Aviation History & the Air and Space Museum
Cuts · 2026-11-01 · 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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Vulcan to the Sky Trust Promotes Guardian Membership to Support Avro Vulcan XH558 Preservation read; membership promotion with no change in XH558's status
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From Theory to Hangar: The F-117 Nighthawk - Air Force Materiel Command (.mil) AFMC page not found behind the Google News redirect after two searches; other coverage repeats 2026-10-25-f-117-overachiever-udvar-hazy
Not shortlisted 8
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The Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum Officially Breaks Ground in Irvine 2025 archive post on the Flying Leatherneck groundbreaking, not the this-day column; superseded by 2026-10-29-flying-leatherneck-museum-tops-out-el-toro-hangar
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Udet’s Curtiss Hawk II Reproduction Project 2024 archive post on the Udet Hawk II reproduction project; two-year-old news, not an anniversary column
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Reaching Across Generations: C-47 ‘Placid Lassie’ Carries Jumpers Again 2024 archive post on C-47 Placid Lassie carrying jumpers; two-year-old news, not an anniversary column
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The Little Aviatrix: A Young Girl’s Dream Takes Flight at the National Warplane Museum children's book promotion tied to the National Warplane Museum; weakest heritage item, four stronger candidates
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National Air and Space Museum Receives Robonaut 2 From NASA 2024 archive post on Robonaut 2's arrival; two-year-old news, not an anniversary column
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I visited the National Air and Space Museum's lesser-known second location. One display stopped me in my tracks. - Business Insider Africa first-person visitor piece on the Udvar-Hazy Center; no news event
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Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Fairchild 71 anniversary column for 31 October (Fairchild 71, 1934); outside the edition's date
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Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the MÁVAG Héja anniversary column for 30 October (MAVAG Heja II, 1942); outside the edition's date
Deprioritized 18
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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 outside 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 outside 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 outside 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: general Smithsonian news outside air and space
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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 outside 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 outside 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 outside 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: general Smithsonian news outside air and space
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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 outside air and space
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Rafale M Conducts Trials Aboard Indian Navy’s INS Vikrant Aircraft Carrier deprioritize: current military operations and procurement, no heritage angle
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U.S. Army’s HADES Prototype Completes First Flight deprioritize: current military operations and procurement, no heritage angle
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Ethiopia Receives First Russian Su-35 Fighters in Moscow deprioritize: current military operations and procurement, no heritage angle
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China Claims GJ-21 Naval UCAV has Flown from Type 076 Sichuan LHD deprioritize: current military operations and procurement, no heritage angle
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Is Italy About to Join the A400M Club? deprioritize: current military operations and procurement, no heritage angle
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Two ‘Non-Hostile’ Deaths Raise Iran War Toll to 23 deprioritize: current Air Force and Space Force policy, no heritage angle
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Flu Vaccine Now Required for Many Airmen, Guardians, and DAF Civilians deprioritize: current Air Force and Space Force policy, no heritage angle
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Promotions for Space Force’s Second-Highest Enlisted Rank Explode deprioritize: current Air Force and Space Force policy, no heritage angle
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Events from Across the Smithsonian's Museums and Zoo - Smithsonian deprioritize: general Smithsonian events listing, not NASM news
Repeats 10
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Grounded Dreams of the Nakajima G5N Shinzan Japanese Heavy Bomber repeat of 2026-10-31-nakajima-g5n-shinzan-grounded-dreams, no new fact
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Saving “The Mighty Hunter”: Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2 XV232 Preservation Team Faces Major Engineering Challenges as Fundraising Continues repeat of 2026-10-31-nimrod-xv232-coventry-to-manston; fundraising update, no new development
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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 repeat of 2026-10-31-at-home-in-space-gallery-opens; Smithsonian Magazine feature on the same gallery, no new fact
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'At Home in Space' opens, capping Air and Space Museum renovation - collectSPACE.com repeat of 2026-10-31-at-home-in-space-gallery-opens, no new fact
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Washington Air and Space Museum marks 50 years with 2 new galleries - ET TravelWorld repeat of 2026-10-28-nasm-final-two-galleries-transformation-complete, no new fact
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Israeli-American-made space vest on display at Smithsonian - JNS.org repeat of 2026-10-31-astrorad-vest-display-nasm, no new fact
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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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AstroRad Vest Worn by Astronauts Aboard International Space Station to Go on Display at Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - PR Newswire repeat of 2026-10-31-astrorad-vest-display-nasm, no new fact
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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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What Can Space Offer Humanity? In Pursuit of the Answer, Astronauts Have Been Making a Home in Microgravity for Decades repeat of 2026-10-31-at-home-in-space-gallery-opens; magazine feature on the same gallery, no new fact
Collapsed into another candidate 3
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Events from Across the Smithsonian's Museums and Zoo - Smithsonian same item in Google News / Udvar-Hazy (google-news:udvar-hazy:2)
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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:6)
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I visited the National Air and Space Museum's lesser-known second location. One display stopped me in my tracks. - Business Insider Africa same item in Google News / National Air and Space Museum (google-news:national-air-and-space-museum:3)
Kept 5
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1 November 1918 read; kept
Sources 9
| Source | Items | Duplicates | Kept | Sole source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vintage Aviation News / All | 9 | 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 |
| Smithsonian Magazine / Latest | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Google News / National Air and Space Museum | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The Aviationist / All | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Google News / Udvar-Hazy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Air & Space Forces Magazine / All | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vintage Aviation News / Posts this date, two years earlier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |