Category: Museum News

The Beechcraft SNB-1 "Kansan" is a Navy version of the venerable Army AT-11 "Kanasan". During World War II, the Kansan was used extensively as a bombardier/navigator trainer and gunnery trainer. While more than 1500 AT-11's were built for the Army, only 110 SNB-1's were built for the Navy. T...

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, Wings of the North has a new exhibit featuring spaceflight items. Many of these items are on loan from NASA's John Glenn Research Center near Cleveland, Ohio. The photos below give an idea of artifacts on display. The exh...

A new display is under construction in our hangar. It will be a diorama of a forward airfield control tower featuring our actual WWII vacuum tube and crystal field radios currently on display in the WOTN Gallery.

The museum recently acquired a US Marine Corps Mess Dress uniform that belonged to Henry "Hank" Bourgeois. Hank was a decorated F4U Corsair pilot with VMF-214 in World War II. VMF-214 was known by the name "Black Sheep Squadron" and was led by the colorful Gregory "Pappy" Boyington. Hank died in...

Wings of the North is forming a new committee to organize and operate our Museum. If you are interested in helping our museum succeed please attend the first meeting on Thursday, September 13 6:30pm WOTN Training Room Subsequent meetings will be on the second Thursday of the month at 6:3...