Air Mail – News From Wings of the North
Air Mail is where you’ll find our quarterly newsletter, our news flashes of items that can’t wait and other publications put out by the volunteers at WOTN. Do you have something you would like to share? Email [email protected]
Wings Quarterly – December 2025
From the Museum Director The Wings of the North Air Museum’s Speaker Series launched strongly on Thursday, November 6, with an engaging presentation by Dave Mattsson on the 1958 crash of a B 52 Stratofortress in Inver Grove Heights. This incident—one of Minnesota’s...
Wings Quarterly – August 2025
From the Museum Director The summer has been busy at the Wings of the North Air Museum. In addition to our normal weekend hours, we have hosted several private tours and other events in the museum and we made appearances at other locations to promote WOTN. The July...
Wings Quarterly – June 2025
The weather is heating up and so are the activities at the Wings of the North Air Museum! In addition to our regular public hours on Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 3pm we have hosted several other recent activities. On Saturday, April 12, we were proud to...
Pancake Breakfast on May 3, 2025
On Saturday, May 3, 2025, the Wings of the North Air Museum will hold its annual spring Pancake Breakfast in its hangars on Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie. Hours are 8am to 11am or while supplies last. The cost is $10 per adult, $25 for a family of two adults...
Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame–Class of 2025
On Saturday, April 12, 2025, at 12pm the Wings of the North Air Museum on Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie will host the unveiling of the plaques honoring seven new inductees into the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame. They will join almost 240 Minnesotans...
Wings Quarterly – March 2025
The past three months have been like an aerobatic performance at the Wings of the North Air Museum with lots of ups and downs. Attendance on the weekends has been affected by outside influences like extremely cold weather, snow, the Superbowl, etc. Private tours and...
Wings Quarterly – November 2024
The 2024 Wings of the North Sweepstakes is in the books. Another successful sweepstakes with great prizes awarded.The PJ2+ COM radio went to Atilio Medina from Provo, Utah. The Yaesu FTA-850L transceiver with GPS went home with Hans Mueller from Eagan,...
Now Booking for Your Event!
Looking for a special place for your next PARTY? Need a unique venue for your next business MEETING? Would you like a private TOUR of the museum for your group? We can host groups of 15 to 50. Contact 952-746-6100 or [email protected] for rates.
Wings Quarterly – August 2024
September 28th is fast approaching when the prize drawing for our 1946 Cessna 140 will be held. Full details for this drawing can be found at https://wotn.org. Be sure to sure to get your entries in for the grand prize or any of the other special prizes available in...
Wings Quarterly – May 2024
THE CARE AND FEEDING OF A GOOD BIRD DOG! Wings of the North is now the proud owner of a Cessna L-19 Bird Dog! Also known as an O-1, this type of airplane was active during the Korean War and also served as a forward air controller plane during the Vietnam...
Wings Quarterly – February 2024
VOLUNTEERS/VOLUNTEERS/VOLUNTEERS! It’s simple. Wings of the North needs more active volunteers. Our ability to set up displays at other aviation events while simultaneously running the museum, restoration, and sweepstakes activities has become...
A Celebration of the Ejection Seat
On January 13, 1942, somewhere over Germany, test pilot Helmut Schenck was aboard a prototype of the HE-280 aircraft when things went badly. Shortly thereafter he became the first person to use an ejection seat to escape from a crippled aircraft. It was a...
AirExpo VIP Bob Pardo Flies West
It is always sad when we lose another one of our AirExpo VIP's. Lieutenant Colonel John Robert "Bob" Pardo, USAF Ret. flew west recently. We extend our deepest condolences to his family, especially his beloved wife Kathryn. Here's his biography from when he...
Wings Quarterly – November 2023
AirExpo Pauses Due to various factors including a reduction in show space on Flying Cloud Airport, the decision has been made to pause the AirExpo in 2024 and focus on making the necessary adjustments to ensure that the 2025 show will be a spectacular event. We...
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Veteran’s Day Celebration
Wings of the North will be celebrating Veterans Day on Saturday, November 11, 2023, by offering free admission to the WOTN Air Museum on Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie. The free admission is for everyone, not just veterans, but veterans of all branches of the...
Sound Barrier Broken
On October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first human being to travel faster than the speed of sound. On Saturday, October 14, 2023, the Wings of the North Air Museum on Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie will celebrate the 76th anniversary of this milestone in...
Wings Quarterly – August 2023
WOTN Air Museum Plans Eating pancakes and learning more about Wings of the North It has been a real “hurry up and wait” situation as we try to reopen our successful museum on Flying Cloud Airport. And, yes, we plan to stay on Flying Cloud. The WOTN Board of Directors...