Rich was going to take Noah over to Pensacola one morning, but the 6:30 a.m. wakeup time didn't agree with Noah and he stayed behind. So Rich got to spend three hours alone at the National Naval Aviation Museum.
The museum was awesome, starting out with many detailed models of the various aircraft carriers that have served our country through the decades. This one is the USS Ronald Reagan.
Here are some of the various patches worn by U.S. Navy fighter squadrons.
This is the most historic aircraft Rich came across at the museum. It is an SBD Dauntless dive bomber that is the only known survivor of the Battle of Midway. It dropped a bomb on the Japanese carrier Hiryu, then was chased for miles by enemy Zeroes. It received 219 bullet holes, lost its hydraulic system and the machine gunner was wounded before the pilot made a one-wheel landing back on Midway. This aircraft was also parked on Ford Island on Dec. 7, 1941, and survived the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was ditched in Lake Michigan during training exercises in 1943 and was recovered in 1994 before being restored and put on display in 2001. Cool!
The museum even had an example of a German Messerschmitt 262, the world's first jet figher.
Rich was going to take Noah over to Pensacola one morning, but the 6:30 a.m. wakeup time didn't agree with Noah and he stayed behind. So Rich got to spend three hours alone at the National Naval Aviation Museum.
The museum was awesome, starting out with many detailed models of the various aircraft carriers that have served our country through the decades. This one is the USS Ronald Reagan.
Here are some of the various patches worn by U.S. Navy fighter squadrons.
This is the most historic aircraft Rich came across at the museum. It is an SBD Dauntless dive bomber that is the only known survivor of the Battle of Midway. It dropped a bomb on the Japanese carrier Hiryu, then was chased for miles by enemy Zeroes. It received 219 bullet holes, lost its hydraulic system and the machine gunner was wounded before the pilot made a one-wheel landing back on Midway. This aircraft was also parked on Ford Island on Dec. 7, 1941, and survived the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was ditched in Lake Michigan during training exercises in 1943 and was recovered in 1994 before being restored and put on display in 2001. Cool!
The museum even had an example of a German Messerschmitt 262, the world's first jet figher.
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