Aviation History & the Air and Space Museum
Cuts · 2026-10-27 · 39 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 2
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Grounded Dreams: Microjet 200 – The Micro Jet Trainer Left Behind read; short Grounded Dreams type note on the Microjet 200 with no news event or surviving airframe; three stronger heritage items
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Neil Armstrong jacket, NASA Artemis III updates top 321 Launch newsletter - Florida Today read; Florida Today newsletter item is a Titusville American Space Museum auction of an Armstrong training jacket from mid-October, no Smithsonian involvement; auction listing deprioritized
Not shortlisted 6
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Airbase Georgia to Host Stephen Chapis for Poor Little Lambs: The Baa Baa Black Sheep Story 2025 archive item: Airbase Georgia book event of October 2025, a past event listing and not an anniversary
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Buyer Sought for Vought O3U-3 Corsair Reproduction 2024 archive item: O3U-3 reproduction sale listing from October 2024, stale
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Moroccan MiG-17 Static Restoration Completed at the March Field Air Museum 2024 archive item: March Field MiG-17 restoration completed in 2024, stale
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An SR-71 Blackbird Fell 65,000 Feet in Under Two Minutes Toward the Barents Sea Off Russia in 1984 After Both Engines Quit at 83,000 Feet, and the Crew Relit Them at 18,000 Feet - 19FortyFive 19FortyFive retelling of a 1984 SR-71 incident; history filler naming the museum only for its SR-71, ranked below four heritage items
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Randy’s Vintage Profiles: Beechcraft Model E18S “Kilroy’s Cadets” read on 2026-10-26 and not kept (evergreen Beech E18S profile, no news event); nothing new
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Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Dornier Do 335 Pfeil 26 October anniversary (Do 335 first flight, 1943), off the edition's date
Deprioritized 19
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A Fire Ravaged the 'Eagle's Nest,' an Alpine Retreat Built for Top Nazis. What Happens Next? out of scope: Eagle's Nest fire, not aviation
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Shamonda Virus Infected and Killed a Person for the First Time. Here's What to Know About the Pathogen Usually Found in Livestock out of scope: virus science news
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Art Museums in Milwaukee and Tampa Bay Are Betting That Their Hometown Baseball Teams Will Win the World Series. The Wager? Monet Paintings out of scope: art museums' World Series wager
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Two Years After World War II Ended, This Ship Brought the Bodies of 6,251 Fallen Service Members Back Home to America out of scope: 1947 ship repatriating war dead, no aviation angle
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Most of the World's Shallow-Water Coral Reefs Have Been Deemed Critically Endangered, Meaning They Could Collapse Within 50 Years out of scope: coral reef assessment
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Scientists Estimate That Europe's Scorching Summer Heat Killed More Than 50,000 People in Urban Areas out of scope: European heat deaths study
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Rule Breaking Is Contagious. Just a Few Extreme Troublemakers Can Turn a Whole Group Into Rebels, Study Suggests out of scope: behavioural science study
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This Massive, 'Mega-Rare' Monet Painting Is Now the Most Expensive Artwork Ever Sold at Auction in France out of scope: Monet auction record
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A Soldier in Vietnam Recorded His Letter Home Because He Thought It Was Easier Than Writing. It’s a 43-Minute Splice of History general Smithsonian story (Vietnam recorded letter) that does not touch the Air and Space Museum
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Castelion to Begin Blackbeard Hypersonic Missile Integration on USAF F-16s deprioritize: current weapons integration, no heritage angle
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Canada Receives Its First Two CF-35A Fighters at Luke Air Force Base deprioritize: current procurement (Canada's first CF-35As), no heritage angle
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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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Air Force Launches ARRW, Its First Hypersonic Weapon, into Production deprioritize: hypersonic weapon production contract
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Air Force Plans $1 Billion Campus for Testing F-47 at Nellis deprioritize: F-47 test campus, current procurement
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Space Force Wants Cislunar Kit Ready to Launch by 2029 deprioritize: Space Force cislunar plans, current spaceflight
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Air Force Unit Stops All Rope Training After TACP’s Rappelling Death deprioritize: current training accident, no heritage angle
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AFRL Targets New Hypersonic Engine Tech Prototypes Within 4 Years deprioritize: AFRL hypersonic engine program
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AFRL Moves Cargo Through Space with SpaceX Demonstration deprioritize: AFRL rocket cargo demonstration, current spaceflight
Repeats 5
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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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Doug Matthews to Join International Air & Space Hall of Fame repeat of 2026-10-26-doug-matthews-air-space-hall-of-fame, 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
Kept 7
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27 October 1918 read; kept
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27 October 1918 read; kept
Sources 8
| Source | Items | Duplicates | Kept | Sole source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vintage Aviation News / All | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| This Day in Aviation / Posts for this date, this year | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| The Aviationist / All | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Google News / National Air and Space Museum | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vintage Aviation News / Posts this date, one year earlier | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Smithsonian Magazine / Latest | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Air & Space Forces Magazine / All | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vintage Aviation News / Posts this date, two years earlier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |