B-17 restoration project moves forward at Museum of Aviation When the plane arrived in 2015, it was in pieces. Now, five years later, it has been reassembled, but one volunteer said they still have a ways to go Author: Sarah Hammond …
The Fighter Pilot Podcast Founder and Host, Vincent Aiello, is joined by Mr. Mike Rowland, former curator of the Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB, Warner Robins, Georgia to talk about the B-17 “Flying Fortress” Bomber being meticulously restored. Also joining …
by Nakell Williams Thursday, September 19th 2019 A POW/MIA event took place Wednesday morning at the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins./WGXA WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — A POW/MIA event took place Wednesday morning at the Museum of Aviation in Warner …
The traveling replica of the Vietnam Memorial in D.C. has all 58,311 names of the men and women who died in the Vietnam War etched on it. Author: Sarah Hammond Published: 7:59 PM EDT September 20, 2019 Updated: 7:59 PM …
by WGXA staff Tuesday, September 17th 2019 Lt. Col. Hicks and his wife, Mrs. Edna Hicks (Courtesy Senator Perdue office) WARNER ROBINS, Ga. – Lieutenant Colonel Crawford Hicks — a B-17 pilot and surviving prisoner of war (POW) — was …
Remembering D-Day and Model Contest The Museum of Aviation hosted Remembering D-Day by inviting the 101st Airborne Reenactment Group to come and share the story of D-Day—the turning point in Northwest Europe during WWII that led the allies to victory. …
By Wayne Crenshaw wcrenshaw@macon.com An event years in the making took place at the Museum of Aviation on Wednesday. In 2010, a weathered old F-100D Super Sabre arrived at the museum on the back of a flat bed truck. …
BY EMILY SWECKER, ABC-16, FOX-24, WGXA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH 2016 The Museum of Aviation hosted the 101st Airborne Reenactment Group to share the story of troops who fought during Operation Market Garden in 1944 during World War II. The 73-day …
BY MARILYN N. WINDHAM mnwindham@aol.com Four years ago, I visited the Museum of Aviation for the first time. I heard on the news that the museum needed volunteers. I knew little about airplanes, but as a former American history teacher, …