News & Events
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First combat air patrol 1917
Posted: Nov 22, 2010On 22 November 1917, a Tellier seaplane flown by a naval aviator, Ensign Kenneth R. Smith, was forced down at sea on his flight out of Naval Air Station LeCroisic […]
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Picture of the Weekend, J-35C "Lightning II"
Posted: Nov 20, 2010Here is the “Lightning II” piloted by David “Doc” Nelson. The “Lightning II” departed Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base and achieved successful air refuels at a maximum […]
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Antiaircraft Gunfire Director – The Mark 19
Posted: Nov 19, 2010With the advent of high-flying and high-speed aircraft, the United States Navy was faced with a new problem, which was ignored until Billy Mitchell’s demonstration of air power in the […]
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Video Thursday 11/25/10
Posted: Nov 18, 2010Old technology at work! Here is our old World War II battleship technology at work, notice the effects on the surface of the sea beneath the gun blasts! Optical […]
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Radio Technology in Naval Aviation 1918
Posted: Nov 17, 2010On 17 November 1918 an H-16 flying boat from Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, detected a radio signal via their British six-stage amplifier radio direction finder from a Virginia radio […]
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Centennial event on the USS George H. W. Bush, CVN-77
Posted: Nov 16, 2010This event onboard the USS Bush (CVN-77) yesterday, 15 November, was a part of a ceremony to commemorate 100 years of naval aviation. The original Curtis Pusher flown by Eugene […]
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Hydraulic catapults enter Navy service 1934
Posted: Nov 15, 2010On 15 November 1934, the Bureau of Naval Aeronautics established plans to install hydraulic, flush-deck catapults on the USS Yorktown (CV-5) and USS Enterprise (CV-6). The Type H, Mark I […]
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First United States Navy catapult launch, 12 November 1912
Posted: Nov 12, 2010The first launch of a naval aviator and naval aircraft took place from a catapult mounted on a barge at the Washington Navy Yard. On 12 November 1912, Lieutenant Ellyson, […]
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Veterans Day interviews at Patriots Point
Posted: Nov 12, 2010See some of our veterans as they were interviewed on Veterans Day… Click here for WCBD TV Two news story… Click here for WCSC TV Live Five news story… […]
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Veterans of the Fighting Lady – full video
Posted: Nov 11, 2010Here is the full video story on our Veterans of the Fighting Lady exhibit created by Shell Royster and Steven Hyatt. Enjoy!