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After being in storage for nearly a decade, the plaques describing the lives and achievements of the nearly 200 inductees of the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame (MAHOF) finally have a home. The MAHOF plaques will hang in the Wings of the North Air Museum in Eden...
It has been more than a decade since the Spirit of St. Louis replica has taken to the air. This week, with help from a lot of people, the replica was raised up into the sky inside the museum hangar to fly much as it did for the years it graced the skies of the...
he Wings of the North Air Museum recently received a beautiful original piece of art from the MIA Hunters. This group, lead by the late Bryan Moon, would locate World War II crash sites of American military aircraft, aid in the recovery...
Navy ROTC Commander Christopher Carter and midshipmen from the University of Minnesota participated with Wings of the North Air Museum in commemorating a very special anniversary. On January 28, 1943 in Minneapolis, a young Naval Aviator Cadet flew a 1.3 hour solo...
The Super Bowl flyover was a huge success. Take a look at the photos and videos the event generated! The flyover from the vantage point of the F-16 Falcon. The flyover looking back from Sierra Sue II. The flyover from the vantage point of the A-10C Thunderbolt...
The Wings of the North Pathfinder Speaker Series presents John F. Hanson.
As the first Super Bowl Heritage Flight approaches, Chuck Cravens and Glory Loebs of AirCorps Aviation received this touching tribute to the Greatest Generation from Sue Heyward, daughter of Suzy Lang, who inspired the name of the Sierra Sue II P-51 Mustang that will...
The Wings of the North Air Museum’s Sierra Sue II P-51 Mustang will lead the U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight over U.S. Bank Stadium at Super Bowl LII on February 4. Sierra Sue will be first in a diamond formation including two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs and an F-16 Fighting...
Recently, some visitors stopped by the museum and had this to say about it: "We visited the Wings of the North Museum yesterday, Nov. 26th. We were fortunate to have our guide, Bob Koch, to ourselves for more than two hours. It was exceptional - the displays, the...
Noted aviation photographer Max Haynes recently captured some wonderful photos of Sierra Sue II.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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....