The Museum will be open Thursday through Monday, September 1- 5, during the Commemorative Air Force (CAF)’s AirPower History Tour visit at the Niagara
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
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
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
Museum Closed on Easter Sunday.
The museum will be closed Sunday, April 4th, in observance of the Easter holiday. Hope you find all the Easter eggs! We'll be open as usual on
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
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
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
December 18, 1941: First US WWII pilot makes “Ace” in Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
18 December 1941: First Lieutenant Boyd David (“Buzz”) Wagner, United States Army Air Corps, commanding officer of the 17th Pursuit Squadron