October 14, 2023

The Delaware Aviation Museum now has a MUSEUM STORE. 

Please click on the link above to view what is available in the store. This includes aircraft instruments and parts as well as clothing and memorabilia.

Here are some of the items you can purchase:

• T-shirts
• Caps
• WWII Flight Computer
• DAMF Challenge Coin
• "Panchito" Patch
• Original WWII Altitude Correction Computer Bomber, Fighter, Transport B25
• B-25 Jewelry Pins
• Many other aircraft parts from WWII aircraft including Panchito B-25

September 23,  2023

Panchito is featured on Channel 7 news in Washington DC. The station has a wonderful weekly segment that features unsung heroes of the past and present. Watch the video here:  https://youtu.be/ckpkJw_ujGM?si=Mw50lz5TbfxGiEQr

October 6, 2023

Kickoff to Wings & Wheels: Dinner buffet, music and dancing. Doors open at 5:30. Tickets available for $50/person. Please purchase you tickets at www.georgetowncoc.com or call 302-856-1544. Tables of 8 can be reserved.

August 3, 2023

War Birds in Review at Oshkosh: Watch interviews with WWII veterans and hear stories about our war birds. See Larry Kelley (at 55:30 into the video) give the history of Panchito and tell stories about our 1944 Panchito and the original Panchito in WWII. Click here for the video.

July 17, 2023

Cape Henlopen High School:  We had a great group from a local high school come visit the museum today. They asked lots of great questions, and looked at our airplanes. They watched some of our mechanics working on the planes, and toured the library filled with World War Two artifacts. This Photo shows the group gathered in front of Panchito, and this video shows them helping "pull the props" to keep oil from collecting in the bottom engine cylinders. What a fun group!!

July 14, 2023

Panchito Art:  Jack McPeek hand drew this image of Panchito with owner Larry Kelley depicted next to Dick Cole. Dick was the last remaining Doolittle Raider that sadly passed away a few years ago. This image shows the mission of our museum, and the reason we keep Panchito flying for the world to see. It is a symbol that reminds us of the bravery of the Doolittle Raid so many years ago. Jack captured that mission perfectly. He lives in Germany, and made this drawing using photographs. He presented Larry with this drawing yesterday - during a visit back to Delaware. Click Here to see it. Here is a Close Up.

July 11, 2023

Operation: "ChipMoth"  - How we Retrieved two donated vintage airplanes from California to our home base in Delaware.  Read the Story Here

June 11, 2023

Doolittle Raid 75th Anniversary - watch Channel 2 WDTN News coverage of the April 18, 2017 anniversary of the Doolittle Tokyo Raid. Click here for the link to the video.

April 28, 2023

Congratulation to Tom Reilly for his induction into the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame. Tom restored our B25 Panchito in 1986.  Click Here to watch a video about Tom's life, and all of the wonderful aviation accomplishments he achieved.

April 22, 2023

Panchito performs a fly-by of Fort Miles in Henlopen State Park in Lewes, DE, for Delaware Defense Day. Panchito fit right in with the WWII reenactors and vehicles, including an M4 Sherman Tank. See the photo in Galleries.

April 18, 2023

Sun 'n Fun 2023. Follow us on the trip to and from Lakeland Florida. See some of the great people that stopped by during the airshow. Click Here to read the story and experience what we did.

April 6, 2023

The Florida Aviation Network - 49th Annual Sun 'n Fun Aerospace Expo

Click here to watch an interview with Larry Kelley concerning Dick Cole and the Doolittle Raider's reunions.

November 2022

Living History Article: B-25 Special Section - Larry Kelley's B-25 Panchito by Larry Kelley & Larry Wilson, July 2003

February 11, 2021
World War II's iconic B-25 bomber to visit Culpeper, offer rides

December 2020
Paying Homage: Two Commemorative Flights in Two B-25s
Read Syd Jones' article on flying two different B-25s in the 75th Anniversary of the Japanese Surrender flyover of the USS MISSOURI in Pearl Harbor and the Arsenal of Democracy Flyover in Washington, DC (EAA Warbirds Magazine)

May 23, 2020
Historic planes lead Sussex County flyover.
Seven historic planes circled Sussex County to pay tribute to COVID-19 frontline workers and first responders during a May 23 flyover. (Cape Gazette)

September 2020 - Arsenal of Democracy

Panchito was used as the photography aircraft to film the flyover that wasn't over Washington DC during the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII. The following is a clip from AOPA's U-tube video on that memorable occasion. Click here.

May 5, 2020
Sussex County flyover set for May 23
Support is growing for frontline workers in the battle against the COVID-19 virus, and members of the Sussex County Air Force are set to help, coordinating a countywide flyover starting at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 23.(Cape Gazette)

April 8, 2020
Kentucky pilot wins B-25 type rating
Homer “Tom” Womack of Grayson, Kentucky, has won a B-25 Second in Command type rating from the Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation. (General Aviation News)

April 2, 2020
Delaware Aviation Museum Awards SIC Type Rating Course
The coronavirus didn’t stop the Delaware Aviation Museum from awarding one lucky pilot a second-in-command type rating package on April 1 to celebrate the museum’s fifth anniversary. (AOPA Online)

April 4, 2019
Want to Fly a B-25? - Delaware museum offers an FAA-approved ground and flight school.
Read an article on the DAMF's Flight Training Program which appeared in the most recent issue of Flying Magazine. The article features an interview with the DAMF's Director of the Flight Training Program, Sabrina Kipp (Flying Magazine)

March 19, 2019
Last survivor of the Doolittle Raid to visit Sarasota. Read an article on Lt. Col. Dick Cole and Panchito visiting the Dolphin Aviation at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport in Florida to raise funds for the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Education Fund (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)