When the Cold War Air Museum MiG-23 was shipped to Texas, it came partially disassembled in an open top container. A portion of the str...

A follow-up to the L-29 history blog is naturally the L-39 history. Several L-39s are at Lancaster and 3 of them are ex-Bulgarian so I thou...

Museum associate Miguel has been working with Aviation Graphic to produce a poster of our Mil Mi-24D Bord 118. The result is a poster suit...

Ivan Voukadinov recently visited the Cold War Air Museum and took quite a few pictures. Ivan is from Bulgaria and has kept up with the fat...

Jay is an associate of the Cold War Air Museum and one of two father-son pilot teams in the extended group. He favors the CJ when he is ...

Paradigm: an outstandingly clear example or archetype. ... Archetype: the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are...

My friend Bernd, who ran an East German L-39 squadron, is an adviser to the museum although I'd never met him in person. He has an ama...

How do you get an Mi-24 out of its shipping container? - Plan B Answer: Pick up the box, tilt and pour, shake gently as necessary. Repeat u...

How do you get a helicopter ( Mi-24 ) out of its shipping container? Answer: With vertical lift of course. Bruce pilots Bord 118's first...

How do you get an Mi-24 from eastern Europe to Texas? Answer: you take it apart, put in a box and ship it. This picture shows the relat...

Eagles are generally recognized as noble birds in flight. The Eagle is incorporated in the national symbol of more than 25 countries. The Go...

Museum aircraft selection involved visits to a number of different bases. In many cases, we were able to pre -screen aircraft that we wanted...