12309 results found
| Registration / Serial: | 23688 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Beech 17 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Beech 17 (C-43/GB/JB) |
| Aircraft Version: | Beech GB-2 (D17S) |
| C/n (msn): | 6700 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 767021Submit Correction |
| View count: | 29 |
The USN purchased a total of 360 Beech D-17s from 1937, 18 of them designated as GB-1s and 342 GB-2s powered by an uprated P&W R-985-50 engine. Named "Traveller," the GB-2 served as both a liaison aircraft and as a transport to take ferry pilots to aircraft factories around the US for pick up and delivery of new aircraft for the fleet
| Registration / Serial: | 23688 |
| Aircraft Version: | Beech GB-2 (D17S) |
| C/n (msn): | 6700 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 23688 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Beech 17 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Beech 17 (C-43/GB/JB) |
| Aircraft Version: | Beech GB-2 (D17S) |
| C/n (msn): | 6700 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 767021Submit Correction |
| View count: | 29 |
The USN purchased a total of 360 Beech D-17s from 1937, 18 of them designated as GB-1s and 342 GB-2s powered by an uprated P&W R-985-50 engine. Named "Traveller," the GB-2 served as both a liaison aircraft and as a transport to take ferry pilots to aircraft factories around the US for pick up and delivery of new aircraft for the fleet
| Registration / Serial: | 23688 |
| Aircraft Version: | Beech GB-2 (D17S) |
| C/n (msn): | 6700 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | "9351" |
| Military Code: | 5-F-1 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman FF |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Grumman G-23 |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman G-23 |
| Licence-built by: | CCF |
| C/n (msn): | 101 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | VF-5B |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 767018Submit Correction |
| View count: | 54 |
Painted as a USN FF-1 of VF-5B "Red Rippers", this is actually a G-23 supplied in 1942 as one of the first aircraft for the Fuerza Aerea de Nicaragua. It only saw limited use before being left to languish in a scrap area at Zololtan airfield. In 1961 an Oklahoma spray plane pilot hired to work in Nicaragua discovered the G-23 and arranged to buy it for $150, restoring it flying condition by 1966 when he flew it to the Grumman factory at Bethpage, Long Island as N2803J where it was restored and flown to Pensacola the following year after appearances on the airshow circuit.
| Registration / Serial: | "9351" |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman G-23 |
| C/n (msn): | 101 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | "9351" |
| Military Code: | 5-F-1 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman FF |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Grumman G-23 |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman G-23 |
| Licence-built by: | CCF |
| C/n (msn): | 101 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | VF-5B |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 767018Submit Correction |
| View count: | 54 |
Painted as a USN FF-1 of VF-5B "Red Rippers", this is actually a G-23 supplied in 1942 as one of the first aircraft for the Fuerza Aerea de Nicaragua. It only saw limited use before being left to languish in a scrap area at Zololtan airfield. In 1961 an Oklahoma spray plane pilot hired to work in Nicaragua discovered the G-23 and arranged to buy it for $150, restoring it flying condition by 1966 when he flew it to the Grumman factory at Bethpage, Long Island as N2803J where it was restored and flown to Pensacola the following year after appearances on the airshow circuit.
| Registration / Serial: | "9351" |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman G-23 |
| C/n (msn): | 101 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 9332 |
| Military Code: | 2-B-13 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss F11C Goshawk |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss F11C Goshawk |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss BFC-2 Goshawk |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | VB-2B |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766993Submit Correction |
| View count: | 55 |
Built by Curtiss-Wright at Buffalo, NY and taken into service with the USN in April 1933, this BFC-2 dive bomber's first assignment was to Battle Force (Pacific Fleet) at North Island. In July 1933, it was assigned to VF-1B. It is displayed as it later operated with Bombing Squadron 2B (VB-2B) on the USS Langley, Lexington and Saratoga from 1934 to 1938. The squadron is the oldest active Navy unit, now operating as VFA-14 "Tophatters" with the F/A-18E, while the name Goshawk also lives on in the form of the McDonnell Douglas T-45, many of which are locally based
| Registration / Serial: | 9332 |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss BFC-2 Goshawk |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 9332 |
| Military Code: | 2-B-13 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss F11C Goshawk |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss F11C Goshawk |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss BFC-2 Goshawk |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | VB-2B |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766993Submit Correction |
| View count: | 55 |
Built by Curtiss-Wright at Buffalo, NY and taken into service with the USN in April 1933, this BFC-2 dive bomber's first assignment was to Battle Force (Pacific Fleet) at North Island. In July 1933, it was assigned to VF-1B. It is displayed as it later operated with Bombing Squadron 2B (VB-2B) on the USS Langley, Lexington and Saratoga from 1934 to 1938. The squadron is the oldest active Navy unit, now operating as VFA-14 "Tophatters" with the F/A-18E, while the name Goshawk also lives on in the form of the McDonnell Douglas T-45, many of which are locally based
| Registration / Serial: | 9332 |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss BFC-2 Goshawk |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | "9029" |
| Military Code: | 6-F-1 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing F4B |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing F4B/P-12 |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing P-12F |
| C/n (msn): | 1587 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | VF-6 |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766940Submit Correction |
| View count: | 48 |
This aircraft never served the USN and is in fact USAAC P-12 32-096, assigned to the 73rd Pursuit Sqdn at March Field, CA, later transferring to the 95th PS. Damaged and repaired three times after landing accidents, around 1941 it was sold as NC7037U. Arriving at the navy museum in 1993, it was painted to represent F4B-4 BuNo A9029 "Felix the Cat" of VF-6 on the USS Saratoga from 1932 to 1936
| Registration / Serial: | "9029" |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing P-12F |
| C/n (msn): | 1587 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | "9029" |
| Military Code: | 6-F-1 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing F4B |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing F4B/P-12 |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing P-12F |
| C/n (msn): | 1587 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | VF-6 |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766940Submit Correction |
| View count: | 48 |
This aircraft never served the USN and is in fact USAAC P-12 32-096, assigned to the 73rd Pursuit Sqdn at March Field, CA, later transferring to the 95th PS. Damaged and repaired three times after landing accidents, around 1941 it was sold as NC7037U. Arriving at the navy museum in 1993, it was painted to represent F4B-4 BuNo A9029 "Felix the Cat" of VF-6 on the USS Saratoga from 1932 to 1936
| Registration / Serial: | "9029" |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing P-12F |
| C/n (msn): | 1587 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 7099 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated PB2Y Coronado |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PB2Y Coronado |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PB2Y-5R Coronado |
| C/n (msn): | 57 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766937Submit Correction |
| View count: | 87 |
This is the last surviving Coronado, one of 210 built. Originally a PB2Y-3, it served VR-4 as a transport after conversion to PB2Y-3R with faired-over turrets. Further conversions to PB2Y-5R and PB2Y-5Z saw it fitted out with a VIP interior, flying the deputy and staff of Admiral Nimitz to Tokyo for Japan's surrender on 2 September 1945. Registered N69003 post-war, Howard Hughes used it in preparing to fly his HK-1 flying boat, remaining airworthy until the 1960s. By 1975 it was on display at a Spruce Goose memorial at Long Beach and in 1977 was barged through the Panama Canal to Pensacola
| Registration / Serial: | 7099 |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PB2Y-5R Coronado |
| C/n (msn): | 57 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 7099 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated PB2Y Coronado |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PB2Y Coronado |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PB2Y-5R Coronado |
| C/n (msn): | 57 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766937Submit Correction |
| View count: | 87 |
This is the last surviving Coronado, one of 210 built. Originally a PB2Y-3, it served VR-4 as a transport after conversion to PB2Y-3R with faired-over turrets. Further conversions to PB2Y-5R and PB2Y-5Z saw it fitted out with a VIP interior, flying the deputy and staff of Admiral Nimitz to Tokyo for Japan's surrender on 2 September 1945. Registered N69003 post-war, Howard Hughes used it in preparing to fly his HK-1 flying boat, remaining airworthy until the 1960s. By 1975 it was on display at a Spruce Goose memorial at Long Beach and in 1977 was barged through the Panama Canal to Pensacola
| Registration / Serial: | 7099 |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PB2Y-5R Coronado |
| C/n (msn): | 57 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 05194 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss-Wright CW-22 (SNC-1 Falcon) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss-Wright CW-22 (SNC-1 Falcon) |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss SNC-1 Falcon |
| Manufacturers: | Curtiss-Wright / Curtiss |
| C/n (msn): | 4255 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766936Submit Correction |
| View count: | 40 |
The SNC Falcon was an all-metal trainer derived from a light fighter design, the Curtiss CW-22. A total of 305 were built, this example only serving the Navy between 1942 and 1944. It was registered N8021J by 1956 and arrived at the museum in 1984
| Registration / Serial: | 05194 |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss SNC-1 Falcon |
| C/n (msn): | 4255 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 05194 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss-Wright CW-22 (SNC-1 Falcon) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss-Wright CW-22 (SNC-1 Falcon) |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss SNC-1 Falcon |
| Manufacturers: | Curtiss-Wright / Curtiss |
| C/n (msn): | 4255 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766936Submit Correction |
| View count: | 40 |
The SNC Falcon was an all-metal trainer derived from a light fighter design, the Curtiss CW-22. A total of 305 were built, this example only serving the Navy between 1942 and 1944. It was registered N8021J by 1956 and arrived at the museum in 1984
| Registration / Serial: | 05194 |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss SNC-1 Falcon |
| C/n (msn): | 4255 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 3872 |
| Military Code: | 72-F-7 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman F4F/FM Wildcat (G-18/36/52/53) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Grumman F4F/FM Wildcat (G-18/36/52/53) |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat |
| C/n (msn): | 754 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | VF-72 |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766934Submit Correction |
| View count: | 45 |
Displayed in its early USN colours, this Wildcat was taken on charge in June 1941 and assigned to VF-72 as NAS Norfolk with a short period on loan to FAA 892 Sqdn in mid-1942. The F4F-3 was the first version of the Wildcat to be produced in quantity for the Navy and unlike later models, did not have folding wings. In 1943 it was allocated to the Carrier Qualification Training Unit (CQTU) at NAS Glenview, IL and was yet another aircraft lost in Lake Michigan when it ditched during at attempted take-off from USS Wolverine in August that year, lying in the depths till recovery in 1991
| Registration / Serial: | 3872 |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat |
| C/n (msn): | 754 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 3872 |
| Military Code: | 72-F-7 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman F4F/FM Wildcat (G-18/36/52/53) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Grumman F4F/FM Wildcat (G-18/36/52/53) |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat |
| C/n (msn): | 754 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | VF-72 |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766934Submit Correction |
| View count: | 45 |
Displayed in its early USN colours, this Wildcat was taken on charge in June 1941 and assigned to VF-72 as NAS Norfolk with a short period on loan to FAA 892 Sqdn in mid-1942. The F4F-3 was the first version of the Wildcat to be produced in quantity for the Navy and unlike later models, did not have folding wings. In 1943 it was allocated to the Carrier Qualification Training Unit (CQTU) at NAS Glenview, IL and was yet another aircraft lost in Lake Michigan when it ditched during at attempted take-off from USS Wolverine in August that year, lying in the depths till recovery in 1991
