News & Events
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USS Enterprise, CV-6, Commissioned 1938
Posted: May 12, 2011“Sleep softly my old love, my beauty in the dark, night is a dream we have, as you know as you know…” M. S. Merwin USS Enterprise, CV-6, was commissioned […]
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First Successful Head-on Attack Of A Missile By A Missile, 1962
Posted: May 11, 2011On 10 May 1962, a Navy Sparrow III launched from a Navy Phantom jet successfully intercepted head-on another Navy missile, a Regulus II, while both were at supersonic speeds in […]
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Naval Aviators Fly Over The North Pole, 1926!
Posted: May 09, 2011Naval aviators Warrant Officer Floyd Bennett and Lieutenant Commander Richard Byrd flying a Fokker trimotor named Josephine Ford reached the North Pole at 9:03 GCT on 09 May 1926. The […]
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First Naval Aircraft Hit By Enemy Gunfire, 1914
Posted: May 06, 2011There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result. Winston Churchill South Carolinian and naval aviator Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Patrick N. L. Bellinger flew an AH-3 hydroaeroplane […]
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First American In Space: Naval Aviator Alan Shepard, 50 Years Ago
Posted: May 05, 2011Here are videos on our Video Thursday celebrating Naval Aviator and Astronaut Alan Shepard‘s achievements in space from 05 May 1961 and beyond… Enjoy this look at the past! Of […]
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World Record Balloon Flight Set By Navy At 113,739.9 Feet
Posted: May 04, 2011On 04 May 1961 Navy balloon pilot Commander Malcolm Ross and flight surgeon Lieutenant Commander Victor Prather (MC) ascended to the world record height of 113,739.9 feet above sea level […]
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Naval Aviation Sets Seaplane Record 1928
Posted: May 03, 2011Launching from Philadelphia at the Naval Aircraft Factory, a PN-12 seaplane (P for mission – Patrol, N for manufacturer – Naval Aircraft Factory) piloted by LT’s Arthur Gavin and Zeus […]
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Salute To Navy SEALS
Posted: May 02, 2011Americans today can finally feel that justice has been served with the death of Osama Bin Laden. When the CIA finally tracked down the mastermind of the 9.11 attack on […]
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Volunteer Profile on Dr. "Chip" Biernbaum
Posted: Apr 30, 2011Our volunteer profile is on Dr. “Chip” Biernbaum, who was born on Pearl Harbor Day (07 Dec) 1946 in Woodstown, NJ, 15 miles from Wilmington, Delaware. He spent as much […]
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Video Thursday 4.28.11 What's A Wingsuit?
Posted: Apr 28, 2011Today’s videos focus on flight in nonstandard modes, such as balloons, ski jumping and wingsuits! For myself, I would like a standard heavier than air vehicle with a little mass […]