For you aviation enthusiasts: I just visited the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL. Brought back many memories as I went through the flight program 45 years ago.

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

I just visited the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL. Brought back many memories as I went through the flight program 45 years ago.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37991479@N08/sets/72157633078062532/

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

I went through in '68 and part of '69. I ended up in P-3s.

I was in the first class that soloed T-34s before we were commissioned.

Bill

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

bsprague wrote:

I went through in '68 and part of '69. I ended up in P-3s.

I was in the first class that soloed T-34s before we were commissioned.

Bill

Wow, we're in the same time warp. I started AOCS in Jan 68, went the prop pipeline and wound up in VP-9 out of Moffitt flying P3B's. The museum has over 100 planes outdoors that they shuttle you around to see, but the shuttle was ots so we couldn't get to see any of the larger a/c like the P2,3 etc.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

You are about 8 months ahead of me. I went to Pt Magu for awhile and and got about 800 hours in S-2s. Then to VP4 at Barbers Point.

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

bsprague wrote:

You are about 8 months ahead of me. I went to Pt Magu for awhile and and got about 800 hours in S-2s. Then to VP4 at Barbers Point.

We used to go to Barbers Pt quite a bit from Moffitt when we were not deployed to westpac. It was much better than Adak!!

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

We had annual "training" flight to Adak. The real purpose was to fill the bomb bay with frozen crab. At altitude the crab would stay frozen and would be kept in freezers until the "crab feed". One year a brand new pilot saw a crack in the windshield. We had to descend to 10K and the crab thawed. Everyone had lots of crab that night!

achesley Loc: SW Louisiana

Thanks for the picture show. Have not been there in the last 10 or so years and see it's changed lots.

flyguy Loc: Las Cruces, New Mexico

Thanks for posting.

I see from the above postings that we were at Moffett at about the same time.

I was a P3 flight engineer in VP 91, the first full time reserve patrol squadron, at Moffett Field from 1968 to 1974 and before that I was an aircrew instructor in S2's at the Naval Air Reserve Training Unit, NAS Alameda. from 1963 to 1967.

UP-2-IT Loc: RED STICK, LA

nimbushopper wrote:

I just visited the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL. Brought back many memories as I went through the flight program 45 years ago.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37991479@N08/sets/72157633078062532/

Finished mine in Feb of 62, used that little field over by Wharton, I think it was, ended up with A-4's

lateron Loc: Yorkshire, England

nimbushopper wrote:

I just visited the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL. Brought back many memories as I went through the flight program 45 years ago.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37991479@N08/sets/72157633078062532/

Thanks for the link.

dave.speeking Loc: Brooklyn OH

I went to "A" school at Cory in '63 when the museum opened.
Never knew it was there. Been there twice since, hope to return.

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

flyguy wrote:

Thanks for posting.

I see from the above postings that we were at Moffett at about the same time.

I was a P3 flight engineer in VP 91, the first full time reserve patrol squadron, at Moffett Field from 1968 to 1974 and before that I was an aircrew instructor in S2's at the Naval Air Reserve Training Unit, NAS Alameda. from 1963 to 1967.

Amazing isn't it! Thanks for the link to your flickr pics, I looked through them and love them. I especially love the Blue Angles and those of Yosemite.

flyguy Loc: Las Cruces, New Mexico

nimbushopper wrote:

Amazing isn't it! Thanks for the link to your flickr pics, I looked through them and love them. I especially love the Blue Angles and those of Yosemite.

Thank you for your comments on my images posted on Flickr --- it is much appreciated.

normsImages Loc: Alabama for now

Great shots, been their quite a few times. I was station at Hurlburt Field for about 14years (a little over an hour east of there in Ft Walton Beach). If you get back up that way Eglin AFB has a good musuem also. Not as big as NAS Pensacola but worth the trip. Mostly Air Force. They do have a few things of interest setting out side, SR71 and B52 and the only A10 two seater trainer I have ever seen.

Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

I was in Pensacola on a tin can 889. We had to plane guard the carriers. That was back in the early 50s. They were learning to land the old yellow painted prop planes on the carriers. We later went to gitmo cuba and did the same thing but down there they were training to land the jets. When they put one of those in the drink we had nothing to do they sank like a rock. the helocoptors would pick up the pilot before we would even get there.