News & Events
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The Passing Of An American Hero
Posted: Aug 12, 2011Today I was saddened to learn of the death of Colonel Charles Murray, United States Army (Retired). Here is a reposting of a story I did about him and scouting […]
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North Charleston SWAT Team Repells Off Yorktown Flightdeck
Posted: Aug 03, 2011Not just your average person visits Yorktown, sometimes our local law enforcement and first responders utilize the World War II Essex carrier as a unique training facility and today was […]
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282nd Army Band Plays At Patriots Point This Friday!
Posted: Aug 02, 2011This Friday, 5 August 2011, from 2 to 3:30 pm, the thirty-six member 282nd Army Band will be playing approximately 30 musical compositions to include rock, jazz and other genres […]
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First Naval Air Intercept Radar 1941
Posted: Aug 01, 2011Beginning on 01 August 1941 a specially modified Lockheed Electra XJO-3 had an AI-10 microwave radar installed for airborne testing. The radar was developed by Radiation Laboratory from MIT and […]
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Manatees At Patriots Point!
Posted: Jul 29, 2011It’s not everyday that one sees a manatee at Patriots Point, but it does happen more than you think. The last couple of summers we have seen frequent almost weekly […]
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Video Thursday: Navy Airships And Aircraft
Posted: Jul 28, 2011Today is Video Thursday and we’ll take a look at the Navy’s airship history and the aircraft that accompanied them. This first clip shows rare footage of the Vought UO-1 […]
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Medal of Honor Museum at Patriots Point
Posted: Jul 27, 2011I touch the day, I taste the light, I remember – W. S. Merwin When the Medal of Honor Museum opened to the public in May of 2007, a new […]
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Skyraiders Shoot Down Chinese Attackers 1954
Posted: Jul 26, 2011On 26 July 1954, two Skyraiders (AD-4s) from Air Group Five and USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) shot down two LA-7 aircraft of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force off Hainan […]
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Naval Aviator Sets World Altitude Record 1927
Posted: Jul 25, 2011On 25 July 1927 Lieutenant Carleton Cole Champion, Jr., set the world altitude record in a Wright Apache aircraft by reaching 38,419 feet. This record would stand for two years. […]
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Naval Aircraft Instrument Panels In 1916!
Posted: Jul 22, 2011On 22 July 1916 the Director of Naval Aeronautics mandated the following thirteen (13 – guess they weren’t afraid of bad luck) instruments to be installed on naval aircraft. Notice […]