The Flightplan
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum’s
Volunteer Newsletter
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May '26 Edition
May is dedicated yo early frlight:
From the Wright Bros to the Red Barron
The Glen Curtiss Story
The Wright Flyer’s Long Trip to the Smithsonian
Shapes: From Props to Wings
And more…
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April '26 Edition
The April 2026 Edition focuses on Stealth! Read on:
- Stealth Difficult to Achieve and See (Get it? It’s April)
- The Long History of Stealth
- Stealth Design Principles
- RAM: the Holy Grail of Stealth
- Carbon Nanotubes? -
March '26 Edition
This issue covers the world of Soviet MiGs:
- MiG Alley to Mach 4 Dreams
- The MiG 15 Origin Story
- The Gunfighter that Defied Supersonic
- MiG-21: The AK-47 of the Air
- The Soviet Answer to the Swing Wing -
February '26 Edition
Check out the Feb Edition to learn about:
- Century Series Fighters
- The Dawn of Jet Age Dominance
- F-100 Trailblazer of the Supersonic Era
- Our very own Voodoo
- The XF-103 Thunderwarrior -
January '26 Edition
Read the January Flight Plan to learn about Missiles & Rockets:
- The Space Race Created the Nuclear Dyad
- The History of SEAD Ops
- The 1st Air to Air Missile
- The Dr. Werner von Braun Story
- Atlas - From ICBM to Space Pioneer -
December '25 Edition
This month’s focus is on Everything DC-3:
- The Father of Passenger Aviation
- The 1st Queen of the Skies
- Our Bird - The “Mainliner Reno”
- What Led to and Followed the DC-3
- A 90th Anniversary -
November '25 Edition
The November edition of Flight Plan focuses on the Howard Hughes back story:
- The Hughes H-1 Racer
- ‘The Aviator’ Diorama
- The Story of Duramold
- Howard in the Movies
- The Hughes-Stark Connection -
October '25 Edition
Our Ocober Edition takes a deep dive into the hidden treasures in Collections:
- A lithograph that tells an amazing story of heroism.
- The Sperry S-1 Bombsight
- The JB-2 Loon
- A-10 Warthog
- Mysterious finds, and much more… -
September '25 Edition
The September Edition has a focus on the history and impact of drones on current day warfare:
- Droning on about Drones
- A look at our collection: AQM-34 Firebee, D-21B, RQ-4 Global Hawk
- EASM’s newest additions… the Drones of Terror. Currently deployed drones from Russia, Syria, Iran, and Ukraine. -
August '25 Edition
Our August edition focus is on Restoration, featuring articles like:
- The UH-1P Gunship Project
- The C-47 Update
- The inside scoop on restoring fabice covered aircraft
- The History of our F-5D Skylancer
- A Personal Account of the Apollo 11 Launch
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July '25 Edition
In the July edition we celebrate the anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing and more:
- Imagining the Space Race without the Moon
- What Drove us to the Moon
- The Rockets that got us There
- The T-38 Talon
- The Caterpillar Club
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June '25 Edition
Check out the June Edition, featuring the following articles:
- CEO’s June Letter
- SR-71 Symposium
- SR-71 Pilots: A Daughters Perspective
- The True Father of the Helicopter
- The AIM-9L Factsheet
- A Glimpse of the MiG-15
and even more SR-71 Stuff -
May '25 Edition
Our May Edition of Flightplan Features the following stories:
- DUSTOFF Crews Given Congressional Gold Medal
- First Radio Guided Landing
- Skunk Works News
- CEO’s May Letter
- The Alamo Scouts
- Titan Engineer Visits Evergreen
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April '25 Edition
Check out the April Volunteer Newsletter. Featuring these articles:
- CEO’s Letter
- Why Fly the Goose?
- Lindbergh Goes to War
- Aero Club Medals for Wright Bros
- Why WE Went to the Moon
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May '25 Edition
Description goeThe May Edition is dediccated to the early days of aviation:
Wright Bros to Red Baron
The Glen Curtiss Stiry
The Wright Flyer’s Trip to The Smithsonian
From Props to Wing Warping and more…