Aviation History & the Air and Space Museum
Cuts · 2026-10-31 · 57 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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Tactical Aerial Refueling Squadron 308: The Cold War Skywarrior Legacy Of The Griffins read; encyclopedic squadron history with no news hook, ranked fourth in Heritage behind three stronger pieces
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What Kind of Experiments Are Conducted on the ISS? - National Air and Space Museum read attempt found only a 2020 museum video page; the item is an educational explainer, not news
Not shortlisted 10
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Travel For Aircraft Bookshelf – Aeronautica Macchi Fighters: C.200 Saetta C.202 Folgore C.205 Veltro 2025 book review in last year's dated archive; not an anniversary and not current
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Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon “Island Doll” Joins the Collection at the Military Aviation Museum 2025 acquisition news in last year's dated archive; not an anniversary
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Matt’s Gnat: A Red Arrows Jet Restoration Downunder 2024 restoration post in the dated archive; not an anniversary
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P-38 Lightning Demo/Hangar Talk at Planes of Fame Air Museum on November 2nd 2024 event listing in the dated archive; long past
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Short Tucano T1 Training Aircraft Acquired by Newark Air Museum 2024 acquisition post in the dated archive; not an anniversary
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The Little Aviatrix: A Young Girl’s Dream Takes Flight at the National Warplane Museum children's book promotion; ranked below four stronger heritage candidates
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Grounded Dreams: Breguet G.111 – The Twin Rotor Pioneer Defeated by the Economy second Grounded Dreams piece; Shinzan ranked above it and four stronger candidates fill the shortlist
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Controversy Over Space Shuttle Discovery’s Potential Move to Houston 2025 post on the Discovery relocation dispute from last year's archive; not an anniversary and not current news
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Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the MÁVAG Héja anniversary is 30 October, the day before the edition's date
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Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Antonov An-24 anniversary is 29 October, two days before the edition's date
Deprioritized 24
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12 things to do in D.C. over Halloween weekend - The 51st deprioritize: listicle naming the museum among weekend things to do
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Events from Across the Smithsonian's Museums and Zoo - Smithsonian deprioritize: Smithsonian-wide event listing, not museum news
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2001: A Space Odyssey - National Air and Space Museum deprioritize: museum web page that is not news (film/program page)
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Crafted From Bone, This 2,800-Year-Old Flute Unearthed in Troy May Have Been Played Around the Time That Homer Composed 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' deprioritize: general Smithsonian news, not air and space
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A Dog Left a Paw Print on This Mud Brick 4,000 Years Ago. Archaeologists Discovered It in the Rubble of a Bronze Age House deprioritize: general Smithsonian news, not air and space
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Madagascar's Giant Bats Seem to Be Shrinking. After Measuring 121 Specimens, Scientists Suggest Hunting by Humans Is to Blame deprioritize: general Smithsonian news, not air and space
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This Rosy Stone Spotted in the Sahara Turned Out to Be a 4.1-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite From Mars, One of the Oldest Ever Found deprioritize: planetary science with no museum or history angle
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Manga Are Black, White and Read All Over. Treasures of the Globally Popular Japanese Comic Book Medium Are on View in New York deprioritize: general Smithsonian news, not air and space
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Where Is England's Oldest Pub? An Archaeologist Drilled Into 600-Year-Old Timbers to Answer the Contentious Question deprioritize: general Smithsonian news, not air and space
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Three in Four Former NFL Players Who Died From 2008 Through 2023 May Have Had CTE, a Brain Disease Caused by Repeated Head Injuries deprioritize: general Smithsonian news, not air and space
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For Over Four Years, the Hirshhorn Worked to Revitalize Its Sculpture Garden. Today, It's Home to a 'King and Queen,' a 'Wish Tree' and a 55,000-Pound Vertical Swimming Pool Artwork deprioritize: Smithsonian news that does not touch the Air and Space Museum
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Crows Can Make Decisions Based on Visual Information at Lightning Speed—Roughly Twice as Fast as Humans Can, Study Suggests deprioritize: general Smithsonian news, not air and space
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Ethiopia Receives First Russian Su-35 Fighters in Moscow deprioritize: current military procurement without a heritage angle
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China Claims GJ-21 Naval UCAV has Flown from Type 076 Sichuan LHD deprioritize: current military operations
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Is Italy About to Join the A400M Club? deprioritize: procurement speculation
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First M-346 For Frecce Tricolori Takes Flight deprioritize: current military aircraft first flight, no heritage angle
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Developing: Italian CH-47F Chinook Crashes in Bosnia deprioritize: current military accident without a heritage angle
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NASA’s X-59 QueSST Heads to Kennedy Space Center deprioritize: current NASA flight-test logistics; first-flight anniversary is incidental
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New Analysis: Air Force Should Buy 250 Blended-Wing Tankers, as 2027 Demo Looms deprioritize: procurement analysis
