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Aerial refueling, or air-to-air refueling (AAR), transfers fuel from a tanker to another aircraft (the “receiving” airplane) in mid-flight. These “gas stations in the sky” can keep aircraft aloft for amazing amounts of time...
F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter "Midnight Rider" #799, arrives on flatbed truck at Hill Aerospace Museum Have you ever transported an F-117 Nighthawk from one state to another, then positioned it into...
The use of aircraft in warfare is something that is easy to take for granted today. It might be hard to imagine a time when there were no warplanes—but military aviation is only a...
Developed during the Cold War under the secretive Skunk Works division at Lockheed to meet increasingly demanding reconnaissance requirements, the SR-71 "Blackbird" broke speed and altitude records that have yet to be broken. It...
History of the Flyover On September 5, 1918, 60 United States Army biplanes soared over game one of the World Series. Fans who had gathered to watch the Cubs and Red Sox battle it out for baseball supremacy gazed skyward in awe at the first military flyover in world history. What began on that cool […]
Read moreKids from all over are partaking in the Hill Aerospace Museum’s STEM Summer Passport Program. So far more than 20 participants have graduated from the STEM Passport Program, and many more are on their way. To graduate, participants need to attend 8 of the 11 courses offered. Passports will be distributed during the first class […]
Read moreThe Hill Aerospace Museum and Clark Planetarium are putting on a FREE week-long special event to highlight the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Ms. Jessica Vos, a NASA Engineer, will be traveling from Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, to teach courses and lectures focusing on the capabilities necessary for human space […]
Read moreSummertime activities in Northern Utah to entertain kids and parents alike.
Read moreIn this day and age our children have no shortage of ways to keep busy outside of their normal school responsibilities. Video games, sports, music lessons and more have parents running youngsters back and forth on a regular basis. The pressures from state-mandated educational requirements have teachers bustling about to make time for all that […]
Read moreThe time is officially here! The C-130 Experience at the Hill Aerospace Museum is now open to the public. Museum Staff and Volunteers have been working hard to convert a C-130E into an immersive learning space for kids and adults to enjoy. This experience is a one of a kind in Utah, and one of […]
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