News & Events
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Happy 101st Birthday Boy Scouts of America!
Posted: Feb 08, 2011In 1909 an American businessman and millionaire, William D. Boyce, became lost in the streets of London. A young (11-12 year old) British Boy Scout helped him back to his […]
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Birth of Radial Engines!
Posted: Feb 07, 2011On 07 February 1922 a Lawrance J-1 radial engine passed the 50 hour test requirement for the U. S. Navy at the Washington Navy Yard. The J-1 was the first […]
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World's First Nuclear Aircraft Carrier!
Posted: Feb 04, 2011The keel of the world’s first nuclear aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was laid 04 February 1958. She was commissioned on 25 November 1961 as a CVAN (Nuclear Attack […]
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Video Thursday 2.03.11
Posted: Feb 03, 2011It’s Video Thursday…and today we’ll look at women in Aviation and the Military… First we have Patty Wagstaff, Three Time National Aerobatic Champion and Fabulous Airshow Performer. I’ve seen her […]
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First U.S. Carrier Offensive 01 February 1942
Posted: Feb 01, 2011Not content to wait for the next Japanese attack, Admiral Chester Nimitz sent two of his warrior admirals out to hit back less than two months after the surprise attack […]
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The Birth Of Soaring In America
Posted: Jan 31, 2011Another Navy first, today eighty-one years ago a glider was dropped from the USS Los Angeles, ZR-3 (seen above). The idea of dropping a glider from an airship was the […]
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From Joy To Tears: The Challenger Tragedy, 25 Years Ago Today
Posted: Jan 28, 2011I was a young Navy Lieutenant on this date in 1986 and was performing my watch standing duty as Squadron Duty Officer (SDO). I was just completing my briefing on […]
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First Airship To Land On Aircraft Carrier, 1928!
Posted: Jan 27, 2011ZR-3, USS Los Angeles, was a zeppelin built in Germany for the United States Navy as part of a reparations payment. She was our longest-serving airship from 1924-1939. Her landing […]
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First Seaplane (Hydroaeroplane) Flight 1911!
Posted: Jan 26, 2011Today one hundred years ago, Glenn Curtiss made the first successful seaplane or as known then, hydroaeroplane, at North Island, San Diego, California. Navy Lieutenant T. G. Ellyson was […]
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Where Are Our Carriers?
Posted: Jan 25, 2011Where are our carriers? Long a question asked by our Presidents during times of crisis. Today we have eleven aircraft carrier battle groups and today around the world five are […]