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50 Hour Inspection

50 Hour Inspection

Keeping these historic aircraft safe means that they require regular maintenance to prevent any problems from occurring during flight.  Recently, Sierra Sue II had the cowling panels off for an engine inspection and we thought you might want to see what this...

Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors

The museum is host to all kinds of visitors.  Recently, a home school family and a Cub Scout pack visited the museum for a tour.

Photoshoot!

The very talented Max Haynes recently went out for a photoshoot with the F4U-4 Corsair and P-51D Mustang "Sierra Sue II" with the T-6 Texan as the photo ship.  The results are quite spectacular.

8th Air Force Legacy Display

8th Air Force Legacy Display

The 8th Air Force legacy display has arrived at the museum. It is meant to augment the book already on display of 26,000 names of the men of the 8th Air Force who did not come home. The display is loaned to the WOTN museum by the national 8th Air Force Historical...

Recent Museum Acquisitions

Recent Museum Acquisitions

There have been several recent acquisitions at the museum. The museum accepted a Tumansky R-25 MiG 21 jet engine from Bill Halpin who works across the field at Hummingbird. The engine is from the MiG 21 that went thru the fence at the end of runway 28R in 2012. Our...

Sierra Sue II Celebrates the 70th Anniversary of the U.S. Air Force

Sierra Sue II Celebrates the 70th Anniversary of the U.S. Air Force

The museum's P-51 D Mustang Sierra Sue II visited the Air National Guard's 133rd Airlift Wing at Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport last weekend to help celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the US Air Force. We were given the royal treatment by the entire crew at...

Special Visitors

Special Visitors

The museum has had a few special visitors over the last week. John Christgau visited with his family to see Sierra Sue II.  John is the brother of Sierra Sue's former longtime owner Roger Christgau.  John even wrote a book about the history of Sierra Sue II....

A Word of Thanks

A Word of Thanks

Dear Volunteers, I wanted to express my sincere appreciation to all our volunteers for a job well done! Over the weekend I was able to make numerous observations that lead me to believe the future of Wings of the North is bright and promising. As you may know, most of...

Sad News

Sad News

Long time friend of Wings of the North  - Vlado Lenoch was lost along with his passenger Bethany Root in P-51D Mustang "Baby Duck" yesterday in a crash in Kansas.  Our condolences to both families in this terrible tragedy.  We most recently saw Vlado...

It is Finally Here…

It is Finally Here…

It has been a long wait, but the F4U-4 Corsair has finally arrived at the museum.  The plan is to fly it AirExpo on Saturday and Sunday.  Come out and see!  Thanks to Jeremy Dando for the photo.

Special Guests at the Museum

Special Guests at the Museum

The museum welcomed some special guests on a tour this week.  Members of the Retired Northwest Pilots Association (http://www.rnpa.org/) came together and got a special tour of the museum arranged through the Northwest Airlines History Center...

Sign of the Times

Sign of the Times

Our long awaited sign is now finally in place on the side of the museum building.  It was worth the wait!

Celebrate the 90th Anniversary of Lindbergh’s Flight

Celebrate the 90th Anniversary of Lindbergh’s Flight

To celebrate the 90th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh’s historic 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean the first 25 children ages 8 to 15 visiting the museum on Saturday, May 20, and Sunday, May 21, will receive a free wooden model kit of the Spirit of St....

2017 Dubay Scholarship Winner

2017 Dubay Scholarship Winner

It was a glorious morning at Flying Cloud Airport for the annual pancake breakfast.  Besides the record crowd, there was plenty of flying by a T-34, two T-6's, and P-51 Mustang Sierra Sue II. In addition, the 2017 Dubay Scholarship was presented to Larissa...

Bush Stearman and TBM Avenger Return Home

Bush Stearman and TBM Avenger Return Home

The Bush Stearman and the TBM Avenger returned to the museum yesterday from AirCorps Aviation after annual inspections, maintenance, and some upgrades.  Most notably, the Stearman now sports an electrical system and radio.  Both are carefully hidden to not...

Donation from Curt Hills and the MIA Hunters

Donation from Curt Hills and the MIA Hunters

The museum has  been given four Bryan Moon prints to display in the Wings of the North Aviation Art Gallery at the museum. Three are about the World War II raid on the Ploesti, Romania oil refineries.  The fourth is a North American B-25 Mitchell...

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