facilities at its Emil Buehler
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Local museum maven says history’s things have a place
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:53:00 GMT
With budgets pared to bare essentials, museums are feeling the pressure. Mark Hall-Patton, administrator of the Clark County Museum and the Howard W. Cannon Aviation Museum, and president of the , discussed the museums’ purpose. How did museums
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