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LINK: https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2022/11/18/aero-museum-moving-forward-steel-spires-rise-to-announce-center-of-aerospace-world/ LANCASTER, Calif.–In welcoming supporters to the 2023 Gathering of Eagles banquet, Foundation Board Chairman Art Thompson announced, “We put up the steel wall structures for the first 60,000-square-foot…

LINK: https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2022/11/18/eagles-report-2022-flight-test-museum-panelists-turn-sights-towards-heavens/ LANCASTER, Calif.–Celebrating 75 Years of Breaking Barriers over America’s Aerospace Valley, the Flight Test Historical Foundation’s 2022 Gathering of Eagles probed the possibilities of what awaits humanity over…

LINK: https://www.avpress.com/news/a-celebration-of-inspiration/article_8b172aa0-6499-11ed-af1c-3bc6042bd99a.html LANCASTER — For decades, Hollywood science fiction has served as a source of inspiration for real-world aerospace achievements. Today’s aerospace engineers, pilots and astronauts are as likely to be…

LINK: https://www.avpress.com/news/future-flight-test-museum-is-taking-shape/article_b3629f5a-5cb8-11ed-a90f-b39f3ca794bb.html EDWARDS AFB — Commuters driving onto Edwards Air Force Base — and the tens of thousands of visitors to last month’s Aerospace Valley Air Show — can see…

LINK: https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2022/09/02/aerotech-news-and-review-september-2-2022/ The Flight Test Museum Foundation announced this past week that Phase Two has begun, and construction of the steel frame is beginning on the Flight Test Museum site at…

PALMDALE, CA – May 11, 2022 — Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes (July 22, 1901 – March 30, 1975) was a pioneer aviator and movie stunt pilot. She is one of…

By Ben Dreith • March 7, 2022 LINK: https://www.dezeen.com/2022/03/07/gensler-flight-test-museum-california/ Architecture firm Gensler has released plans for the new Flight Test Museum in Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles. The design combines…

By Laurie Hanson • Los Cerritos News • February 25, 2022 LINK: https://www.loscerritosnews.net/2022/02/25/february-25-2022-cerritos-enewspaper/

New museum, educational facility planned by nonprofit By ALLISON GATLIN Valley Press Staff Writer  •  Feb 21, 2022 LINK: https://www.avpress.com/news/eafb-aims-to-preserve-history/article_8fe68390-92c7-11ec-a0b4-cb188d5d91f1.htmlEDWARDS AFB — As Edwards Air Force Base celebrates its 75th…