The Flightplan

Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum’s
Volunteer Newsletter

  • 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…

  • 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
    and More…

  • 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
    and more…

  • 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
    and Much Much More…

  • 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
    and much more…

  • 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…