Wings Restorations

04/11/2026

🎟 We are only a mere 4 weeks away from out first of 9 total drawings for this years sweepstakes! On May 9th, we will start drawings for an 11" apple iPad every other week until our final drawing on September 12th!

Get your tickets now so you can be in consideration for all 9 drawings!!

Https://www.wotn.org/sweepstakes

04/09/2026

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

03/29/2026

Happy 83rd Birthday to our BT-15! 🎂

03/21/2026

03/05/2026

Some restoration pictures of our beautiful BT-15 taken by the talented Nick Halseth! 📸

03/01/2026

The Wings of the North Sweepstakes is officially OPEN! The sweepstakes is one of the best ways to keep our restoration efforts moving forward! We appreciate your support!

02/15/2026

BT15 Restoration Updates!

See each caption to come along on our mini-tour of what's happening at the Restoration Hangar!

Wanna be part of helping us cross the finish line? We appreciate donations to help with final parts, paint and equipment purchases that may pop up!

Donate through PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=EVUWQ93QF4N62 or head to https://wotn.org/support-wotn/ for more info!

01/18/2026

BT-15 Updates!

Things are coming together!! It's the very exciting time of the build when a bunch of things are getting done simultaneously and we're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel!

See photos + captions! Make sure to hit the last few photos for a big change! 🤩

01/17/2026

01/07/2026

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 🙏

11/30/2025

Lookie here! 👀

Our Restoration crew has been working hard on our BT-15 and we now have beautifully functional trim tabs! This was a bit of a feat since the left and right side cables were two different lengths, so ensuring the trim tabs adjusted equally was really important!

In the comments, I'll post the control wheel - you'll notice there's a left and right control. Left is for adjusting the rudder, right is for adjusting trim tabs!

Next up, we'll be working on rigging the elevators (tensioned), then we'll be starting on sheet metal!