Dear members, friends, and supporters, We hope to announce a date for limited re-opening soon! The Niagara Aerospace Museum has reviewed information about the coronavirus from a variety of sources and have determined that it is in the best interest of our visitors and the public in general to temporarily close the museum. The museum […]
Women of Aviation Event
Sunday, March 8, 2020 11am – 4pm Participate in a registered Guinness World Record Event The Pink Paper Plane ChallengeTM Perform an aerospace engineering activity Learn how planes fly Meet female pilots And much more! Admission: Adults $8, Kids 3-16 $5, Active Military $3, 65+ & Under 3 free Museum Map and Event Timeline(Download PDF […]
Call for Sponsors – Apollo 13 50th Anniversary Puzzle Event
Help the Niagara Aerospace Museum inspire future NASA engineers by sponsoring the Apollo 13 50th Anniversary Puzzle Event.
Just Announced… Celebration of Women of Aviation, Sunday, March 8 2020
Join us at the Niagara Aerospace Museum for Women of Aviation, a fun, all-ages celebration of the 110th anniversary of women in flight. Sunday, March 8, 202011am – 4pm Participate in a registered Guinness World Record Event The Pink Paper Plan ChallengeTM Perform an aerospace engineering activity Learn how planes fly Meet female pilots And much […]
Niagara Aerospace Museum Celebrates WNY’s Contribution to Breaking the Sound Barrier 2019
On October 26, 2019, we had a full day of activities to honor and celebrate Western New York’s contribution to breaking the sound barrier. Our visitors and members joined us in celebrating this aviation first and it’s Western NY roots. Just down the street from our museum, in the Bell Wheatfield plant, is where the […]
Sept 18, 1919: Altitude Record set in Curtiss triplane
Curtiss Engineering Corporation test pilot Roland Rohlfs set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Record for Altitude when he flew a Curtiss 18T-2 Wasp triplane, U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics serial number A3325, to an altitude of 9,577 meters (31,421 feet) over Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York.¹ Contemporary sources, however, reported that Rohlfs’ peak altitude was […]