The Niagara Aerospace Museum will be closed Sunday December 8, 2019 for a private event. We're sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, come visit us another time. Click here to Learn More Read More...
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 Read More...
Sept 18, 1919: Altitude Record set in Curtiss triplane
Roland Rohlfs and the Curtiss 18T-2 take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, at 12:06 p.m., 18 September 1919. (San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives) Curtiss Engineering Read More...
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. Read More...
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 Read More...
Former Bell “Rosie the Riveter” visits the museum
We were honored to have a visit by Ida May Oakes Forbes who worked at Bell in the 1940s installing rivets in airplanes. She an her family visited the museum where she shared stories and saw many Read More...
