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Find an aircraft on static display in any aviation history museum, and you’ll usually find an interesting story about the life of the plane. Sometimes, that story is made even more fascinating by the places it’s been and by the museums – or people – who have cared for it.  Such is the case of…

The Aviation History and Technology Center (AHTC) welcomed a new exhibit at the museum in October 2021 with the arrival of a North American F-86D Sabre Dog. A crew of museum volunteers, along with staff from the Museum of Aviation at the Warner Robins Air Force Base, carefully and successfully delivered the disassembled F-86D to…

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. …