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Piper-Fuller Field: St. Petersburg’s First Airport

December 20, 2021
Piper-Fuller field was built and dedicated in 1926 as the city’s first dedicated airport and featured three grass runways in the heart of the lower Pinellas Peninsula. Built by H. Walter Fuller …
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Unknowing Pioneers and the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line

December 13, 2021
Just over a decade after Wright Brother’s first flight at Kittyhawk, North Carolina, aviation had yet to find practical use. Barnstormers traveled the countryside in search of passengers but the airplane and …
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Hughes XF-11 Gearboxes and Wind Tunnel Model

November 30, 2021
The air was calm and the sun was starting to creep down towards the horizon as Howard Robard Hughes donned his signature hat and carefully stepped into the cockpit of his newly …
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The Bushnell Project: Chemical Warfare Amidst the Pines.

November 24, 2021
Over the course of the second world war, the number of military bases on the Floridian peninsula skyrocketed from 12 to nearly 200 as the Navy and Army Air Corps began to …
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Another World First: Kissimmee’s Air Ordinance, 1908

November 22, 2021
The fledging City of Kissimmee in Osceola County was barely 25 years old when aviation started to spread like wildfire across the world’s imagination. Of course, only eight years had passed since …
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J.A.D. McCurdy and The World’s First Wireless Air to Ground Transmission

November 18, 2021
The world’s first wireless transmission from an aircraft occurred over West Palm Beach, Florida in February 1911 with John Alexander Douglas McCurdy at the controls. J.A.D. McCurdy was a Canadian aviation pioneer …
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Dale Mabry and the Roma

November 16, 2021
Captain Dale Mabry was one of Florida’s very first aviation heroes. Due to an impressive family tree and a drive to experience flight, he enlisted and served in the U.S. Army’s 10th …
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Seabird in the Sun: The story of N19191

November 9, 2021
A gorgeous Fleetwings Seabird, wearing the markings of the Volusia Flying Service in Daytona Beach, rests in the waters of Lake Eloise, Florida surrounded by onlookers. This photograph can be found right …
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Florence Citrus Growers NC-4 Citrus Label

Citrus Label Tour Arrives at Florida Air Museum

October 16, 2019
Florida Air Museum has joined the Citrus Label Tour of Polk County, hosting the 1919 NC-4 label from Polk County’s Florence Citrus Growers Association.
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National Airlines plane with people in front Buccaneer Route

Lasting Legacy – National and Piedmont Airlines Play Key Roles in Florida’s Aviation History

October 16, 2019
At FAM, visitors learn of significant contributions historic airlines made to the development of Florida’s rich commercial aviation history and SUN ‘n FUN.
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Florida Air Museum Joins Blue Star Museums 2019

May 23, 2019
FAM joins museums nationwide in participating in Blue Star Museums, providing free admission to active-duty military and families this summer.
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Mig-21 Static Exhibit from the Florida Air Museum with tan, aqua, and blue-green paint scheme and canopy open

MiG-21 from Russia Donated to FAM by Draken International

March 14, 2019
Draken International donated a Russian Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 single-engine jet fighter to the Florida Air Museum.
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