Aviation History & the Air and Space Museum
Cuts · 2026-10-29 · 46 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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Keeping an Icon Running: Roush Aviation Recruits Merlin Engine Builders read; a job posting for Merlin engine builders with no restoration or airframe news
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Operation Mincemeat: The Hit Musical and the Incredible True Story from WWII - National Air and Space Museum read the museum's WWII topic hub; evergreen media piece with no date, event or collection object, not news
Not shortlisted 7
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Grumman F7F Tigercat Flight Demonstration and Ed Maloney Scale Model Contest at Planes of Fame Air Museum 2025 post announcing a 1 Nov 2025 Planes of Fame event; long past
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Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star from Seattle Arrives At March Field Air Museum 2024 post on the P-80's arrival at March Field; two years old, not current heritage news
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Randy’s Warbird Profiles: Ryan PT-22 Recruit s/n 41-15735 airframe profile of a museum PT-22; ranked below four stronger heritage candidates
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Grounded Dreams: Kawasaki Ki-66 – The Heavy Gun Dive Bomber Canceled In Flight Testing Grounded Dreams history of the Ki-66; ranked below four stronger heritage candidates
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Grounded Dreams: IST XL-15 Tagak – The Sidelined Light Utility Prototype Grounded Dreams history of the XL-15 Tagak; ranked below four stronger heritage candidates
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Grounded Dreams: SNCASO SO.9000 Trident – The Anhedral Wing Rocket Hybrid Discarded Grounded Dreams history of the SO.9000 Trident; ranked below four stronger heritage candidates
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Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Dornier Do 19 Do 19 first flight was 28 Oct 1936, the day before the edition's date; out of this-day scope
Deprioritized 26
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Dolores Huerta, Farmworker Rights Activist Who Coined 'Sí Se Puede,' Dies at 96 out of scope: obituary unrelated to air and space
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See 18 Captivating Images From the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest out of scope: wildlife photography
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'Lie Down and Look Up' at England's Most Ornate Ceilings, From Sparkling Gold-Leaf Stars to Intricate Plaster Designs at Queen Victoria's Seaside Retreat out of scope: English historic ceilings
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Some Monkeys Seem to Become Germophobic After Living Through a Disease Outbreak, Just Like Humans out of scope: animal behavior
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Hundreds of Baby Whales Have Died in Argentina This Year—and Scientists Are Scrambling to Understand Why out of scope: marine biology
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Romans Made Color-Changing Glass With Ancient Nanotechnology. Scientists Just Discovered How to Replicate the 1,600-Year-Old Marvel out of scope: archaeology and materials science
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How Astronomers and Art Historians Are Working Together to Identify the Inspiration Behind Famous Works of Art out of scope: art history and astronomy
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Dozens of Former Airmen Are Running in the ’26 Midterms out of scope: politics
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In NASA's Plan for Artemis 3, SpaceX and Blue Origin Will Compete to Have Their Landers Take Humans Back to the Moon's Surface deprioritize: current spaceflight news without a museum or history angle
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GA-ASI and Saab Test AEW Payload on MQ-9B deprioritize: current military procurement without a heritage angle
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British and Norwegian F-35s Escort B-52 Taking Part in Exercise Global Thunder deprioritize: current military operations
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Plans for $1 Billion F-47 Campus at Nellis AFB Move Forward deprioritize: defense budgets and procurement
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DIA Releases Clearest Image of China’s Reusable Spaceplane with Service Module Attached deprioritize: current spaceflight news without a history angle
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Europe’s HYDEF Hypersonic Interceptor Program Completes First Stage deprioritize: current defense programs
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MQ-8C Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopters Get Second Life With U.S. Army deprioritize: current military operations; airframes transferred for service, not preservation
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Boeing Moves Second MQ-25A Stingray Airframe to Illinois for Final Assembly deprioritize: current defense procurement
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U.S. Air Force Moves AGM-183A ARRW Hypersonic Missile Into Production deprioritize: defense procurement
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F-22s, F-15s Rotate in at Kadena to Bolster Pacific Airpower deprioritize: current military operations
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US and Japan Finalize Agreement for AMRAAM Facility deprioritize: defense procurement
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China Developing More On-Orbit Space Weapons: New Report deprioritize: current military space
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ULA says Vulcan Rocket Will Launch Again in November After Monthslong Pause deprioritize: current spaceflight without a history angle
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Pentagon to Give Startup Stoke Space $150M Loan for New Launch Pad deprioritize: current spaceflight and defense funding
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F-16 Jets to Add Startup Castelion’s Hypersonic ‘Blackbeard’ Missile deprioritize: defense procurement
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Boeing Bullish on Defense Sector After Fighter Wins, Shunning Fixed-Price Deals deprioritize: aerospace industry news
Repeats 6
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Enstrom: The Story of One of America’s Piston Helicopter Pioneers repeat of 2026-10-28-enstrom-helicopter-forgotten-factories, no new fact
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Heavy Attack Squadron 123: The Master Training Lineage of the Professionals repeat of 2026-10-28-vah-123-skywarrior-training-squadron-history, no new fact
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National Air and Space Museum Completes Seven-Year Transformation With Opening of Two New Galleries - Smithsonian repeat of 2026-10-28-nasm-final-two-galleries-transformation-complete, no new fact
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Air and Space Museum opens final two galleries, finishing renovations - NBC4 Washington repeat of 2026-10-28-nasm-final-two-galleries-transformation-complete (NBC4 version), no new fact
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National Air and Space Museum launches new exhibits - WUSA9 repeat of 2026-10-28-nasm-final-two-galleries-transformation-complete (WUSA9 version), no new fact
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National Air and Space Museum launches 2 new exhibits - Yahoo repeat of 2026-10-28-nasm-final-two-galleries-transformation-complete (Yahoo version), no new fact
Collapsed into another candidate 1
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National Air and Space Museum Completes Seven-Year Transformation With Opening of Two New Galleries - Smithsonian same item in Google News / National Air and Space Museum (google-news:national-air-and-space-museum:0)
Kept 4
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CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER UNVEILS SAMUEL OSCHIN AIR AND SPACE CENTER WITH 100 INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS AND RARE ARTIFACTS - Yahoo Finance opening of a major air and space center around Endeavour; 28 Oct release unreadable, run headline-only with the May release for context
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Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum Constructs New Hangar and Restores More Aircraft topping-out of a 40-aircraft Marine aviation museum plus four restorations; read in full
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National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force Supports Upcoming Jimmy Stewart Film “JIMMY” read; museum archives behind a WWII aviator biopic opening 6 Nov; third heritage story on a thin day
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Today In Aviation History: Canadair CT-114 Tutor Enters RCAF Service the only anniversary for 29 October in today's sources; column read in full
Sources 9
| Source | Items | Duplicates | Kept | Sole source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vintage Aviation News / All | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Google News / National Air and Space Museum | 5 | 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 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Aviationist / All | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Google News / Udvar-Hazy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vintage Aviation News / Posts this date, two years earlier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| National Air and Space Museum / Site search via Google News | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |