Naval Air Museum - Flight Line Tour

[Warbird Kid]

We need both types of museums.

Agree...

I think about stuff like that all the time when I see something on the RAF memorial flight. Imagine the USAF or US Navy operating WW2 planes with volunteer active duty crews!

Now that is what absolutely should happen.

[Rob W]

It's really interesting...and sad...to see these artifacts.

I really, really, really hope that the Naval Aviation Museum can construct a hangar or two within the next decade and get these beauties moved indoors. There is so much valuable history here to simply be left outside among the elements.

Of course this is simply my $.02.

Cheers,
Rob

[APG85]

It's really interesting...and sad...to see these artifacts.

I really, really, really hope that the Naval Aviation Museum can construct a hangar or two within the next decade and get these beauties moved indoors. There is so much valuable history here to simply be left outside among the elements.

Of course this is simply my $.02.

Cheers,
Rob

Fundraising is underway to construct a new display hangar for many of these aircraft:

Museum Phase V Expansion

The National Naval Aviation Museum has been built in phases over several decades, enlarging it from its original 8,500 square foot home to its current 350,000 square foot facility. Phase IV construction, completed in 2011, added the Hangar Bay One annex, current home to such famous aircraft as the Que Sera Sera (first aircraft to land at the South Pole), the record-setting Truculent Turtle, and the last F-14D Tomcat to fly in combat. Phase V aims to add another annex to the Museum, so that we may provide a proper home to many more aircraft currently exposed to the elements on the Museum’s Flightline, including the newly acquired JRM Mars.
Goal: $10,000,000

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[JOMiller]

Although in it's infancy, a drive is under way. As I said earlier, become involved.
Open your checkbooks. Be a part of the solution!

Owen

[p51]

I think about stuff like that all the time when I see something on the RAF memorial flight. Imagine the USAF or US Navy operating WW2 planes with volunteer active duty crews!

Now that is what absolutely should happen.

Could you imagine the uproar from the public? They already go nuts if they think public money is going to even active duty airplanes in training exercises as 'wasteful.'
Lots of people would go totally bonkers if they knew tax dollars were being used to maintain and fly WW2 airplanes. But that said, public money already is used for that on occasion, when there's an airshow at any military bases!

[Pat Carry]

I became a member right after the last Lake Michigan recovery was made. A worthy cause for sure.

[Enemy Ace]

Last time I was there was about 10 years ago... man time flies!
There were dozens of piston T-34's all over the ramp tucked around the display airplanes. I was told they were the Navy flying club airplanes, and the navy no longer sponsored flying clubs so all the T-34's had been sent to Pensecola. Does anyone have any idea what happened to them?