#plane museum

[aviatrix-ash]

My 3rd plane museum in 2 weeks. Plane museums own my heart, this one is especially special to me, I put a lot of work into some aircraft here. <3

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Pics from my trip..

Part 1

New Mexico

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1944 Douglas R4D-6 Skytrain on display at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, Pennsylvania

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National Air and Space Museum, Dulles, Virginia

photo: David Castenson

[emaadsidiki]

National Air & Space Museum 🛩️🛰️ Washington DC

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I’ll be back to the arcane sillies shortly but my government has been making me incredibly nervous and scared lately

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With this year’s balloon festival being cancelled, I have a huge void to fill. Suggested to me by a little warbirdie (🤭), we decided to take a road trip to Reading, and check out World War II Weekend at the Mid Atlantic Air Museum.

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Grumman OV-1 Mohawk United States Army 67-18902 902 by Chris Murkin Via Flickr: Grumman OV-1 Mohawk United States Army 67-18902 902 Photo taken at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum McMinnville Oregon 10th July 2024 YYB_0819

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Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules flyovers Taken: 8/13/24 (Loud volume warning for the video)

[cardinal-crossing]

I went to a model train museum yesterday. You have no idea how badly I nerded out. I have never talked so much in one sitting in my entire life. More pictures under the cut!

[aviatrix-ash]

Went to go play with some planes in the museum's back hangars this morning. Some are museum planes, others are owned by the museum volunteers. Gonna do some more work corrosion on the flogger and soon that PT-19 when I'm back in FL mid December. Gonna trade maintenance time for flight time on the PT-19 + a few other birds here too! A&P license & being a volunteer here for a very long time unlocked me the secret to free flight lessons in awesome planes! X3

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1944 Douglas R4D-6 Skytrain on display at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, Pennsylvania

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Miss Josephine, a 1944 P-40N Warhawk, on display at the Palm Springs Air Museum

[rabbitcruiser]

Navy Birthday

On October 13th, the United States Navy observes its birthday every year.

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is currently the largest, most powerful navy in the world, with the highest combined battle fleet tonnage. The service has over 340,000 personnel on active duty and more than 71,000 in the Navy Reserve.

With only two ships and a crew of eighty men, the Continental Army was born on October 13, 1775. The decision of the Continental Congress set the Continental Navy on course to carry arms to the British army, not to defend against it. However, these two ships and crew represent the birth of the United States Navy.

Throughout the Revolutionary War, their importance grew. Today, the United States maintains 40 naval bases across the country, including the world’s largest Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Virginia.

Below the sea, submarines became a part of the Navy during World War II. While experiments began in the late 1800s and during the Civil War, they did not become a large part of the Navy inventory until World War II. At that point, subs became necessary for surveillance and rescue, even though they were also armed.

With the advent of the airplane, the Navy became vital stations for the Airforce as well. As a result, the Navy modified ships into floating landing strips. Today, joint Naval and Airbases such as Pearl Harbor-Hickam provided necessary fleets of sea and air defense.

NAVY BIRTHDAY HISTORY

On October 13, 1775, the Continental Congress authorized the first American naval force.  Thus began the long and prestigious heritage of the United States Navy. Between 1922 and 1972, the Navy celebrated its birthday on October 27th, the date of Theodore Roosevelt’s birth. The Navy League of the United States designated the date due to Roosevelt’s foresight and vision in elevating the U.S. Navy into a premier force. Regardless of when the Navy observed its birth, the celebration has always been one of pride.  

The change to October 13 was seen as a more relevant date in line with the first official action legislating a navy.  Since 1972, the Navy has officially recognized October 13th as the official date of its birth.

Source

The United States’ Continental Congress orders the establishment of the Continental Navy (later renamed the United States Navy) on October 13, 1775.

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National Air & Space Museum 🛩️🛰️ Washington DC