Aviation History & the Air and Space Museum
Cuts · 2026-10-26 · 19 candidates
Every candidate the editor considered for this edition, by the stage it left at. Flag anything you would have run; the editor reads flags at the start of its next run.
Read, not kept 1
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Randy’s Vintage Profiles: Beechcraft Model E18S “Kilroy’s Cadets” read; evergreen airframe profile of a civilian Beech E18S with no news event; three stronger heritage items
Not shortlisted 4
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Historic World War II aircraft B-29 DOC and P-51 Gunfighter Coming to Fort Myers 2025 archive item: B-29 DOC and P-51 Gunfighter visit to Fort Myers on 27–30 Oct 2025, a past event listing and not an anniversary
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Discover WWII History at The Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum This November 2024 archive item: Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum events of November 2024, past event listing
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National Museum of the U.S. Air Force to Host Free “Troops and Treats” Halloween Event on Oct. 31 museum event listing (NMUSAF Halloween program); ranked below four heritage items on substance
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Today In Aviation History: Orville Wright Sets a Soaring Record in the 1911 Wright Glider 24 October anniversary (Orville Wright 1911 glider record), off the edition's date
Deprioritized 5
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France’s Archange SIGINT Aircraft Arrives at Évreux Air Base Ahead of Operational Evaluation deprioritize: current military aircraft entering service, no heritage angle
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USAF Needs ‘1,509 Combat-Ready Jets’ by 2035, According to Service Report to Congress deprioritize: force-structure report to Congress, no heritage angle
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Global PHP Security Scare Highlights Why Stealth Matters in Cyberspace deprioritize: cybersecurity commentary, out of scope
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Pentagon, Lockheed Martin Reach 10-Year Framework Agreement for 850 F-35s deprioritize: F-35 procurement framework, no heritage angle
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The Largest Planetariums In The United States - WorldAtlas deprioritize: listicle (WorldAtlas planetarium ranking), names the museum only in a list
Repeats 4
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Hiller: The Tale of Developer of First Civilian Helicopter to Cross the US repeat of 2026-10-25-hiller-helicopters-forgotten-factories, no new fact
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Heavy Photographic Squadron 61: The Two-Decade Pacific Mapping Legacy Of The World Recorders repeat of 2026-10-25-vap-61-world-recorders-history, no new fact
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Bruce Peterson and the Real Story Behind The Six Million Dollar Man repeat of 2026-10-25-bruce-peterson-m2-f2-crash-history, no new fact
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Today In Aviation History: Hanna Reitsch Sets World Record for Helicopter Distance Flown repeat of 2026-10-25-hanna-reitsch-fw61-helicopter-record-1937; also a 25 October anniversary, off the edition's date
Kept 5
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26 October 1907 read; kept
Sources 6
| Source | Items | Duplicates | Kept | Sole source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vintage Aviation News / All | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Vintage Aviation News / Posts this date, one year earlier | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| This Day in Aviation / Posts for this date, this year | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| The Aviationist / All | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vintage Aviation News / Posts this date, two years earlier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Google News / National Air and Space Museum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |