Posts by Brad Hawkins

To Our Community, On behalf of the Board of Trustees, staff, volunteers, and our dedicated friends, it is with great pleasure that I can introduce you to the Aviation History and Technology Center (AHTC).  Formerly connected to the Marietta Museum of History as “The Aviation Wing,” the time has come for us to take flight. …

As of January 1, 2020, the Aviation Wing has completed the separation from the Marietta Museum of History and will be operating as a separate legal entity, still as a 501(c)(3), but under the governance of a new Board of Trustees.   The new Board is comprised of community members that share a vision for the…

In early December 2019, the museum was contacted by the owner of one of the last few “flyable” JetStars.  They had decided to retire LAC s/n 5086 and hoped to donate it to the museum so that it could be displayed adjacent to its “birth place.” Because of security regulations at Dobbins Air Reserve Base…

On October 7, major additions arrived for the YC-141B on site.  As the culmination of a long and involved process, four complete Pratt & Whitney TF-33 engines finally arrived and will be placed on aircraft 60186.   AHTC’s Bill Paden had been chasing these engines and other parts for years, but now they were actually here. …