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See the future of the Navy in this selection of videos! Wow! The first is a look at the developing rail gun technology at the Naval Sea Warfare Center Dahlgren... [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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[/caption] A Navy AB-3 piloted by LTJG Patrick Bellinger from the USS Mississippi's aviation unit at Veracruz, Mexico, on this date in 1914, conducted military reconnaissance of Veracruz and a...
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[/caption] Today marked a "Celebration In Education" at Patriots Point. Since 2002, Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum’s History & Science program has provided cross-curricular educational...
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Today's videos focus on flight in nonstandard modes, such as balloons, ski jumping and wingsuits! For myself, I would like a standard heavier than air vehicle with a little mass and engine to rely...
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Four years after United States Navy aircraft first conducted combat flights, naval aviators in naval airships over France also saw combat protecting convoys. A naval air station was established in...
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Our volunteer profile is on Dr. "Chip" Biernbaum, who was born on Pearl Harbor Day (07 Dec) 1946 in Woodstown, NJ, 15 miles from Wilmington, Delaware. He spent as much free time as he could...
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Americans today can finally feel that justice has been served with the death of Osama Bin Laden. When the CIA finally tracked down the mastermind of the 9.11 attack on America, the decision was made...
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[/caption] Launching from Philadelphia at the Naval Aircraft Factory, a PN-12 seaplane (P for mission - Patrol, N for manufacturer - Naval Aircraft Factory) piloted by LT's Arthur Gavin and Zeus...
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[/caption] On 04 May 1961 Navy balloon pilot Commander Malcolm Ross and flight surgeon Lieutenant Commander Victor Prather (MC) ascended to the world record height of 113,739.9 feet above sea level in...
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Here are videos on our Video Thursday celebrating Naval Aviator and Astronaut Alan Shepard's achievements in space from 05 May 1961 and beyond... Enjoy this look at the past! Of all the achievements...
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[/caption] There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result. Winston Churchill South Carolinian and naval aviator Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Patrick N. L. Bellinger flew an AH-3...
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[/caption] Naval aviators Warrant Officer Floyd Bennett and Lieutenant Commander Richard Byrd flying a Fokker trimotor named Josephine Ford reached the North Pole at 9:03 GCT on 09 May 1926. The polar...
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On 10 May 1962, a Navy Sparrow III launched from a Navy Phantom jet successfully intercepted head-on another Navy missile, a Regulus II, while both were at supersonic speeds in the test range of the...
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[/caption] "Sleep softly my old love, my beauty in the dark, night is a dream we have, as you know as you know..." M. S. Merwin USS Enterprise, CV-6, was commissioned at Newport News, Virginia, on 12...
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[/caption] Did you know that helicopter squadrons were first designated VH plus a mission letter O, N, R (for observation, training or transport) in the early days of rotary flight. On 13 May 1944...
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[/caption] On 16 May 1919, three naval aircraft, NC-1, NC-3 and NC-4 launched from Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland to attempt the first crossing of the Atlantic by aircraft. The NC (Navy Curtiss) aircraft...
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[/caption] NC-4 had a rough start to the mission after leaving NAS Rockaway on 08 May. First, she had an oil pressure problem and then broke a connecting rod. NC-4 landed off Cape Cod and taxied to...
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[/caption] Have you ever heard of a self-sealing fuel tank? It is one of the amazing technical devices used by Americans to stay alive in the dangerous business of flying, particularly when someone is...
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Today on Video Thursday we'll look at two good aviation events and one bad...First is a new video on the Navy's Blue Angels. Next is...
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