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Help us tell a P.O.W.’s story: tickets now on sale for Aviation Museum’s Oct. 8 Gala
All are invited to the Aviation Museum’s Annual Fundraising Gala, which will take place on Thursday, Oct. 8 from 5 to 9 p.m. at Manchester Community College, 1066 Front St., Manchester, N.H. Our theme this year is historic preservation. We’re renewing the Aviation Museum’s obligation to tell the stories of those no longer here to…
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Aviation Museum searching for next high school to start building airplanes
It’s a case of opportunity knocking. Or actually, opportunity landing. The Aviation Museum of N.H. is searching for the next school to host its innovative high school student plane-building program. Begun in 2019 in partnership with the Manchester (N.H.) School of Technology, the program gives young people the opportunity to build a real flyable airplane.…
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Revisit New England’s first big-time air show with Wayne G. Miller, author of ‘Birdmen Over Boston Harbor’ on Thursday, Sept. 24
Airplanes in flight are a common sight today. But more than a century ago, imagine the excitement of seeing a manmade flying machine for the first time! For many in New England, that thrill occurred in September 1910, when huge crowds swarmed the area south of Boston for the ‘Harvard-Boston Aero Meet’—the first international air…
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‘Smoking in the Sky’ exhibit on display now through fall at Aviation Museum of N.H.
The glamour! The excitement! The secondhand smoke! For most of the 20th century, smoking and aviation enjoyed a close association. Tobacco companies built national advertising campaigns to tie their brands to aviation’s glamour. On aircraft, passengers were encouraged to light up in flight, while airlines proudly affixed their logos to ashtrays, lighters, and matchbook covers.…
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Plans this weekend? How about PLANES this weekend?
Visit the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire and find out why we’ve been named ‘Best Place to Take Your Kids’ for six years running! Plane-watching from our parking lot is a great family activity, and FREE any day from dawn until 8 p.m. While you’re there, visit the Aviation Museum, open Wednesday through Saturday 10…
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Aviation Museum to issue pilot licenses for kids to fly broomsticks at ‘Haunted Halloween Hangar’ on Saturday, Oct. 24
Long before the Wright Brothers took to the sky, the original aviators were witches with their broomsticks. And this Halloween, local youngsters can join in the airborne black magic by getting an official Broomstick Pilot License from the Aviation Museum of N.H. Broomstick Pilot Licenses will be issued on one day only, on Saturday, Oct.…
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Volunteer Open House on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m.
Would you like to be part of a community of people who enjoy airplanes and aviation? Would you like to make a difference, help a good cause and have fun doing it? Then you’re invited to attend the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire’s upcoming open house for new volunteers, scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026…
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Celebrating the past…looking to the future!