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The museum is supported by a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit organization, the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. [14] Since 1966, this foundation has raised tens of millions of dollars to construct the museum, build exhibits, recover and restore aircraft, and develop educational programs like the National Flight Academy.
Heroic size bronze statues surround Roman numeral II and "V" at the WWII Memorial in Pensacola, Florida, by R.L. Rasmussen. Robert L. "Bob" Rasmussen (born May 26, 1930 in Rio Vista, California), is a noted military artist; a retired Captain of the United States Navy; a former career naval aviator, primarily in the F-8 Crusader; a former member of the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron ...
Florida Air Museum, Lakeland; Flying Tigers Warbird Air Museum, Kissimmee [47] Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Merritt Island; Kissimmee Air Museum, Kissimmee; National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola; Sands Space History Center, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station; United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, Merritt Island
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The Pensacola Naval Air Station Historic District encompasses the early historic elements of Naval Air Station Pensacola in Warrington, Florida.Included in the historic district are surviving buildings of the Pensacola Navy Yard, which the air station took over, as well as buildings related to the early years of aviator training by the United States Navy.
The United States Naval Aviation Hall of Honor, located at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida, recognizes individuals "who by their actions or achievements made outstanding contributions to Naval Aviation."
The first lighthouse built by the U.S. on the Florida coast. Naval Air Station Pensacola or NAS Pensacola (IATA: NPA, ICAO: KNPA, FAA LID: NPA) (formerly NAS/KNAS until changed circa 1970 to allow Nassau International Airport, now Lynden Pindling International Airport, to have IATA code NAS), "The Cradle of Naval Aviation", is a United States Navy base located next to Warrington, Florida, a ...
92246 – National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Florida. [92] 92509 – Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan. [93] Under restoration F4U-1. 02449 – to airworthiness by private owner in Cameron Park, California. [94] 02465 (early birdcage canopy) – for static display by the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida. [95] [96] F4U-4