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It has been a busy year here at the Museum with an intensive schedule of maintenance for the aircraft in our collection. This work, aimed at keeping the airplanes in…

After a couple of weeks of assembly, test runs and other pre-flight procedures we have a flying Fleet Model 2! Although it was test flown in Texas before being disassembled…

The Military Aviation Museum collection is home to a large number of aircraft that the public does not regularly have the chance to see. These airplanes wait in storage for…

BuNo 36175’s accident report card indicates that the aircraft’s pilot, Lt. Charles L. Ford III, survived the ditching, suffering two deep gashes to his forehead. The team here is working…

The Fighter Factory has finalized the plan for the restoration of our Dauntless! The components will be split up to accelerate the project. The wings will be restored by the…

For the past 30 years, Kevin Smith (pictured at right) has been working on an SBD project of his own, aimed at celebrating the type’s incredible wartime contributions. We are…

We are pleased to welcome Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless BuNo 36175 to the collection at the Military Aviation Museum. The airframe was recovered from the bottom of Lake Michigan where it…

Not every project we work on or acquire for the Museum is an airplane! As part of our goal to recreate the experience of visiting a vintage airfield we are…

The Museum’s venerable Stearman was among the first aircraft in the collection. After a number of years providing memorable rides over the oceanfront to Museum visitors we decided to take…