National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida

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Aircraft Reg'n Thumbs Notes
Beech GB-2 (D17S) Traveller 23688 Ex 44-67723, FT474, N9459H.
Beech RC-45J (D18S) Expeditor 09771 4P-9771 Ex NC1040 (N1040), the last civil Beech 18 delivered before the switch to military production. Impressed 1942.
Beech T-34B Mentor 140813 Ex N7098U
Beech T-34B Mentor 144040 SH-00 Ex USFS N159Z, N159ZL
Beech T-34B Mentor 144044 Ex N4579P
Beech T-34C Turbo Mentor 161842 E-842  
Beech UC-12B Huron 161515 5B-1515 USMC
Bell AH-1J Sea Cobra '070280' 'USMC' apparently a training aid replica.
Bell TH-57C Sea Ranger 162028 E-64  
Boeing F4B-4 '9029 6-F-1' Actually an Army P-12F, 32-92, then N7037U, restored and converted.
Boeing Stearman N2S-3 B75N1 Kaydet 05369 41 Ex N75032. Flown twice by Aviation Cadet George H.W. Bush.
Boeing Vertol CH-46A Sea Knight 151952 HW-00  
Brewster A-34 Bermuda Mk1 FF860 Built for the RAF, displayed as an SB2A-1 Buccaneer '462860 V-S-5'
Cessna O-1G Bird Dog 5L-14981 FDD Vietnam AF, ex US Army O-1A 51-4981. In 1975 a VNAF Major escaped from Vietnam with his family of 6 by landing this on USS Midway.
Cessna UC-78B (AT-17B) Bobcat 43-7995 USAF, ex N63426, false markings as USN 'JRC-1 63426'.
Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina 08317 Note that this is the seaplane version - not an amphibian.
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 46602 45-P-3 Ex N6071C, CF-FFZ, C-FFFZ, N4NC ntu, N607CC.
Consolidated PB2Y-3 Coronado 7099 The sole survivor. Used as N69003 by Howard Hughes to prepare for flying the Spruce Goose.
Convair R4Y-1 C-131F Samaritan 141015 615  
Curtiss A-1 Triad replica   Us Navy's first aircraft
Curtiss 1C (JN-4D) Jenny A-995 (A-0995) Ex N75234
Curtiss 12 (NC-4) A-2294 4 In 1919 this is the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic, the only one to make it out of the four Nancy boats that set out on the flight from Newfoundland to Lisbon, then on to Plymouth.
Curtiss 18 MF Seagull A-5483  
Curtiss 34C (F6C-1) Hawk A-6969  
Curtiss 43 (F7C-1) Seahawk A-7667 99  
Curtiss 48A (N2C-2) Fledgling A-8529  
Curtiss 76A (BFC-2 F11C-2) Goshawk A-9332 2-B-13  
Curtiss P-40C Tomahawk IIB 7 white Russian AF. Ex RAF AK255
Curtiss C-46A Commando 43-47350 N611Z Operated in China with the CIA as N8364C and N8361C. Then N1382N, N611Z. In the markings of R5C-1 39611 14.
Curtiss-Wright SNC-1 (CW-22N) Falcon 05194 N8021J Ex N8021J
De Havilland Canada NU-1B DHC-3 Otter 144672 F-699  
Douglas Dolphin 117 N14205 (NC14205) False USCG livery as an RD-4. It was famously bought by Bill Boeing. Later NC26 (N26) and N26K. Never a military plane.
Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless 2106 6 Crashed in Lake Michigan in 1943, recovered over 50 years later.
Douglas EA-1F AD-5Q Skyraider 132532 '35018 AE-810'  
Douglas A-1H AD-6 Skyraider 135300 NL-405 Flew the last Skyraider attack mission in Vietnam (1968).
Douglas B-26B Invader (On Mark Marketeer) '77141' Also marked as JD-1 '446928'. Ex USAF 41-39215 N5292V N4000M N200M N142ER. Never a Navy plane.
Douglas R4D-5L DC-3A C-47A Skytrain 12418 XD-8 Que Sera Sera - first aircraft to land at the South Pole, 31/10/1956. Ex USAF 42-23496 ntu.
