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New Sikorsky Exhibit at AHMEC, 7/1 – 10/1/2023

In honor of National Immigration Month and the 100th Anniversary of the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, AHMEC will host an exhibit beginning July 1 until October 1, 2023, featuring Igor Sikorsky and his journey from immigrant to American citizen. Considered the “Father” of helicopters, few individuals have inspired, innovated, and created an aeronautic legacy as profoundly […]

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Free Admission for Military Personnel and Their Families This Summer

AHMEC will join over 2,000 museums around the country to honor currently-serving United States military personnel and their families with free admission beginning Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 20, through Labor Day, Monday, September 4. The initiative, entitled Blue Star Museums, is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and Blue Star […]

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Holiday Trains at AHMEC

Throughout the Christmas holiday, AHMEC will welcome another popular form of transportation within its walls: trains! Beginning December 3, the Museum will offer a functioning O-gauge train display run by its volunteers, who will also be available to answer questions. The display will feature an elevated Figure-8 made of vintage 60-year-old Lionel “Super-O” 36-inch diameter […]

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Museum Store Sunday at AHMEC

The Museum Store at the American Helicopter Museum & Education Center (AHMEC) is thrilled to participate in Museum Store Sunday, an annual holiday shopping day supporting cultural institutions and their stores on Sunday, November 27. Find many amazing gifts for the helicopter enthusiast and receive the following: 10% Discount on purchases over $25.00 20% Discount […]

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The Gander Rescue

Perhaps the most significant helicopter rescue of the immediate post-war period. — Robert Beggs, AHMEC Co-Founder On September 18, 1946, a Sabena Airlines DC-4 airliner crashed in bad weather 20 miles southeast of Newfoundland’s Gander Airport. The DC-4 had departed Shannon, Ireland, with 37 passengers and 7 crew. A TWA captain spotted the crash site […]

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Sky Soldiers Pilot Fondly Remembers Our Huey

Mike Holland, Col. USMC (Ret.), Chief Pilot with the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation‘s Sky Soldiers Demonstration Teams, came with several of his colleagues for appearances at AHMEC’s RotorFest 2014. During their trip he discovered that he was very familiar the TH-1L 157817 Huey on display in our gallery. We are very excited and grateful that […]

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