News & Events
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A Marine Skyhawk Pilot's Vietnam Nightmare!
Posted: May 16, 2009Just I was getting ready to give a program on the A-4 Skyhawk yesterday, one of our visitors boldly asked me how much I wanted to know about the A-4. […]
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Rings of Saturn from flightdeck of Yorktown
Posted: May 13, 2009This past Saturday night over 20 Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and parents ventured up to the flight deck for an one hour astronomy class. We covered the following areas: Explain […]
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Volunteer Don Nuzum, retired Navy master chief submariner goes on eternal patrol.
Posted: May 08, 2009I first met Master Chief Don Nuzum at the information desk on the Yorktown over 10 years ago. He was full of his stories and love for the Navy that […]
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May's Volunteer Profile – Dr. "Chip" Biernbaum
Posted: May 01, 2009Our May volunteer is 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 free […]
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VA-72 "Blue Hawks" find a ready deck on YORKTOWN!
Posted: Apr 29, 2009The VA-72 “Blue Hawks” entered the break today at 800 feet and 250 knots…all received an OK-3 as they arrived onboard YORKTOWN. I had the privilege and pleasure of leading […]
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Spring tide at Patriots Point
Posted: Apr 24, 2009Today is a very busy one at Patriots Point with over 1000 school and adult visitors scheduled to arrive for educational programs and tours of our ships and aircraft. The […]
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Troop 9 Worcester, MA, Flight Training at Patriots Point
Posted: Apr 22, 2009Just as the Navy selected Pensacola, Florida, for the site of naval air training due to good weather conditions, Troop 9 out of Worcester, Massachusetts elected to come south to […]
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18 April Scout Topgun!
Posted: Apr 19, 2009Boy Scout Troop 245 from Cumming, Georgia, attended the aviation merit badge class onboard Yorktown this weekend at Patriots Point. The troop did a pretty good job in the combat […]
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Yorktown from the top!
Posted: Apr 14, 2009Here are a couple of images from our maintenance supply guy, William “Billy” Weatherford. My post on the ghost bomb hit from 18 March inspired him to forward these images […]
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April Volunteer Profile – George Lodge – aeronautical engineer
Posted: Apr 01, 2009Our April volunteer profile features our only aeronautical engineer, George Lodge,who worked for the Glenn L. Martin aircraft company from 1939 to 1947. He grew up in Camden, New Jersey […]