Cradle of Aviation, Bethpage In less than 100 years New York’s Long Island has seen aviation and aerospace grow from a group of virtual backyard tinkerers into centres of excellence […]

Getty Museum, Los Angeles The Getty Museum entrance, from the tram terminal. It’s not a maritime, military or aircraft museum, but the J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles is […]

National Air and Space, Washington It’s not all high-tech space wizardry at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM) in Washington DC, but there are so many spectacular sights […]

National Air and Space, Dulles Out near Dulles Airport, Virginia, about 40 minutes by car from Washington, DC, is an important new Smithsonian aerospace facility, the huge Steven F. Udvar-Hazy […]

FAA Museum, Nowra Ex-805 Commanding Officers Fred Lane (left) and Nat Gould admire the Museum’s Sea Fury after the sad 2008 ceremony de-commissioning 805 Squadron. Coincidentally, Nat Gould converted Fred […]

RAAF Point Cook (Williams) Museum The otherwise immaculate F-51 Mustang looked decidedly dejected, with a big hole where the engine used to be. “It will be flying next week in […]

Museums in Sitka, Alaska   Mount Edgecumbe. This now-dormant volcano features prominently in Tlingit history and culture.  Two virtually adjacent museums are well worth a visit for anyone travelling the […]

Virginia Air and Space Museum The Virginia Air and Space Centre is just one of the dozens of thriving military and civilian historical museums dotted along the coast between Washington, […]

Central Army Museum, Moscow  The Central Museum of the Armed Forces is spectacular and quite different from the Armoury found in the Moscow Kremlin. Out at 129110 Moscow, 2, Ulitsa […]