WWII C-47 "Skytrain" Scenic Flight Experience Ride Day at the American Airpower Museum
2026-09-05 10:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | American Airpower Museum, 1230 New Highway, Farrmingdale, NY, 11735, United States
This Labor Day weekend take a scenic flight with us in the American Airpower Museum’s WWII Douglas C-47 “Skytrain” Troop Transport still authentically configured inside and out as they were in 1944 when used to drop U.S Army, and British Airborne Paratroopers on their historic D-Day mission in June of 1944, as well that of Operation Market Garden in September of 1944. The “short” program includes arrival, briefing, and a scenic flight around the local Long Island Beaches often including Jones Beach, and Fire Island.

The Immersive C-47 "Skytrain" D-Day Airborne Living History Flight Experience
2026-09-12 10:00 - 16:00
The internationally recognized, and highly rated American Airpower Museum WWII C-47 D-Day Living History Flight Experience takes to the air Saturday September 12th!
The American Airpower Museum Douglas C-47B flying over the South Shore of Long Island NY.
Our immersive living history flight experience program lasts approximately 2.0 hours including your 20–25-minute flight in the Legendary WWII Douglas C-47 “Skytrain”. Our dedicated living historians take you through a moving and memorable history lesson about the Airborne and Troop Carrier missions that began Operation Overlord better known as D-Day on the night of June 5th into the historic day of June 6th 1944. You will gear up and then take to the air as a paratrooper of the 101st Airborne and learn about what it was like aboard the C-47s that historic night of nights. The American Airpower Museum C-47 D-Day Flight Experience is a one-of-a-kind immersive living history educational program you don’t want to miss!

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The AAM C-47 D-Day Living History Flight Experience concludes after a successful flight with our WWII Living Historians
