Aviation buffs can climb into the seats of historic war planes, including the Tico Belle, as Valiant Air Command hosts Open Cockpit Day on March 15.

Everybody’s Favorite Trainer Starting in 1934, the same year it was acquired by Boeing, the Stearman Aircraft Company of Wichita began building a sturdy biplane trainer. By the end of the war ...

A special raffle will offer a 15-minute flight, wind-in-your-hair, open cockpit, no less, with the museum’s operations director aboard his PT-17 Stearman biplane. Regular museum admission ...