Help the Niagara Aerospace Museum inspire future NASA engineers by sponsoring the Apollo 13 50th Anniversary Puzzle Event.
Upcoming Events
Mar
8
Sun
2020
11:00 am
Women of Aviation 2020
@ Niagara Aerospace Museum
Women of Aviation 2020
@ Niagara Aerospace Museum
Mar 8 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
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, 2020 11am – 4pm Participate in a registered Guinness[...]
Apr
11
Sat
2020
11:00 am
Apollo 13 50th Anniversary Puzzl...
@ Niagara Aerospace Museum
Apollo 13 50th Anniversary Puzzl...
@ Niagara Aerospace Museum
Apr 11 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Apollo 13 50th Anniversary Puzzle Event APOLLO 13 WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST PROBLEM-SOLVING FEATS IN NASA HISTORY. Help us commemorate this harrowing mission with a fun for families hands-on, puzzle challenge day! Saturday, April[...]
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 […]
Niagara Region’s contribution to the Apollo program highlighted in Buffalo Tales
Buffalo Tales, which highlights local stories, has published a review of contributions of companies from the Niagara Region to the Apollo Lunar Landing missions. Read the story at BuffaloTales.net.
April 26, 1939: US Army orders P-40 Warhawks
26 April 1939: The United States Army Air Corps placed an order for 524 Curtiss-Wright P-40 Warhawks. This was the largest production order for any U.S.-built fighter since World War I. The total cost was $12,872,398. See more details at the excellent This Day in Aviation website.