Airship Artifacts Reflect Career of Lucky Sailor

In surviving the crash of the rigid airship Macon, observing the explosion of the Hindenburg, and supporting the treatment of some of D-Day's first casualities, Commander Vernon Thomas had a full career......[more]

 

 

Trio of Museum Aircraft Fly for 47 Years

Bearing a family resamblance, the museum's S2F/S-2 Tracker, TF/C-1 Trader. and WF/E-1 Tracer together logged flights for nearly a half century on board some of th Navy's most storied carriers... [more]

 

Twin-Engine Cat

The service of the Museum's F7F-3 Tigercat includes time in Navy and Marine Corps squadrons, and civilian service as an aerial firefighter...[more]

 

 

March

Members of Carrier Air Group (CVG) 101 lead the way for modern Minutemen as they launch from the carrier Boxer (CV 21) for the first carrier strikes by the Naval Air Reserve in the Korean War...[more]

 

 

Turn the Pages of Time

Scrapbook capture distinct moments in time.  In this edition of the Museum's electronic scrapbook, view images of aircraft carrier ready rooms, havens for aviators and aircrewmen and where missions began and ended.