Smithsonian Free Museum Day, 29 Sept 2012

On 29 September, the Smithsonian Museum supports “Museum Day” across America. During this day, museums waive the entrance fee for people wanting to visiting.

Two aviation museums are participating in Florida, the Florida Air Museum in Lakeland and the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola. NNAM is usually free to attendees.

For more details, visit their website.

Virtual tour of the National Naval Aviation Museum online

The National Naval Aviation Museum has recently made available a virtual online tour of the museum which is based in Pensacola. The virtual tour is available here.

P-51 “Ina Macon Belle” Desktop calendar for July

Warbird Depot has a July Desktop Calendar of the Fantasy of Flight’s P-51 as part of this month’s collection. Calendar can be found here: http://www.warbirddepot.com/desktop_calendars.asp

Image credit: Warbird Depot

Engine run of P-51 Luscious Lisa, NL51MV

The first engine run of P-51 Luscious Lisa occurred a couple of month ago at the Trudeau Warbird Enterprise in Punta Gorda. This is the first running of an engine on this airframe since the hard landing back in 2008.