AAM at the Great State of Maine Air Show
The American Airpower Museum Douglas C-47, and Aero L-39C traveled to Brunswick Maine in July for the Great State of Maine Air Show! While there, the C-47 attracted the attention of the media and fans alike and the Portland Press Herald got an up close look at the C-47 in action!
AAM Director Interviewed for Four Leaf Jones Beach Air Show by Local News 12
Step Into A WWII Paratrooper’s Boots As Farmingdale Flight Experience Returns This Month
Long Island Patch News Flies the D-Day Flight Experience honoring veterans and learning their history.
https://patch.com/new-york/farmingdale/long-islanders-fly-over-jones-beach-wwii-c-47-warbird-honoring-veterans-labor
C-47 D-Day Living History Flight Experience as featured in video by Newsday June 6th, 2025
Honor Flight Volunteer Eric Wieboldt Sings his heartfelt original song- “Welcome Home, My Brother” for Veterans at the 2024 Honor Flight Veterans Reunion at the American Airpower Museum
Heartfelt Original Song tribute by Honor flight volunteer Eric Wieboldt- “Welcome Home, My Brother” – written and performed for Long Island’s Vietnam War Veterans at Veterans Reunion at the American Airpower Museum August 3rd 2024 Long Island’s Vietnam War Veterans received a special honor on May 4, 2024, during their visit to Washington, D.C. sponsored by Honor Flight Long Island. A heartfelt musical performance was given by Eric Wieboldt, a long-time Honor Flight volunteer and Guardian. Despite the pouring rain, Eric performed his original song titled “Welcome Home, My Brother,” which caused many tearful eyes in the dozens of Veterans and onlookers present. In anticipation of being a Guardian on the May 4th Honor Flight to D.C., Eric was inspired to write his song, a prayer really, called “Welcome Home, My Brother.” This is because our Vietnam Veterans never received a proper welcome home. His song is an attempt to right that wrong. Eric is grateful to Honor Flight Long Island for including him in their continued efforts to support and pay tribute to our Veterans. Many Honor Flight officials, as well as Veterans’ families and onlookers, were on hand for his moving performance. “Eric’s song honored the cohort of Vietnam Veterans that Honor Flight brought to D.C. on May 4th,” said Bill Jones, President, Honor Flight Long Island, U.S. Army Veteran and West Point Graduate. “His song was part of our ongoing efforts to give long overdue recognition and thanks for their service. Honoring our Vietnam Vets means a lot to these guys, even after all these years,” Jones said. Eric was born in 1957, grew up in Levittown and now lives in Merrick. During 2014, Eric shared his first Honor Flight mission as a Guardian for his father, the late World War II Veteran Robert Wieboldt of the U.S. Army Air Corps. During the pandemic, Eric sang at many “drive-by” Centenarian Veterans’ birthday parties and the Phoenix Rising Award Ceremony honoring local Veterans’ groups and individuals. In partnership with Honor Flight Long Island, Eric is launching a nation-wide campaign to bring the message of his comforting and emotionally powerful song to millions of Americans. Eric Performed his original song once again for the veterans and their families gathered for the 2024 Honor Flight Veterans Reunion this past August 3rd 2024 at the American Airpower Museum. The song, and is performance was a moving tribute for the veterans and had all in attendance standing in tribute led by the veterans in attendance. Eric is honored to perform his copyrighted song by special request to Honor Flight. Interested parties please contact Bill Jones at (631) 276-8825 or ddbeach5@gmail.com. Enjoy both the recorded song, and a video from the performance provided by local videographer Chris Lauterbach available below:
American Airpower Museum Volunteer and Historian Honors Aviation Pioneer Jacqueline Cochran and founder of WWII Women’s Air Service Pilot Corps at Long Island Aviation Hall of Fame induction
https://metroairportnews.com/aviation-pioneer-jacqueline-cochran-inducted-into-the-long-island-aviation-hall-of-fame/
Featured by News 12 LI the American Airpower Museum Warbirds honor Veterans Past and Present during Jones Beach Air Show 2024
Thank you to News 12 LI for featuring us in their coverage of the past Memorial Day Weekend’s Bethpage Jones Beach Air Show Coverage! I was an honor to honor our veterans and all those who worked in Long Island’s Defense Industry since WWII. We also had the chance to say goodby to the A-10 Demo Team as they perform for their final year prior to disbanding ahead of the A-10’s retirement from USAF Service. https://longisland.news12.com/preparations-underway-for-bethpage-air-show-at-jones-beach Our Warbirds flew Friday through Sunday for the show’s operations and also were on display and flew for our visitors at the museum at Republic Airport in Farmingdale, NY. We had a great weekend flying for our hometown Long Island / New York Crowds.
Vietnam 50th Anniversary Veterans Medal Ceremony at the American Airpower Museum
May 11th, the American Airpower Museum hosted the Vietnam 50th Anniversary Veterans Medal Ceremony presented by the Long Island Chapter of the Air Force Association. The event was covered and featured by our local sponsor Newsday!
Honoring the Pioneering 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion of WWII
This past February the American Airpower Museum honored the pioneering 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, the first all black airborne battalion during World War Two. The unveiling began with an educational presentation by museum volunteer and living historian Nick Casseus on the formation and operational achievement of the “Triple Nickel” as the unit became known. The following are great articles as featured in the news following the events. As featured in American Airpower Museum Sponsor NEWSDAY on February 25th: Another great article describing the event by Lauren Feldman of Anton Media group as featured in the Nassau Observer: