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17th Annual Spirit of Flight Day

Mark your calendars for Saturday, July 12, 2025, as the Spirit of Flight Center hosts its 17th Annual Spirit of Flight Day in Nampa, Idaho. This exciting event is our biggest car & plane show of the year, featuring an impressive display of classic automobiles and vintage aircraft. We have a LOT of new additions…

The Super Skybolt: So big a Sasquatch could fit in it!

Making its way to Idaho….. Super Dave’s Super Skybolt. Stay tuned for the details on our socials!

Chasing Planes: SPITFIRE with the Allison V-1710 engine

We visit Bob DeFord in Prescott, Arizona to see his incredible full-scale homebuilt Spitfire that has an Allison V-1710 engine. It’s hard to tell that it didn’t fly over the skies of England in WWII. Bob spent years building his dream project and shares his “Spirit of Flight” about his Spitfire. Subscribe to CHASING PLANES…

Chasing Planes: Yak 11 and Glasair Formation Flight

Scotty Crandlemire and John Flanagan practice for the Reno Air Races- 2023. It’s not everyday that you get to see pilots putting in practice to hone their skills for the races. This video gives the viewer a small glimpse of what it takes to race at Reno.

Got BRRTT? 1:7 Scale A-10 Warthog Added

An incredible 1:7 scale A-10 was unveiled at the Spirit of Flight Foundation museum today! This is painted in the tribute paint scheme for the Idaho Air National Guard. Thanks to Brian and Bonnie O’Meara for this awesome addition to the Spirit of Flight collection. Stop by and see this amazing giant-scale R/C A-10!

Chasing Planes: Visiting KC-97 Boneyard

We visit Greybull, Wyoming to inspect a Boeing KC-97 that has sat outside for over 40 years. Snakes, Racoons, sticker weeds and heat couldn’t keep us away from looking at this historic refueling plane.

1937 Waco Added to Spirit of Flight

Nampa, Idaho, Monday, January 15, 2024: The Spirit of Flight Foundation museum announced that a rare 1937 Waco EGC-7 Cabin class biplane has been donated to the museum collection. “The Waco Aircraft Company in Troy, Ohio only built 38 EGC-7 biplanes in 1937 and 30 of those went to Brazil,” said Gordon Page, President of…

The Waco Cabin Bi-Plane: “Ask Any Pilot!”

By Gordon R. Page There is something to be said about aviation in the 1920s and 1930s, the period between the two world wars that came to be known as the Golden Age of Flight. Air races and daring record-setting flights dominated the news. Airplanes evolved from wood and fabric biplanes to streamlined metal monoplanes…

Rare Boeing P-26 Peashooter added to Spirit of Flight Museum

Nampa, Idaho, Monday, November 6, 2023: The Spirit of Flight Foundation museum announced that a rare Boeing P-26 Peashooter has been donated to the museum collection. “Only two original P-26 fighters exist of the 151 that were built by Boeing,” said Gordon Page, President of the Spirit of Flight Foundation. “Three other reproduction/replicas exist, and…

Cassutt Racer added to Spirit of Flight Museum

Nampa, Idaho, Thursday, April 6, 2023: After a ten year search, the Spirit of Flight Foundation museum announced that a Cassutt IIIM Formula One racing plane has been donated to the museum collection. “We have had several Cassutt aircraft lined up over the years, but they just didn’t work out,” said Gordon Page, President of…