| Registration / Serial: | 3872 |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat |
| C/n (msn): | 754 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | "07534" |
| Military Code: | 24 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vought-Sikorsky V-310 OS2U Kingfisher |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vought-Sikorsky V-310 OS2U Kingfisher |
| Aircraft Version: | Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-3 Kingfisher |
| C/n (msn): | [ 5926 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766903Submit Correction |
| View count: | 39 |
The OS2U was widely used during WWII for scouting and rescue duties. Launched by ship's catapult, they were recovered using a sea sled towed just below the surface. The aircraft would land in the wake, taxi to the sled and engage it with a hook on the bottom of the float before being craned aboard. This one was allocated BuNo 5926 but supplied in 1942 under Lend-Lease to the Armada Nacional del Uruguay with serial A-752. It was returned for preservation at Pensacola in 1971 and carries spurious serial 07534, in fact allocated to a Stearman
| Registration / Serial: | "07534" |
| Aircraft Version: | Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-3 Kingfisher |
| C/n (msn): | [ 5926 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | "07534" |
| Military Code: | 24 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vought-Sikorsky V-310 OS2U Kingfisher |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vought-Sikorsky V-310 OS2U Kingfisher |
| Aircraft Version: | Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-3 Kingfisher |
| C/n (msn): | [ 5926 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766903Submit Correction |
| View count: | 39 |
The OS2U was widely used during WWII for scouting and rescue duties. Launched by ship's catapult, they were recovered using a sea sled towed just below the surface. The aircraft would land in the wake, taxi to the sled and engage it with a hook on the bottom of the float before being craned aboard. This one was allocated BuNo 5926 but supplied in 1942 under Lend-Lease to the Armada Nacional del Uruguay with serial A-752. It was returned for preservation at Pensacola in 1971 and carries spurious serial 07534, in fact allocated to a Stearman
| Registration / Serial: | "07534" |
| Aircraft Version: | Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-3 Kingfisher |
| C/n (msn): | [ 5926 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 1383 |
| Military Code: | 9-B-12 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vought SB2U Vindicator (V-156) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vought SB2U Vindicator |
| Aircraft Version: | Vought SB2U-2 Vindicator |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | VB-9 |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766885Submit Correction |
| View count: | 41 |
Built in 1939, this was the last SB2U-2 to be constructed and is now also the only surviving example of the Vindicator carrier dive-bomber. The type remained in service at the time of the Battle of Midway, but by 1943 all had been withdrawn to training units. While assigned to USS Wolverine, in June 1943 it crashed into Lake Michigan after a landing accident, the pilot being rescued after the aircraft slid off the carrier's deck. It was recovered in 1990 and after restoration was marked as an aircraft of USS Essex
| Registration / Serial: | 1383 |
| Aircraft Version: | Vought SB2U-2 Vindicator |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 1383 |
| Military Code: | 9-B-12 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vought SB2U Vindicator (V-156) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vought SB2U Vindicator |
| Aircraft Version: | Vought SB2U-2 Vindicator |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | VB-9 |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766885Submit Correction |
| View count: | 41 |
Built in 1939, this was the last SB2U-2 to be constructed and is now also the only surviving example of the Vindicator carrier dive-bomber. The type remained in service at the time of the Battle of Midway, but by 1943 all had been withdrawn to training units. While assigned to USS Wolverine, in June 1943 it crashed into Lake Michigan after a landing accident, the pilot being rescued after the aircraft slid off the carrier's deck. It was recovered in 1990 and after restoration was marked as an aircraft of USS Essex
| Registration / Serial: | 1383 |
| Aircraft Version: | Vought SB2U-2 Vindicator |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 3969 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman F4F/FM Wildcat (G-18/36/52/53) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Grumman F4F/FM Wildcat (G-18/36/52/53) |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F4F-3A Wildcat |
