New Spirit of Flight Museum Facility Underway: World Class Collection relocating to Idaho
Nampa, Idaho: After a two year search for a location for a new Museum building, the Spirit of Flight Foundation has announced that a site to build the new facility has been chosen. “We are happy to announce that the Nampa Municipal Airport will be the new home for the Spirit of Flight Foundation and…
Read MoreSpotlight On History Events
Join us at the Spirit of Flight on 2nd Saturdays of each month from 10am-2pm in the Amelia Earhart theater at the museum. Programs will rotate and may be video presentations, vehicle or aircraft reviews, events in history, and much more. SPOTLIGHT ON HISTORY events include admission to the museum collection, Starbucks Coffee and door prize…
Read MoreChasing Planes: Art Chester and the Sky Baby
Art Chester was an air racing pioneer who also helped design the North American P-51 Mustang. His V-Tail racer, Swee’ Pea, was forgotten and almost destroyed before it was recovered and shipped to the Spirit of Flight Museum. Learn about Art Chester and his Swee’ Pea, now named Sky Baby, in this Chasing Planes short.…
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We’re excited to share our adventures producing Chasing Planes through our Youtube Channel. Subscribe here! We will be posting weekly moving forward and sharing more content with you than ever. Check out this flashback from 2013 in the best seat of one of the only two flying B-29s in the world!
Read MoreThe Swee’ Pea Recovered: Art Chester’s 1947 V-Tail Added to Spirit of Flight Collection!
Erie, Colorado, Monday, January 29, 2018: The Spirit of Flight museum added a piece of air racing history to its growing collection with the delivery of a 1947 Art Chester design known as the Swee’ Pea. The museum plans to restore the plane to static condition to help tell the story of early air racing.…
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