A full day of activities to honor and celebrate Breaking the Sound Barrier 2019. Join us at the Niagara Aerospace Museum in Niagara Falls, NY on Saturday, October 26, 2019, 11 am - 4 pm for a day of Read More...
Upcoming Events
Oct
26
Sat
2019
11:00 am
Breaking the Sound Barrier 2019
@ Niagara Aerospace Museum
Breaking the Sound Barrier 2019
@ Niagara Aerospace Museum
Oct 26 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Celebrate the Anniversary of the Breaking of the Sound Barrier What’s a better way to celebrate this milestone achieved by a WNY-built aircraft than at a museum dedicated to WNY aviation heritage Enjoy historical talks,[...]
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...
Alice Bowman speaks on New Horizons
Museum members and guests were treated to a VERY special talk at the museum on March 20. Alice Bowman, the Mission Operations Manager ("MOM") for the New Horizons mission, shared her insights on the Read More...
Curtiss P-75A Hawk reaches 575 mph January 23, 1939.
On January 23, 1939, A Curtiss Hawk 75A pursuit plane, one of 100 being constructed for the French Government, “substantially exceeded all known speed records” with a free dive of more than 575 miles Read More...
