Wings Over Spokane

04/21/2018

Please visit Honor Point Museum

08/16/2016

Inland NW Hiring Heroes will be held on Thursday, Aug. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Spokane Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana. The hiring event is free for attendees. For more information or to register, visit bit.ly/2aO6pv

The Inland Northwest’s premier military hiring event! Our goal is to match excep onal employers with well-qualified veteran, military, and dependent job seekers. LOCAL, REGIONAL & NATIONAL EMPLOYERS w/OPEN POSITIONS! Open to all Military - Veterans, Guard, Reserve, & Dependents FREE pre-employment…

08/15/2016

THE SPOKANE AVIATION STORY:
If you're looking for a good summertime read and you enjoy aviation history, check out "The Spokane Aviation Story", 1910-1941, by James P. "Jim" McGoldrick II. According to publishers Tony and Suzanne Bamonte, at the age of 10, McGoldrick was an impassioned student of aviation and a young fan of famous Charles Lindbergh when he flew into Spokane in 1927. That encounter played "a major role in Jim McGoldrick's life -- and he in Spokane's aviation history. From that time forward, he came to know firsthand virtually all the important people and events connected with Spokane aviation and would become a major booster of the city's aviation development."

The book --now in its second edition-- was nearly an immediate sellout when first published in 1982 by Ye Galleon Press. This edition, the Bamontes say, includes "additional historical information and many new photographs, yet the essential core remains of Jim McGoldrick's original popular account of the formative period of Spokane aviation". Check it out!
(Source: http://bit.ly/2bgN8o2 ).

08/12/2016

If aviation is important to you, you may have visited Spokane's new Honor Point Military & Aerospace Museum in Spokane, WA (open Thurs thru Sun), and know of plans for the future (See more on Facebook at http://honorpoint.org/honor-point/plans/ ).

Eventually, the Museum will honor the history of aviation and aviators similar to the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor on Historic Ford Island (see more on Facebook http://www.pacificaviationmuseum.org/ ).

08/12/2016

We started Honor Point. Come for a visit.

08/02/2016

Check out the glowing exhaust as this McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier makes a night landing on board the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). Also note the sparks around the air intakes. Maybe one of our resident aero guys can explain what is causing that. The green lights that click on after…

08/02/2016

"Time Capsule at Halfway Mark"

Gathering dust in the old base dining facility of Geiger Field, now Spokane International Airport, is a World War II-era aerial bomb, welded shut in 1966, with unknown artifacts inside, "items typical of the 1960s." It now serves as a time capsule. The former WWII-era weapon had been on display at Fairchild Air Force Base in previous decades. When it is opened in 2066,the time capsule will be housed at the Honor Point Museum at Felts Field in Spokane.

The former bomb, now a symbol of the military history of the region, is 'a snapshot in time, providing us a unique glimpse into the past,' said Jim O'Connell, 92nd Air Refueling Wing historian. 'It affords us a precious opportunity to better understand and appreciate those Airmen who created the legacy of excellence that we know today.'"

- Info from original article by Senior Airman Sam Fogleman,
92nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs, Honor Point Museum.
- PHOTO: Courtesy of LI’s historic aerospace

07/27/2016

COMING HOME, by Cher Krogh Merrill: updated automatically with a curated selection of articles, blog posts, videos and photos.

07/14/2016

Spokane: Federal delegation backs FAA bill
Spokane Airports said Eastern Washington's federal delegation, which includes U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, supported the Federal Aviation Administration extension bill that Congress approved this week.Spokane Airports had lobbied for the bill, which prohibits FAA administration from discontinuing the weather observer program at any airport until Oct. 1, 2017. (Spokane Journal of Business)

07/12/2016

Have you visited the Honor Point Military & Aerospace Museum in Spokane, WA? It's open Thursday thru Sunday. For more information, call (509) 244-0244. Or view on Facebook: http://bit.ly/29wLzzS

07/09/2016

USAF Sees No Major Hurdles To F-35 IOC http://bit.ly/29pvOYf

As the F-35 makes its debut in the U.K. this week, a top U.S. Air Force general says there are no major hurdles to declaring the F-35A operational close to its target date of Aug. 1.

06/24/2016

Fairchild is finalist to receive new tankers Air Force expects to select site by end of year Staff Report June 23rd, 2016 The U.S. Air Force said Fairchild Air Force Base is one of five finalists to receive the next round of KC-46A Pegasus air refueling tankers. Other bases on the short list are Dov...