Events
Summer of Flight – General Motors FM-2 Wildcat
In recognition of the start of the Battle of the Coral Sea (May 4th – May 8th, 1942), we will be featuring our FM-2 Wildcat to start the Summer of Flight Season! Saturdays at 1pm from May to October, the Military Aviation Museum will be showcasing historical aircraft and commemorating important wartime events through narrated…
Read More Webinar – Taffy 3: An FM-2 “Wilder Wildcat” Ace in the Battle Off Samar
Hear Ensign Joseph D. McGraw’s firsthand account of action during the “Battle off Samar” as retold and narrated by Museum Docent Mike “Quickdraw” McGraw. Review what was perhaps the most surprising and lopsided allied victory in the Pacific Island Hopping Campaign as “David” (USN CVEs, DDs and DDEs) squares off against “Goliath” (IJN Battleships, Heavy…
Read More Summer of Flight – North American SNJ-2 Texan
Saturdays at 1pm from May to October, the Military Aviation Museum will be showcasing historical aircraft and commemorating important wartime events through narrated flying demonstrations. Experience the rumble from the engine up close as you hear from the pilots about what it is like to fly these incredible aircraft, learn about the battles they participated…
Read More C-47 “That’s All, Brother” Rides Day
“That’s All, Brother” is the C-47A troop carrier aircraft that led the Airborne Invasion on D-Day, June 6, 1944, carrying 101st Airborne Division paratroopers into France during the D-Day invasion. During the remainder of WWII, “That’s All Brother” served in Operation Dragoon, Market Garden, the Relief of Bastogne, and Operation Varsity. The Living History Flight Experience is an…
Read More Webinar – A Yank in the RCAF: “Big Joe” McCarthy and the Dambusters Raid
Commemorate the Anniversary of the Famed Dambusters Raid with us at the Military Aviation Museum. Richard Mallory Allnutt, the Museum’s Curator of Digital Media, will share some of the remarkable experiences of Joe McCarthy, a member of our Virginia Beach Community and pilot of Avro Lancaster AJ-T on the fateful night! This session is a…
Read More Summer of Flight – North American P-64 (replica)
Saturdays at 1pm from May to October, the Military Aviation Museum will be showcasing historical aircraft and commemorating important wartime events through narrated flying demonstrations. Experience the rumble from the engine up close as you hear from the pilots about what it is like to fly these incredible aircraft, learn about the battles they participated…
Read More Summer of Flight – North American P-51D Mustang
Saturdays at 1pm from May to October, the Military Aviation Museum will be showcasing historical aircraft and commemorating important wartime events through narrated flying demonstrations. Experience the rumble from the engine up close as you hear from the pilots about what it is like to fly these incredible aircraft, learn about the battles they participated…
Read More Summer of Flight
Saturdays at 1pm from May to October, the Military Aviation Museum will be showcasing historical aircraft and commemorating important wartime events through narrated flying demonstrations. Experience the rumble from the engine up close as you hear from the pilots about what it is like to fly these incredible aircraft, learn about the battles they participated…
Read More Summer of Flight
Saturdays at 1pm from May to October, the Military Aviation Museum will be showcasing historical aircraft and commemorating important wartime events through narrated flying demonstrations. Experience the rumble from the engine up close as you hear from the pilots about what it is like to fly these incredible aircraft, learn about the battles they participated…
Read More Summer of Flight
Saturdays at 1pm from May to October, the Military Aviation Museum will be showcasing historical aircraft and commemorating important wartime events through narrated flying demonstrations. Experience the rumble from the engine up close as you hear from the pilots about what it is like to fly these incredible aircraft, learn about the battles they participated…
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