Associated Press | By Seth Borenstein Published March 18, 2024 at 1:12pm ET WASHINGTON — Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first…
chrisMarch 25, 2024
By: DENNIS ANDERSON Special to the Valley Press, Aug 10, 2023 Link: https://www.avpress.com/news/visit-palmdale-aids-flight-test-museum/article_e4a7cc16-3728-11ee-bb0b-03c2f1b09f80.html?fbclid=IwAR1Xg9Odxs8Vkfo3TqqbdfBAmXY2z6mOcqgl0KkA6R9Wfss7FXEriZytsfc EDWARDS AFB — The Flight Test Museum at the nation’s foremost test flight base was nearly new…
chrisAugust 10, 2023
By: The AV Times Staff, August 10, 2023 Link: https://theavtimes.com/2023/08/10/visit-palmdale-donates-50000-for-new-air-force-flight-test-museum/ PALMDALE – Visit Palmdale, the new tourism entity promoting Palmdale as a destination for arts, culture, and local businesses, pledged $50,000 for…
chrisAugust 10, 2023
By: JULIE DRAKE Link: https://www.avpress.com/news/week-of-learning-for-junior-test-pilots/article_23f11b2e-283e-11ee-940b-b38deadd2623.html PALMDALE — Students in the 2023 Junior Test Pilot Summer Program closed out their week Thursday with a presentation by Art Thompson on the Red…
chrisJuly 22, 2023
By: Dennis Anderson Link: https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2023/05/12/flight-test-museum-fund-drive-takes-wing-at-edwards/ EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Test pilot James “J.B.” Brown beckoned the audience gathered on a large, concrete foundation to gaze skyward and look…
chrisMay 12, 2023
By: Patti Orr Link: http://www.desertnews.com/news/article_c95e0a2c-edc4-11ed-91b8-e7c4871e050e.html EDWARDS - On May 5th, several dignitaries, including Kern County 2nd District Supervisor Zack Scrivner, California State Assemblyman Tom Lackey and other military and civilian…
chrisMay 11, 2023
By: Mark La Ciura Link: https://www.theloopnewspaper.com/story/2023/04/15/community/a-day-at-the-edwards-flight-test-museum/10704.html Even as a former employee, it will always be an interesting experience to visit Edwards Air Force Base. I was recently invited for a VIP…
chrisApril 15, 2023
By: Larry Grooms Link: https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2023/04/07/support-organizing-to-complete-flight-test-museum/ On March 22, 2023, an occupationally diverse group of Aerospace Valley citizens became the first cohort in a series of National Museum League Training Camps…
chrisApril 6, 2023
By: Claudia Elliott Link: https://www.tehachapinews.com/news/flight-test-museum-foundation-launches-campaign-to-complete-phase-i-of-new-accessible-museum-at/article_5dfaad8e-d1d2-11ed-97da-ebee51b185a0.html Coming soon to a service group near you is likely to be a presentation from the Flight Test Museum Foundation — a nonprofit organization determined…
chrisApril 2, 2023
By: Steven Mayer Link: https://www.bakersfield.com/news/flight-test-museum-expanding-moving-just-outside-west-gate-of-edwards-air-force-base/article_064644f4-cd04-11ed-9c00-6f7e4c4cfdd3.html Just outside the west gate of Edwards Air Force Base, the framework of a supersonic dream is rising up from the desert landscape. The dream…
chrisApril 2, 2023
