Stored at Pensacola NAS after recent external restoration.

VMFA-312 lost this F4S in a crash on 14 January 1987 near Dallas, Texas. Photo by William D. Spidle.

Preserved in the NMNA. Sold by USCG postwar, flying with four civil registrations, latterly N212ST. before repurchase by the museum for exhibition in early WW2 markings.

After its operational career this Sabreliner moved to AMARC with inventory code 7T0027 in September 1990 (see here). The first of 42 T-39D aircraft arrived at NAS Pensacola (FL) in August 1963. The aircraft were used to train naval flight officers (NFO) in radar navigation and airborne radar-intercept procedures.

161526 belonged to the first badge of F/A-18As of the US Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (USNFDS) Blue Angels. Its a F/A-18A-7 of fiscal year 1980 and was factory fresh assigned to the FDS in Sep'87, the month this photo taken. From late '90 up to '95 it was assigned in to the Naval Air Warfare Center-Aircraft Division at NAS Patuxent River (MD) as SD-410. It was withdrawn from service in the fall of '98 and transferred to Fort Leonard Wood (MO) for use with the Chemical School for decontion drills. In '06 it was seen in a very bad shape. In the background 161524 is seen, crashed 23 jan '90

One of the last operational TA-4Js of the Blues was pictured at its homebase Pensacola. The BuNo of this aircraft strangely appeared on a preserved TA-4J at the Valiant Air Command Museum, Titusville (FL). That Titusville bird is actually BuNo 152867. The current whereabout of this real 152722 is unknown.

Built as C-47B for USAAF as 43-16376, later converted to C-47D, then SC-47D. Transferred to US Navy as 150188 in 1961 as R4D-6 (C-47J from 1962). Latterly served the NARF Pensacola, transferred to the United States Naval Aviation Museum in 1973.

Originally designated a UC-1. Wears the markings of the Pensacola Station Flight.

Grumman G-23 preserved wearing the fake markings of a US Navy FF-1. It is in fact ex Nicaragua Air Force GN-3, delivered in the late 1930s. It was withdrawn from service in 1942 and ended up in a scrap yard. Rescued from there in 1962 by J.R. Sirmons and flown to the USA in 1966 as N2803J. Acquired by Grumman who restored it as seen here and donated it to the then US Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola.

The National Museum of Naval Aviation has two N3N aircraft on display, with and without floats This is the one with conventional undercarriage and it became N3NP after its servive. This registration was cancelled in 1979 and it is now on display at this magnificent museum.

This Dragonfly (to me) was TOC in 1946 as '235' and was based at USCG Air Station Salem, MA. In 1951 it was dispatched to rescue an USAF airman that had parachuted into the Atlantic. At that time '235' was equipped with floats and so the pilot landed on the ocean, dived into the water and rescued the unconscious USAF pilot. Later in 1951 the serial was changed to '1235' and it flew on with the USCG until 1961. It then flew for the next 20 years on the civil register as N4927E before arriving at the National Naval Aviation Museum in 1983 for display.

F3F-2 biplane fighter preserved wearing the colourful Pre-WW2 markings and codes of USMC Squadron VMF-2.

Preserved wearing the markings of VAW-121 when serving aboard USS Roosevelt