National Naval Aviation Museum, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida |
| My third visit to this amazing museum. My first vist was during the Dixieland tour in 2015, and the second was in 2018 after the Pensacola Blue Angels homecoming airshow, when we got a great ramp tour. There have been a few changes since then, and I always love visiting this wide-ranging and huge collection. Complete with a big shop and a cafe and restaurant, this is a highly recommended visit, but it is inside NAS Pensacola, so do check their website for visiting regulations/restrictions, especially if you're not a US citizen. We went on 7th April, with a retired AC-130 crewman as our escort. |
| Aircraft | Reg'n | Thumbs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beech GB-2 (D17S) Traveler | 23688 |
 Traveller 23688 1.jpg) |
Ex UC-43 44-67723, Royal Navy FT474, NC9459H (N9459H) |
| Beech RC-45J Expeditor | 09771 4P-771 |
 |
Ex B18S NC1040 (N140), impressed as a JRB-2, converted to SNB-5P. |
| Beech T-34C Turbo Mentor | 161842 E-1842 |
 |
|
| Bell HH-1K Iroquois | 157188 301 |
 |
|
| Boeing F4B-4 | '9029 6-F-1' |
 |
|
| Boeing Vertol CH-46A Sea Knight | 151952 HW-00 |
 |
|
| Brewster A-34 Bermuda Mk1 | FF860 |
 |
RAF: crashed in Tennessee around 1942, restored by 2007 as USN SB2A-1 V-S-5. |
| Cessna O-1A L-19A Bird Dog | 5L-14981 FDD |
 |
South Vietnam AF, ex US Army O-1A 51-4981. |
| Consolidated PB2Y-3 Coronado | 7099 |
 |
|
| Curtiss A-1 Triad replica |
 |
||
| Curtiss 1C (JN-4D) Jenny | A995 |
 Jenny A995.jpg) |
|
| Curtiss 12 (NC-4) | A-2294 4 |
 A-2294 4 1.jpg)
 A-2294 4 3.jpg)
 A-2294 4 6.jpg)
 A-2294 4 7.jpg) |
|
| Curtiss 18 MF Seagull | A5483 |
 |
|
| Curtiss 43 (F7C-1) Seahawk | A-7667 99 |
 Seahawk A-7667 99 1.jpg) |
|
| Curtiss 76A (BFC-2 F11C-2) | A9332 2-B-13 |
 A9332 2-B-13.jpg) |
|
| Douglas Dolphin 117 | N14205 (NC14205) |
 1.jpg)
 3.jpg) |
William Boeing's aircraft, ex N26K, marked as an RD-4 of USCG |
| Douglas R4D-5L (DC-3A C-47A) Skytrain | 12418 42-23496 |
 Skytrain 12418 42-23496 03.jpg)
 Skytrain 12418 42-23496 04.jpg)
 Skytrain 12418 42-23496 05.jpg)
 Skytrain 12418 42-23496 09.jpg) |
"Que Sera Sera" - first aircraft to land at the South Pole, 31/10/1956 |
| Douglas C-117D (R4D-8) Super DC-3S | 50821 821 |
 |
|
| Douglas VC-118B Liftmaster | 128424 424 |
 |
|
| Douglas (On-Mark) B-26B Invader | 41-39215 |
 |
Ex On-Mark Marketeer N5292V N4000M N200M N142ER as 'JD-1 77141 446928' |
| Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak | 37970 NACA-140 |
 |
First of three built. |
| Douglas XA-4A (A4D-1) Skyhawk | 137813 AJ-301 |
 |
First of nine pre-production aircraft. 2nd Skyhawk to fly (15/8/1954). |
| Douglas A-4E (A4D-5) Skyhawk | 149656 AH-406 |
 Skyhawk 149656 AH-406 1.jpg)
 Skyhawk 149656 AH-406 3.jpg) |
|
| Douglas F-6A (F4D-1) Skyray | 134806 |
 Skyray 134806.jpg) |
|
| Entrance |
 |
||
| Fokker D.VII replica |
 |
||
| Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor | N7861 (NC7681) |
 3.jpg) |
|
| General Dynamics F-16N Fighting Falcon | 163572 NAWDC 56 |
 |
Gate guard: aggressor of the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center (pronounced 'Nordic"). |
| Grumman (CCF) G-23 Goblin 1 | '9351 5-F-1' |
 G-23 Goblin 1 'FF-1 9351 5-F-1' 2.jpg) |
Ex Nicaragua AF GN-3, GN-9FAVc, N2803J. Marked as an FF-1 |
| Grumman (GM) FM-2 Wildcat | 86747 N68843 |
 FM-2 Wildcat 86747 N68843 1.jpg) |
|
| Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat | 80373 12 |
 |
Ex N7654C Tanker E63 |
| Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat | 121710 B-100 |
 |
|
| Grumman F9F-2 Panther | 123050 H-311 |
 |
|
| Grumman J2F-6 Duck | 33581 149 |
 |
|
| Grumman YF-14A Tomcat | 157984 201 |
 |
5th prototype, always a test & development plane, now gate guard. |
| Hawker Siddeley AV-8C Harrier | 158975 WF |
 |
USMC |
| Lockheed KC-130F (GV-1) Hercules | 149798 QB |
 |
In 1963 became the largest and heaviest plane to land and take off from a USN carrier (USS Forrestal in 1963) |
| Lockheed P2V-1 Neptune | 89082 |
 |
First production Neptune, "The Turtle" made an unrefuelled flight of 11,235 miles taking 55 hours, from Perth, Australia to NAS Columbus, Ohio in 1946. |
| Martin SB-5B P5M-2S Marlin | 135533 |
 |
USN's last operational flying boat. Retired 1967, last flight 1968. |
| McDonnell F2H-4 (F-2D) Banshee | 127663 |
 Banshee 127663 '126419 201'.jpg) |
Marked as '126419 201'. |
| McDonnell MF-3B (F3H-2M) Demon | 137078 NM-301 |
 Demon 137078 NM-301 1.jpg)
 Demon 137078 NM-301 2.jpg) |
|
| McDonnell Douglas |
163508 AA-401 |
 |
As it was when it acheived a kill on the first day of Desert Storm. |
| McDonnell Douglas |
163705 |
 |
Blue Angels 1. A new gate guard. |
| Messerschmitt Me-262B-1A Schwalbe | 110639 35 |
 |
Luftwaffe, captured as Watson's Whizzer 555, later USN 121448. |
| MiG-15bis | 70007 |
 |
Chinese Air Force, ex 1317. |
| New Standard NT-1 (D-29) | A8588 68 |
 A8588 68 N155M.jpg) |
Ex N155M |
| North American Rockwell OV-10D Bronco | 155472 UM-107 |
 |
|
| North American Rockwell T-2C Buckeye | 157058 A-67 967 |
 |
|
| North American T-28B Trojan | 138326 E-00 |
 |
|
| Piasecki HUP-3 UH-25C Retriever | 147607 |
 |
Ex US Army H-25A 51-16597, N4953S |
| Sikorsky CH-37C S-56 Mojave | 145864 YF-9 HMRM-461 |
 |
USMC Ex N7388 |
| Sikorsky CH-53D Stallion | 157159 YL-11 |
 |
|
| Sikorsky HH-3F Pelican | 1486 |
 |
USCG |
| Sikorsky HH-52A S-62A Seaguard | 1355 |
 |
USCG |
| Sikorsky HO5S-1 (S-52-3) | 125519 WB |
 |
|
| Sikorsky SH-60B Seahawk | 162137 HR-500 |
 |
|
| Sopwith F-1 Camel | A-5658 |
 |
Ex RAF C8228 |
| Texas Instruments Raytheon AGM-88 HARM |
 |
High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile | |
| Thomas-Morse S-5 (S4C-1) Scout floatplane | A5858 |
 Scout floatplane A5858 N5858 1.jpg)
 Scout floatplane A5858 N5858 2.jpg) |
Ex N5858 |
| Vought OS2U-3 Kingfisher | 5926 |
 |
Ex Uraguay Navy A-752. Displayed as '07534 24' |
| Vought F4U-4 Corsair | 97349 WR-18 |
 |
|
| Vought F4U Corsair | Unknown |
 |
As F4U-4B 82050 K which in 1950 made a crash-landing in North Korea in an unsuccessful attempt to rescue the pilot's wingman. The pilot was rescued by helicopter. |
| Vought A-7E Corsair II | 160714 AC-312 |
 |
|
| Vought F7U-3M Cutlass | 129655 |
 |
|
| Vought F-8A Crusader | 145347 NP-201 |
 |
|
| Vought RF-8G Crusader | 145609 AJ-911 |
 |
Newly restored |