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Two ‘Non-Hostile’ Deaths Raise Iran War Toll to 23 deprioritize: current military operations
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AFRL Plans to Award $30M for Cislunar Project Starting Next Spring deprioritize: defense research budget
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Promotions for Space Force’s Second-Highest Enlisted Rank Explode deprioritize: personnel policy
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When Will US Transfer Operational Control to South Korea? Debate Rages deprioritize: current defense policy
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Your Program Needs Outcomes, Not Outputs deprioritize: acquisition commentary
Repeats 8
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Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center’s star Space Shuttle, Endeavour - Larchmont Chronicle repeat of 2026-10-29-california-science-center-unveils-oschin-air-and-space-center
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Interstate: The History of the Cadet S-1 Maker repeat of 2026-10-30-interstate-cadet-forgotten-factories
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Historic B-17E “Yankee Doodle Jr.” Wreckage Recovered After More Than 80 Years in Vanuatu repeat of 2026-10-30-b17e-yankee-doodle-jr-recovered-vanuatu
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Remembering Margaret Hamilton Through Her Own Words - National Air and Space Museum repeat of 2026-10-30-nasm-publishes-margaret-hamilton-oral-history, no new fact
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Smithsonian Museum Finishes Decade-Long Revamp - Design News repeat of 2026-10-28-nasm-final-two-galleries-transformation-complete (Design News already cited there)
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Gulf War Air Campaign Map Featured in New Smithsonian Exhibit - Air & Space Forces Magazine repeat of 2026-10-30-deptula-desert-storm-map-modern-military-aviation
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Legendary fighter takes final flight, Air Force Reserve delivers F-117A to Smithsonian - Navarre Press repeat of 2026-10-25-f-117-overachiever-udvar-hazy, no new fact
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Gulf War Air Campaign Map Featured in New Smithsonian Exhibit repeat of 2026-10-30-deptula-desert-storm-map-modern-military-aviation (this is the linked piece)
Collapsed into another candidate 7
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Remembering Margaret Hamilton Through Her Own Words - National Air and Space Museum same item in Google News / National Air and Space Museum (google-news:national-air-and-space-museum:3)
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What Kind of Experiments Are Conducted on the ISS? - National Air and Space Museum same item in Google News / National Air and Space Museum (google-news:national-air-and-space-museum:8)
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Remembering Margaret Hamilton Through Her Own Words - National Air and Space Museum same item in Google News / National Air and Space Museum (google-news:national-air-and-space-museum:3)
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What Kind of Experiments Are Conducted on the ISS? - National Air and Space Museum same item in Google News / National Air and Space Museum (google-news:national-air-and-space-museum:8)
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What Can Space Offer Humanity? In Pursuit of the Answer, Astronauts Have Been Making a Home in Microgravity for Decades - Smithsonian Magazine same Smithsonian Magazine gallery piece as the Smithsonian Magazine feed item; folded into the At Home in Space candidate (google-news:national-air-and-space-museum:1)
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AstroRad Vest Worn by Astronauts Aboard International Space Station to Go on Display at Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - StreetInsider same AstroRad vest display as the JNS item (google-news:national-air-and-space-museum:2)
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What Can Space Offer Humanity? In Pursuit of the Answer, Astronauts Have Been Making a Home in Microgravity for Decades same At Home in Space opening as the collectSPACE item (google-news:national-air-and-space-museum:1)
Kept 6
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Grounded Dreams of the Nakajima G5N Shinzan Japanese Heavy Bomber read; history writing of substance on a DC-4E derivative
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Saving “The Mighty Hunter”: Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2 XV232 Preservation Team Faces Major Engineering Challenges as Fundraising Continues read; a famous airframe's rescue under deadline, leads Heritage
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Schumacher’s Ferrari Meets Italian Aviation History at Vigna di Valle read; current museum exhibition built on a standing seaplane record
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'At Home in Space' opens, capping Air and Space Museum renovation - collectSPACE.com names the gallery the 10-28 story could not confirm; run headline-only, no report readable
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Israeli-American-made space vest on display at Smithsonian - JNS.org new object on display; headline-only, neither report found readable
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Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Budd RB Conestoga 31 Oct 1943 first flight; the only anniversary column for the date; read in full
Sources 9
| Source | Items | Duplicates | Kept | Sole source |
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| Vintage Aviation News / All | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Google News / National Air and Space Museum | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Vintage Aviation News / Posts this date, one year earlier | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Smithsonian Magazine / Latest | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Air & Space Forces Magazine / All | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Aviationist / All | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Google News / Udvar-Hazy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| National Air and Space Museum / Site search via Google News | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vintage Aviation News / Posts this date, two years earlier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |