Fantastic naval aviation museum to visit. I was the 9 yr old New York kid watching planes come in & out of Mitchel Field Long island, NY. Now at 68 I still frequent aviation museums where ever one is in my path of travels. To the officers & men and volunteers at Pensacola Naval air Station you will be in my memories till I die. In 2001 being a FDNY Lieutenant I needed to sooth myself, following all the funerals attended following 911 by going to NAS Pensacola. I had shown my IDs due to security at the time, I was touring the exhibits when I was paged to reception desk. To my amazement a senior officer greeted me and allowed me the keys to the museum in giving me a 'cooks' tour of the museum and base. I was invited to the Officers club etc. The hospitality was beyond belief. I discovered I was the first member of any 911 Emergency Service to step ground within the museum. My sincere thank you to all present and past naval personnel for your hospitality.
Have been here countless times in my life and cant wait to go again ! I travel for a living and i go to every air museum i can find , have seen spruce goose and all kinds of cool stuff but this is definitely my favorite, and always will be !!
How could he find it boring? Every summer I go there and they have something new. I spend hours in there starting from the morning until the afternoon. And then if I have time I go to the lighthouse next door which is also a cool spot.
I haven't been there, but would like to go. My dad was there, and used to fly many of those planes, he was a WW2 navy fighter pilot, and caused the demise of 9 Japanese planes. Later he was a test pilot for many years, chiefly with McDonnell Douglas, test flying the marvelous F4H Phantom II. About the excellent Grumman F6F Hellcat, which he flew in the war, he simply said " Damn fine plane!" And it brought him home, or I wouldn't be here.
sorry it took so long to reply but yes! i actually was the thrid class at the National Flight Academy! :D i live off of Davis highway. I love living in Pensacola!
I see that you like f-14's. Great. At 14:19 you are looking at another jet the A-7. Barely noticed by you, hanging from the ceiling is an OV-10, Air frame number 155472, part of the illustrious squadron called VAL-4 (the Black Pony's). This squadron was responsible for more victorious air sorties than all other Navy aircraft and, of all things never flew off of an aircraft carrier. I as an Aviation Ordnance man actually worked on that very aircraft. I'm very proud of 155472 and wish I could see and par her side and say hello.
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nice planes, nice to see F14...never understood why Dick Cheney ordered the 'jigs' destroyed...I've been to the USAF museum in Ohio,plus the ones in the D.C. area...if you get to Denver, check the one in that area, a very nice B-1A is displayed...thanks
Really wish I could make it there, looks like you could spend ALL day there.....now all the planes there, like the Blue Angels for example, those all used to be flown back in in the day right, then they retired them and donated them to the museum, right?????
Yeah, all planes and vehicles you see there were restored vehicles that were donated. I luckily live 13 miles from the museum, so I can check one day when I go. It's really cool, and you should go there! It has so many historical aircraft, like P80s, Mig-15s, Demons, Nixon's Marine One Helicopter, the canopy of a ghost-airship, and such. It even has a to-scale recreated Lunar lander.
Fantastic naval aviation museum to visit. I was the 9 yr old New York kid watching planes come in & out of Mitchel Field Long island, NY. Now at 68 I still frequent aviation museums where ever one is in my path of travels. To the officers & men and volunteers at Pensacola Naval air Station you will be in my memories till I die. In 2001 being a FDNY Lieutenant I needed to sooth myself, following all the funerals attended following 911 by going to NAS Pensacola. I had shown my IDs due to security at the time, I was touring the exhibits when I was paged to reception desk. To my amazement a senior officer greeted me and allowed me the keys to the museum in giving me a 'cooks' tour of the museum and base. I was invited to the Officers club etc. The hospitality was beyond belief. I discovered I was the first member of any 911 Emergency Service to step ground within the museum. My sincere thank you to all present and past naval personnel for your hospitality.
Have been here countless times in my life and cant wait to go again ! I travel for a living and i go to every air museum i can find , have seen spruce goose and all kinds of cool stuff but this is definitely my favorite, and always will be !!
I just can't imagine how my friend went there and found it boring... So many planes, so many battles, so many lives...
How could he find it boring? Every summer I go there and they have something new. I spend hours in there starting from the morning until the afternoon. And then if I have time I go to the lighthouse next door which is also a cool spot.
I haven't been there, but would like to go. My dad was there, and used to fly many of those planes, he was a WW2 navy fighter pilot, and caused the demise of 9 Japanese planes. Later he was a test pilot for many years, chiefly with McDonnell Douglas, test flying the marvelous F4H Phantom II. About the excellent Grumman F6F Hellcat, which he flew in the war, he simply said " Damn fine plane!" And it brought him home, or I wouldn't be here.
Thank you! It brought back so many memories..
Terrific - thanks for sharing. I’ve been binging on all the amazing aircraft museums you have in the U.S. Very jealous 😀
Great video camera work thanks so very much ....
sorry it took so long to reply but yes! i actually was the thrid class at the National Flight Academy! :D i live off of Davis highway. I love living in Pensacola!
Thanks....Wow....I feel flatered
I see that you like f-14's. Great. At 14:19 you are looking at another jet the A-7. Barely noticed by you, hanging from the ceiling is an OV-10, Air frame number 155472, part of the illustrious squadron called VAL-4 (the Black Pony's). This squadron was responsible for more victorious air sorties than all other Navy aircraft and, of all things never flew off of an aircraft carrier. I as an Aviation Ordnance man actually worked on that very aircraft. I'm very proud of 155472 and wish I could see and par her side and say hello.
F-14D Tomcat- number 204 favorit!
Wow a muesem were people can accually touch stuff and get close. No barricades. THE REAL USA.
Hopefully it’ll be open next year cuz I’ll pretty much be spending the majority of next year in Pcola for training
Awesome 👍
wow, greate. Thanks 🙂
Now that I Lives Florida This one Place I Love Visit I am New York I Miss U.S.S.INTREPID Plus My Father Serve U.S.AIR FORCE Vietnam 🇻🇳Work Some of Aircraft have Exhibit
Thanks
The plane's are cool 😎
Very Nice
nice planes, nice to see F14...never understood why Dick Cheney ordered the 'jigs' destroyed...I've been to the USAF museum in Ohio,plus the ones in the D.C. area...if you get to Denver, check the one in that area, a very nice B-1A is displayed...thanks
granskare probably had some money to be made from it
Can you go to the museum without a military ID.?
I used to go there all the time XD
going there next friday :)
Really wish I could make it there, looks like you could spend ALL day there.....now all the planes there, like the Blue Angels for example, those all used to be flown back in in the day right, then they retired them and donated them to the museum, right?????
Yeah, all planes and vehicles you see there were restored vehicles that were donated. I luckily live 13 miles from the museum, so I can check one day when I go. It's really cool, and you should go there! It has so many historical aircraft, like P80s, Mig-15s, Demons, Nixon's Marine One Helicopter, the canopy of a ghost-airship, and such. It even has a to-scale recreated Lunar lander.
Went there it stormed. soo I never got to se tht much
I received my wings there
I’ve been there
@UTuBeGuRL4u20 me too! Wewt lol born at the naval hospital!
@UTuBeGuRL4u20 AMIN BROTHER
I wish the Navy would put AOCS back where it belongs too..
haha aww, poor kid @3:21
One fine looking blonde at 00.21 !
Commercial in beginning with no option to skip... immediate thumbs down.