Airship Artifacts Reflect Career of Lucky Sailor

In surviving the crash of the rigid airship Macon, observing the explosion of the Hindenburg, and supporting the treatment of some of D-Day's first casualities, Commander Vernon Thomas had a full career......[more]

 

 

SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber Raised from Lake Michigan

An SBD-5 Dauntless dive bomber that crashed nearly 65 years ago arrived at the National Naval Aviation Museum for restoration after being raised from the waters of Lake Michigan... [more]

 

Twin-Engine Cat

The service of the Museum's F7F-3 Tigercat includes time in Navy and Marine Corps squadrons, and civilian service as an aerial firefighter...[more]

 

 

February

The Secretary of the Navy announces the opening of pre-flight schools, transforming college campuses in Georgia, North Carolina, Iowa, and California...[more]

 

 

Turn the Pages of Time

Scrapbook capture distinct moments in time.  In this edition of the Museum's electronic scrapbook, view images of aircraft carrier ready rooms, havens for aviators and aircrewmen and where missions began and ended.

 

 

A rescue sling used to recover the last Gemini mission bears the writing of two famous astronauts...[more]