Wernigerode being located right North of the Harz mountains might not be the most obvious location for an aviation museum. However, there has been quite some interesting aviation history in the region until the end of World War II. The…
Flying the Douglas C-47 Skytrain at Palm Springs Air Museum
I love historic planes and explore the feeling of flying in a historic manner. For example, I am really happy to state that I twice flew the Lufthansa Junkers Ju-52/3m before the German airline unfortunately retired it from actively flying.…
Gatwick Aviation Museum
Being in Crawley near Gatwick Airport (LGW) by rental car gave me the opportunity to visit the Gatwick Aviation Museum West of one of the key London airports. The visit already took place in May 2022 – now I managed…
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
Especially as a German aviation enthusiast, being on board of an aircraft carrier is just a cool experience again and again. One of the museum places where this is possible is the West shore of Manhattan, where the USS Intrepid…
Malta Aviation Museum
With Malta being an island, it feels quite obvious that you might expect a rather interesting local history of air traffic. If you are interested in aviation and visit the country, the Malta Aviation Museum is likely on your bucket…
TWA Museum Kansas City
TWA – or: Trans World Airlines – is something like an icon of (US-)American aviation. Even though the St. Louis-based company seized operations more than two decades ago, there is still a lot of magic and emotion behind this airline…
Polish Aviation Museum (Krakow)
One of the largest aviation museums of the world is in fact located in Krakow, Poland. Thus, it was not that shocking that I had to visit the place when I had been in the city the last time in…
Volandia Aviation Museum Milan
The last stop of a trip through Italy in late summer 2021 lead me to Volandia, an aviation museum (and much more) close to Malpensa Airport. The visit there was massive and took me over three hours. Here are some…