| C/n (msn): | 851 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766877Submit Correction |
| View count: | 56 |
In April 1941 this F4F-3A was on the strength of VF-7 aboard USS Wasp as part of the Neutrality Patrol in the Atlantic before the United States entered WWII. By 1943 it had been assigned to training carrier USS Sable and became yet another casualty swallowed by the waves of Lake Michigan after an accident flying off USS Sable. Recovered by 1987. There must be half a dozen exhibits in the NMNA that were recovered from the depths of Lake Michigan, in fact over 200 aircraft are reckoned to have crashed in the Great Lakes during the war
| Registration / Serial: | 3969 |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F4F-3A Wildcat |
| C/n (msn): | 851 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 3969 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman F4F/FM Wildcat (G-18/36/52/53) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Grumman F4F/FM Wildcat (G-18/36/52/53) |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F4F-3A Wildcat |
| C/n (msn): | 851 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766877Submit Correction |
| View count: | 56 |
In April 1941 this F4F-3A was on the strength of VF-7 aboard USS Wasp as part of the Neutrality Patrol in the Atlantic before the United States entered WWII. By 1943 it had been assigned to training carrier USS Sable and became yet another casualty swallowed by the waves of Lake Michigan after an accident flying off USS Sable. Recovered by 1987. There must be half a dozen exhibits in the NMNA that were recovered from the depths of Lake Michigan, in fact over 200 aircraft are reckoned to have crashed in the Great Lakes during the war
| Registration / Serial: | 3969 |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F4F-3A Wildcat |
| C/n (msn): | 851 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 3046 |
| Military Code: | 89 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Naval Aircraft Factory N3N |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Naval Aircraft Factory N3N |
| Aircraft Version: | Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 |
| C/n (msn): | [ 3046 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766872Submit Correction |
| View count: | 27 |
Alongside the floatplane N3N-3 is this land-based version which was accepted by the USN September 1941, serving at the NAIT instructor school at NAS Corpus Christi, TX and the US Naval Academy at Anapolis, MD from 1947. Struck off as late as 1959, it was sold as N6399T and joined the museum collection in 1978
| Registration / Serial: | 3046 |
| Aircraft Version: | Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 |
| C/n (msn): | [ 3046 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 3046 |
| Military Code: | 89 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Naval Aircraft Factory N3N |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Naval Aircraft Factory N3N |
| Aircraft Version: | Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 |
| C/n (msn): | [ 3046 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766872Submit Correction |
| View count: | 27 |
Alongside the floatplane N3N-3 is this land-based version which was accepted by the USN September 1941, serving at the NAIT instructor school at NAS Corpus Christi, TX and the US Naval Academy at Anapolis, MD from 1947. Struck off as late as 1959, it was sold as N6399T and joined the museum collection in 1978
| Registration / Serial: | 3046 |
| Aircraft Version: | Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 |
| C/n (msn): | [ 3046 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 164862 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-65 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-65 (H-53) |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon |
| C/n (msn): | 65618 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Schenectady - Schenectady County (KSCH / SCH)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 9 September 1994 |
| Photo from: | John Visanich Collection |
| Photo ID: | 766860Submit Correction |
| View count: | 74 |
Photo by Thomas Hildreth.
| Registration / Serial: | 164862 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon |
| C/n (msn): | 65618 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Schenectady - Schenectady County (KSCH / SCH)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 9 September 1994 |
| Photo from: | John Visanich Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | 164862 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-65 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-65 (H-53) |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon |
| C/n (msn): | 65618 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Schenectady - Schenectady County (KSCH / SCH)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 9 September 1994 |
| Photo from: | John Visanich Collection |
| Photo ID: | 766860Submit Correction |
| View count: | 74 |
Photo by Thomas Hildreth.
| Registration / Serial: | 164862 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon |
| C/n (msn): | 65618 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Schenectady - Schenectady County (KSCH / SCH)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 9 September 1994 |
| Photo from: | John Visanich Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | 02465 |
| Military Code: | F-21 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vought F4U Corsair |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vought F4U/AU Corsair |
| Aircraft Version: | Vought F4U-1 Corsair |
| C/n (msn): | 8095 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766839Submit Correction |
| View count: | 80 |
This F4U was built in 1943 at Vought's plant in Stratford, CT and is a rare example of the early "birdcage" variant. Assigned to the Carrier Qualification Training Unit (CQTU) at NAS Glenview, the aircraft was used to train pilots for carrier landings on the converted paddlewheel steamships USS Wolverine and USS Sable. Like the museum's Vindicator, it is another aircraft that fell into Lake Michigan in June 1943 while attempting a landing on the Wolverine. It was recovered from the lake in 2010 and was restored by the museum over 14 years, only recently being placed on show
| Registration / Serial: | 02465 |
| Aircraft Version: | Vought F4U-1 Corsair |
| C/n (msn): | 8095 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 02465 |
| Military Code: | F-21 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vought F4U Corsair |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vought F4U/AU Corsair |
| Aircraft Version: | Vought F4U-1 Corsair |
| C/n (msn): | 8095 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766839Submit Correction |
| View count: | 80 |
This F4U was built in 1943 at Vought's plant in Stratford, CT and is a rare example of the early "birdcage" variant. Assigned to the Carrier Qualification Training Unit (CQTU) at NAS Glenview, the aircraft was used to train pilots for carrier landings on the converted paddlewheel steamships USS Wolverine and USS Sable. Like the museum's Vindicator, it is another aircraft that fell into Lake Michigan in June 1943 while attempting a landing on the Wolverine. It was recovered from the lake in 2010 and was restored by the museum over 14 years, only recently being placed on show
| Registration / Serial: | 02465 |
| Aircraft Version: | Vought F4U-1 Corsair |
| C/n (msn): | 8095 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 2106 |
| Military Code: | 6 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas SBD Dauntless/A-24 Banshee |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas SBD Dauntless/A-24 Banshee |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless |
| C/n (msn): | 632 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766836Submit Correction |
| View count: | 41 |
Like a number of the aircraft in the collection, this SBD is another crash victim that was much later retrieved from the watery depths. Having survived Pearl Harbor, it sank a Japanese warship in March 1942 but ditched into Lake Michigan in June 1943 while attempting to land on USS Sable having been relegated to training duties out of NAS Glenview. It was raised from the lake in 1994
| Registration / Serial: | 2106 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless |
| C/n (msn): | 632 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 2106 |
| Military Code: | 6 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas SBD Dauntless/A-24 Banshee |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas SBD Dauntless/A-24 Banshee |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless |
| C/n (msn): | 632 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766836Submit Correction |
| View count: | 41 |
Like a number of the aircraft in the collection, this SBD is another crash victim that was much later retrieved from the watery depths. Having survived Pearl Harbor, it sank a Japanese warship in March 1942 but ditched into Lake Michigan in June 1943 while attempting to land on USS Sable having been relegated to training duties out of NAS Glenview. It was raised from the lake in 1994
| Registration / Serial: | 2106 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless |
| C/n (msn): | 632 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | "2693" |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Naval Aircraft Factory N3N |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Naval Aircraft Factory N3N |
| Aircraft Version: | Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 |
| C/n (msn): | [ 1759 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766830Submit Correction |
| View count: | 33 |
The N3N was the final biplane in US military service - the last used by the US Naval Academy were not retired until 1959. It was also unusual in that it was built by a government-owned organisation. The yellow floatplane versions were nicknamed "Yellow Peril" and this example is BuNo 1759 painted as 2693 which was destroyed in an accident in 1941
| Registration / Serial: | "2693" |
| Aircraft Version: | Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 |
| C/n (msn): | [ 1759 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | "2693" |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Naval Aircraft Factory N3N |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Naval Aircraft Factory N3N |
| Aircraft Version: | Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 |
| C/n (msn): | [ 1759 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766830Submit Correction |
| View count: | 33 |
The N3N was the final biplane in US military service - the last used by the US Naval Academy were not retired until 1959. It was also unusual in that it was built by a government-owned organisation. The yellow floatplane versions were nicknamed "Yellow Peril" and this example is BuNo 1759 painted as 2693 which was destroyed in an accident in 1941
| Registration / Serial: | "2693" |
| Aircraft Version: | Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 |
| C/n (msn): | [ 1759 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 163508 |
| Military Code: | AA-401 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet |
| Aircraft Version: | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet |
| C/n (msn): | 754/C060 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | VFA-81 |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766736Submit Correction |
| View count: | 156 |
This is one of the two F/A-18s from the USS Saratoga that shot down a pair of Iraqi Air Force F-7As (Chinese-built MiG-21s) on 17 January 1991, the first day of Operation Desert Storm. Note the Iraqi flag on the forward fuselage. Behind is a MiG-21 painted to represent one of those Iraqi aircraft (photo)
| Registration / Serial: | 163508 |
| Aircraft Version: | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet |
| C/n (msn): | 754/C060 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 163508 |
| Military Code: | AA-401 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet |
| Aircraft Version: | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet |
| C/n (msn): | 754/C060 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | VFA-81 |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766736Submit Correction |
| View count: | 156 |
This is one of the two F/A-18s from the USS Saratoga that shot down a pair of Iraqi Air Force F-7As (Chinese-built MiG-21s) on 17 January 1991, the first day of Operation Desert Storm. Note the Iraqi flag on the forward fuselage. Behind is a MiG-21 painted to represent one of those Iraqi aircraft (photo)
| Registration / Serial: | 163508 |
| Aircraft Version: | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet |
| C/n (msn): | 754/C060 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 156751 |
| Military Code: | AD-371 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | LTV A-7 Corsair II |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | LTV A-7 Corsair II |
| Aircraft Version: | LTV TA-7C Corsair II |
| C/n (msn): | TE20/E18 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | VA-174 |
| City / Airport: | Wichita Falls - Municipal / Sheppard AFB (KSPS / SPS)Map |
| Region / Country: | Texas, United States |
| Photo Date: | 10 April 1979 to 15 May 1980 |
| Photo by: | Frank Swinkels - AIRoticaContact |
| Photo ID: | 766675Submit Correction |
| View count: | 432 |
| Registration / Serial: | 156751 |
| Aircraft Version: | LTV TA-7C Corsair II |
| C/n (msn): | TE20/E18 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Wichita Falls - Municipal / Sheppard AFB (KSPS / SPS)Map | Region / Country: | Texas, United States |
| Photo Date: | 10 April 1979 to 15 May 1980 |
| Photo by: | Frank Swinkels - AIRoticaContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 156751 |
| Military Code: | AD-371 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | LTV A-7 Corsair II |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | LTV A-7 Corsair II |
| Aircraft Version: | LTV TA-7C Corsair II |
| C/n (msn): | TE20/E18 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | VA-174 |
| City / Airport: | Wichita Falls - Municipal / Sheppard AFB (KSPS / SPS)Map |
| Region / Country: | Texas, United States |
| Photo Date: | 10 April 1979 to 15 May 1980 |
| Photo by: | Frank Swinkels - AIRoticaContact |
| Photo ID: | 766675Submit Correction |
| View count: | 432 |
| Registration / Serial: | 156751 |
| Aircraft Version: | LTV TA-7C Corsair II |
| C/n (msn): | TE20/E18 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Wichita Falls - Municipal / Sheppard AFB (KSPS / SPS)Map | Region / Country: | Texas, United States |
| Photo Date: | 10 April 1979 to 15 May 1980 |
| Photo by: | Frank Swinkels - AIRoticaContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 0627 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Northrop BT |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Northrop BT |
| Aircraft Version: | Northrop XBT-2 |
| C/n (msn): | 330 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Hampton - Langley AFB (KLFI / LFI)Map |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Photo Date: | February 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 766641Submit Correction |
| View count: | 140 |
0627 was a BT-1 converted to the XBT-2, the progenitor of the Douglas SBD Dauntless. Its first flight as the XBT-2 was on 22 April 1938. It was assigned to NACA's Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in February 1939 for full-scale wind tunnel tests. The XBT-2 had the characteristic perforated flaps, but here they appear to have been replaced. Photo by: Carl Mydans / Life
