Help the Niagara Aerospace Museum inspire future NASA engineers by sponsoring the Apollo 13 50th Anniversary Puzzle Event. Read More...
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 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 aviation first and it's Western NY roots. Just down the street from our museum, in the Bell 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 Corporation test pilot Roland Rohlfs set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Record 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 was $12,872,398. This photo shows Curtiss-Wright chief test pilot H. Loyd Child in the cockpit Read More...