Douglas C-117D Super DC-3S 50821 821 Ex USAF 43-49615 ntu.
Douglas R6D-1 VC-118B DC-6A Liftmaster 128424  
Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak 37970 NACA-140 1st aircraft, held world speed record of 640.7mph for 5 days in 1947. Beaten by 2nd aircraft. Not flown by NACA. Ex N2863D.
Douglas F-10B F3D-2 Skyknight 124598 WF-2 Used by Raytheon for a while for testing for the Army.
Douglas F-6A (F4D-1) Skyray 134806  
Douglas A-3A A3D-1 Skywarrior 135418 TB-8  
Douglas EA-3B Skywarrior N875RS (NX875RS) 75 Ex 144865, N575HA. Latterly used as a Raytheon testbed.
Douglas XA-4A A4D-1 Skyhawk 137813 AJ-301 2nd airframe and 1st pre-production Skyhawk, first flown in August 1954, 2 months after the prototype.
Douglas A-4C A4D-2N Skyhawk 145077 010  
Douglas A-4E (A4D-5) Skyhawk 149656 AH-303 Markings of John McCain's aircraft when he was shot down and taken prisoner in Vietnam in 1967.
Douglas A-4E Skyhawk 150076 Never flew with the Angels, but marked as 154180 Blue Angels 1 which did.
Fleet 2 (Consolidated N2Y-1) A-8605 Used as a trainer for F9C Sparrowhawk operations from airships.
Fokker D.VII replica N1928S  
Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor N7861 (NC7681) Marked as RR-5 'A-9206'
Franklin PS-2 Eaglet 9617  
General Dynamics F-16N Fighting Falcon 163572 AD-23 Adversary version - no weapons but packed with Electronic Warfare electronics. Ex USAF 86-1690 ntu.
Grumman (CCF) G-23 Goblin 1 'FF-1 9351 5-F-1' A founding aircraft of the Nicaraguan AF as GN-3 and GN-9. Restored as N2803J by Grumman as an FF-1.
Grumman F3F-2 0976 2-MF-16 Recovered from the Pacific off California in 1993 after 50 years submerged.
Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat 3872 72-F-7 Crashed into Lake Michigan in 1943 and recovered in 1991.
Grumman F4F-3A Wildcat 3969  
Grumman (GM) FM-2 Wildcat 86747 N68843 Ex N68843
Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat 25910 21 Crashed into Lake Michigan in 1945 and recovered in 2009 after nearly 65 years submerged. Restored here.
Grumman F6F-6 Hellcat 94203 Ex N7865C
Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat 80373 12 USMC, ex N7654C as Tanker E63
Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat 121710 B-100  
Grumman F9F-2 Panther 123050 H-311  
Grumman F9F-6 Cougar 128109 A-211  
Grumman F-11A (F11F-1) Tiger 141828 AF-217 Spent a season as Blue Angels 1 before retiring here.
Grumman YF-14A Tomcat 157984 5 The museum's iconic gate guard - the 5th prototype - remained a test aircraft and never entered active service.
Grumman F-14A Tomcat 162710 AD-268  
Grumman (General Motors) TBM-3E Avenger 53593 Ex N6822C, N5567A.
Grumman AF-2S Guardian 123100 30 30-SK Ex N3144G - the 30 relates to it having been firebomber Tanker E30.
Grumman TF-1 C-1A Trader 136754 754  
Grumman E-1B WF-2 Tracer 148146 AE-711  
Grumman S2-E S2F-3S Tracker 151647 AW-344  
Grumman E-2C+ Hawkeye 2000 164494 AB-600  
Grumman EA-6B Prowler 156481 SD-534  
Grumman J2F-6 Duck 33581 149  
Grumman JRF-3 Goose 'V190' False USCG markings. Ex N5538N, N12CS.
Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon V212 USCG. Ex N743 N2770A N324BC N212ST.
Grumman TC-4C Academe 155722 NJ-50 Gulfstream 1 with an A-6 radome for navigator training. 9 built. Grumman registration before delivery: N798G.

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