| Registration / Serial: | 0627 |
| Aircraft Version: | Northrop XBT-2 |
| C/n (msn): | 330 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Hampton - Langley AFB (KLFI / LFI)Map | Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Photo Date: | February 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 0627 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Northrop BT |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Northrop BT |
| Aircraft Version: | Northrop XBT-2 |
| C/n (msn): | 330 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Hampton - Langley AFB (KLFI / LFI)Map |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Photo Date: | February 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 766641Submit Correction |
| View count: | 140 |
0627 was a BT-1 converted to the XBT-2, the progenitor of the Douglas SBD Dauntless. Its first flight as the XBT-2 was on 22 April 1938. It was assigned to NACA's Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in February 1939 for full-scale wind tunnel tests. The XBT-2 had the characteristic perforated flaps, but here they appear to have been replaced. Photo by: Carl Mydans / Life
| Registration / Serial: | 0627 |
| Aircraft Version: | Northrop XBT-2 |
| C/n (msn): | 330 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Hampton - Langley AFB (KLFI / LFI)Map | Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Photo Date: | February 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | "9206" |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Ford Tri-Motor |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Ford Tri-Motor |
| Aircraft Version: | Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor |
| C/n (msn): | 4-AT-46 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | NAS Pensacola |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766640Submit Correction |
| View count: | 44 |
This is actually Tri-Motor N7861, delivered to the Union Electric Light and Power Company of Saint Louis as a corporate transport in 1928. In 1941 it passed to Johnson Flying Service, Missoula, MT for use as a sprayer then in the early 1960s as a smokejumper platform in forest fire control operations. Entered the museum in 1973 and restored to represent a USN RR-5 Tri-Motor
| Registration / Serial: | "9206" |
| Aircraft Version: | Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor |
| C/n (msn): | 4-AT-46 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | "9206" |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Ford Tri-Motor |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Ford Tri-Motor |
| Aircraft Version: | Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor |
| C/n (msn): | 4-AT-46 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | NAS Pensacola |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766640Submit Correction |
| View count: | 44 |
This is actually Tri-Motor N7861, delivered to the Union Electric Light and Power Company of Saint Louis as a corporate transport in 1928. In 1941 it passed to Johnson Flying Service, Missoula, MT for use as a sprayer then in the early 1960s as a smokejumper platform in forest fire control operations. Entered the museum in 1973 and restored to represent a USN RR-5 Tri-Motor
| Registration / Serial: | "9206" |
| Aircraft Version: | Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor |
| C/n (msn): | 4-AT-46 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | "126419" |
| Military Code: | NG-201 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | McDonnell F-2 Banshee (F2H) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | McDonnell F-2 Banshee (F2H) |
| Aircraft Version: | McDonnell F-2D Banshee (F2H-4) |
| C/n (msn): | 297 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | VF-92 |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766638Submit Correction |
| View count: | 45 |
Actually F2H-4 BuNo 127663, Taken on Charge in 1953 and served at Key West (FAWTU), Cecil Field (VF-11), USS Coral Sea, Cherry Point (VMF-533), Jacksonville (VF-22) and Quonset Point (VFAW-4) before transfer to Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC) Jacksonville in 1962. Moved to museum in 1970 and painted as F2H-3 BuNo 126419 of VF-92
| Registration / Serial: | "126419" |
| Aircraft Version: | McDonnell F-2D Banshee (F2H-4) |
| C/n (msn): | 297 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | "126419" |
| Military Code: | NG-201 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | McDonnell F-2 Banshee (F2H) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | McDonnell F-2 Banshee (F2H) |
| Aircraft Version: | McDonnell F-2D Banshee (F2H-4) |
| C/n (msn): | 297 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | VF-92 |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 766638Submit Correction |
| View count: | 45 |
Actually F2H-4 BuNo 127663, Taken on Charge in 1953 and served at Key West (FAWTU), Cecil Field (VF-11), USS Coral Sea, Cherry Point (VMF-533), Jacksonville (VF-22) and Quonset Point (VFAW-4) before transfer to Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC) Jacksonville in 1962. Moved to museum in 1970 and painted as F2H-3 BuNo 126419 of VF-92
| Registration / Serial: | "126419" |
| Aircraft Version: | McDonnell F-2D Banshee (F2H-4) |
| C/n (msn): | 297 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |