Wings Restorations

This Saturday, April 11th, Wings of the North will host the unveiling of the plaques honoring seven new inductees into the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame.

The 2026 Class of Inductees include:
Eugene "Gene" DePalma
Charles "Chuck" Doyle, Jr.
Cora May Fuller
Conrad "Butch" Maxwell
James A. Olsen
Robert J. Pond
John R. Sandberg

We will also be unveiling the actual US Navy Blue Angels flight suit worn by Amanda Lee, the first woman to fly fighter aircraft with the Blue Angels! She was an inductee last year!

The unveiling will be from 12-1pm on Saturday April 11th, 2026 at our museum at Flying Cloud Airport.

The museum will also be open for free this Saturday, and is open 11-3! The event is free and open to the public!

📍 This Saturday, April 11th
📍 Museum open for free 11-3! Inductee presentation 12-1pm.
📍Wings of the North Museum at Flying Cloud Airport
📍 14893 Sierra Lane , Eden Prairie, MN 55347

What a year Wings of the North had in 2025!

✈️ Our museum was busier than ever, with visitors from all over Minnesota and the US as well as Canada, Turkey, Japan, Australia and so many more countries!

✈️ We had nearly 3k attendees to our refreshed AirFair this past July! We're already excited and working on AirFair 2026!

✈️ Our 2025 Sweepstakes was fantastic! We were able to give away $30,000 to one lucky local recipient! We can't wait to kick off not one, but two, sweepstakes this coming year! 🎟 💰

✈️ Our restoration crew was ON FIRE! 🔥 They made significant progress on our BT-15, and also acquired 3 new projects that we'll be starting soon: T-28, Waco Taperwing and 19544 Piper J-3 along with some smaller projects like a turret that will end up in our museum!

✈️ We had two amazing chances to work with the Minnetonka High School Vantage Program and meet a ton of kids with a love for aviation, history, non-profit, video and marketing! We're so lucky to have amazing resources to help us grow!

2026 is going to be fantastic and we cannot wait to share our wins with you! 🎇🎆😊

If you want to help us grow, please consider volunteering! 🙋‍♀️ Whatever your interest, we definitely have a spot for you!

If you want to help us grow financially, please visit https://fund.wotn.org 🙏