News & Events
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An American First – 18 January 1911
Posted: Jan 18, 2011On 18 January 1911, an American, Eugene Ely, successfully landed an aeroplane aboard the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay. On this brisk January morning, at 11 AM Ely […]
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Video Thursday 1.13.11
Posted: Jan 13, 2011It’s Video Thursday! Our first video is what you can see every weekend on the USS Yorktown at Patriots Point…lots and lots of scouts…watch scouts from Pack 175 having a […]
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First landing on USS Saratoga (CV-3) 1928
Posted: Jan 11, 2011The first launch and recovery of a naval aircraft on the USS Saratoga (CV-3) was made by her Air Officer, Commander Marc A. Mitscher flying a Vought UO-1 aircraft on […]
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Josephus Daniels and Naval Aviation 1914
Posted: Jan 10, 2011He was the founder and editor of the Raleigh News and Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina, and had little previous experience with the Navy. As a supporter of Woodrow Wilson in 1911, […]
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Polaris Launches 07 January 1960
Posted: Jan 07, 2011As a young boy boating around Charleston Harbor in the 1960’s, I had to be careful to watch for the wakes of departing and returning Polaris missile submarines, called by […]
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Video Thursday…06 January 2011
Posted: Jan 06, 2011Welcome to Video Thursday! Since this year is the Centennial Year of Naval Aviation, today we’ll look at some old Naval Aviation technology aka aircraft and some new ones! Ride […]
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Naval Academy Women's Glee Club To Perform At Patriots Point, 17 January
Posted: Jan 05, 2011The Naval Academy Women’s Glee Club first pitched a tune in 1976, when the Naval Academy opened for women midshipmen. The current director is Ms. Cindy Bauchspies and the ladies […]
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FREE Admission Weekend this Saturday-Sunday, 8-9 January 2011
Posted: Jan 04, 2011Everyone is invited to Patriots Point’s “FREE Admission” weekend to kickoff the Centennial Anniversary of Naval Aviation (1911-2011). Come aboard and visit our ships, the Medal of Honor museum, […]
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Happy New Year! and State of "Call the Ball"
Posted: Jan 02, 2011Happy New Year! I just received the info below from the stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com. Thank you to all who read and commented on the blog and please subscribe […]
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Apollo 8 Anniversary and FREE Weekend in January 2011
Posted: Dec 27, 2010Today marks the 42nd anniversary of the recovery of the Apollo 8 crew by the USS Yorktown in 1968, read the story here… Also today, Patriots Point announces […]